Indigenous Excellence
Recently appointed to the Order of Canada for her lifelong commitment to the responsible and sustainable management of Indigenous lands.
Who is Leona Irons?
In 1996, 13 First Nations became the original signatories to this Agreement.
What is the Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management?
This is the world's largest freshwater lake – shared on the border of Canada and the USA.
What is Anishinaabewi-gichigami (Ojibwe) / Lake Superior?
Adds land to an existing reserve of a First Nation or creates a new reserve for First Nations.
What is Additions to Reserve?
A member of the Order of Canada, this Chief of a First Nation in the Okanagan Valley has been instrumental in getting First Nations into incremental self-governance.
Who is Chief Robert Louie?
This land management initiative was established in 2005 to develop capacity to manage reserve land, resources and environment.
What is RLEMP?
Warm, dry winds that can cause extreme increases in temperatures within a few hours.
What are Chinook Winds?
Provides an orderly and systematic identification of parcels of land.
What is a land survey?
The first First Nations provincial premier in Canada’s history.
Who is Wab Kinew?
Provides a mechanism for First Nations to create their own laws about matrimonial real property, and provides a set of provisional federal rules to be used until a First Nation establishes its own law.
What is the Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act?
The exposed portion of the continental crust underlying the majority of North America.
What is the Canadian Shield?
Blueprint made by a First Nation to achieve a shared vision for the development of the community’s lands.
What is a Land Use Plan?
She was sworn in on July 26, 2021, as Canada’s first Indigenous Governor General.
Who is Mary Simon?
The first joint reserve to be managed under land code.
What is Naawi-Oodena?
Flowing from Jasper National Park this river takes its name from the Woods Cree word which means “grass or reeds here and there.”
What is the Athabasca River?
These are not reserves but are federal crown lands allotted for the use of Indigenous peoples in the Yukon.
What are Lands Set Aside?
This Anishinaabe artist founded the Woodland School of Art and is considered by many as the grandfather of contemporary Indigenous art in Canada.
Who is Norval Morrisseau?
Located in western Canada, this First Nation became the most recent Framework Agreement signatory to sign a comprehensive self-government agreement.
What is Whitecap Dakota First Nation?
Nicknamed Highway H2O, this waterway is a vital gateway between the Great Lakes of North America and the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Magtogoek (Algonquin) / Kaniatarowanénhne (Mohawk) / the St. Lawrence River?
A legislation that provides for the legal protection of wildlife species and the conservation of their biological diversity.
What is the Species at Risk Act?