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Aboriginal Peoples of Canada and Canada Indigenous Peoples

Canada: Let start with Recommendation #93, according to Rabble. This week we are talking about how new Canadians can serve an important role in reconciliation between Canada and Indigenous peoples through Recommendations #93 which provides as follows: We call upon the federal government, in collaboration with the national Aboriginal organizations, to revise the information kit for newcomers to Canada and its citizenship test to reflect a more inclusive history of the diverse Aboriginal peoples of Canada, including information about the Treaties and the history of residential schools. Here how. The vast territory that is now known as Canada is really a collection of territories forming a vast ecosystem that has been governed by diverse Indigenous Nations, like the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, and Haudenosaunee, since time immemorial. All Canadians are in fact newcomers when considered in the context of the many thousands of years that Indigenous Nations have occupied these lands. It is critically important to reconciliation that all Canadians understand the true history and current reality of this territory, including new Canadians. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.