Current Canadian Indigenous Movements NBE 3U - 2019

Native Women’s Association of Canada The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is founded on the collective goal to enhance, promote, and foster the social, economic, cultural and political well-being of First Nations, Métis and Inuit women. NWAC is an aggregate of thirteen Native women’s organizations from across Canada and was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1974. (www.nwac.ca) Projects they support are : Project PEACE Project PEACE PSA Honouring Women Project Sisters in Spirit You are Not Alone

Idle No More "Idle No More calls on all people to join in a peaceful revolution, to honour Indigenous sovereignty, and to protect the land and water" INM has and will continue to help build sovereignty & resurgence of nationhood. INM will continue to pressure government and industry to protect the environment. INM will continue to build allies in order to reframe the nation to nation relationship, this will be done by including grassroots perspectives, issues, and concern. (www.idlenomore.ca) Idle No More News Clip

RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs RAVEN’s vision is a country that embraces the ancestral laws of Indigenous Peoples and their equitable access to the justice system within a thriving natural habitat. (raventrust.com) Some projects they support are: Tar Sands Trial: BLCN vs. Alberta and Canada Protect the Peel Secwepemc: Reclaiming Land, Sustaining Culture Tsilhqot’in Nation: Save Teztan Biny (Fish Lake) Pull Together – Stop Kinder Morgan Wild for Salmon – Stop Petronas Raven Produced Video

First Nations Child & Family Caring Society Building on the interest of First Nations child and family services leaders to create a national networking organization, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada (the Caring Society) was developed at the Squamish First Nation in 1998 at a national meeting of First Nations child and family service agencies. Meeting delegates agreed that a national nonprofit organization was required to provide research, policy, professional development and networking to support First Nations child and family service agencies in caring for First Nations children, youth and families. An interim board was elected and the plan was approved at a second national meeting at Kingsclear First Nation in 1999. (fncaringsociety.com) Jordan’s Principle PSA Shannen’s Dream Touchstone of Hope Indigenous Kids’ Rights Path

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) was created to preserve the memory of Canada’s Residential School system and legacy. Not just for a few years, but forever. Officially opening in the summer of 2015, the NCTR will be the permanent home for all statements, documents, and other materials gathered by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). nctr.ca Imagine a Canada PSA Project of Heart

Grassroots Projects Recently there has been a surge in activism that starts within communities Red Dress Project Mental Health and Homelessness Aboriginal Legal Rights Water Advocates Autumn Peltier nominated of International Children’s Peace Prize National Interview