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375 A 2017 sign in Montreal emphasizing the 375 years of colonization, oppression, and resistance since European arrival.	All Saints Indian Residential School Students and a teacher at the All Saints Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan in 1945.	All Saints Indian Residential School Dormitory The dormitory of the All Saints Indian Residential School in 1945.
Assembly of First Nations The logo for the Assembly of First Nations.	Bandera Red Earth Cree The flag of the Bandera Red Earth Cree.	Bear Island School An Indian Day School at Bear Island, Ontario in 1906.
Calls to Action A 2017 Public Policy Forum conference to discuss strategies for implementing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s health-related Calls to Action.	Canada 150 A sign in Vancouver commemorating Canada’s 150^th anniversary.	Canada 150 Logo The logo for Canada’s 150^thanniversary composed of “celebratory gems” representing Canada’s 13 provinces and territories.
Canada 150 Sign A sign in Halifax commemorating Canada’s 150^th anniversary in 2017.	Canada Day Celebrations 2017 Canada Day Celebrations in Vancouver.	Canada Day Celebrations 2017 Canada Day Celebrations in Vancouver.
Canada Day Celebrations 2017 Canada Day Celebrations in Vancouver.	Canada Day Celebrations 2017 Canada Day Celebrations in Vancouver.	Canadian Ethnicity A 2006 map of the dominant self-identified ethnic origins of Canadians.
Canadian Pacific Railway Land Advertisement An 1883 advertisement for land in western Canada.	Canadian Provinces and Territories A map of Canada’s ten provinces and three territories.	Caught in the System A map showing the percentage of children under 14 in foster care who are First Nations, Métis, or Inuit.
Centennial Flame The Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.	Chehalis First Nations A group of Chehalis First Nations around 1910.	Cold Cases A 2016 art installation depicting the backlog of unsolved cases with a sign proclaiming “Indigenous women cold cases. Because we do nothing.”
Conference at Quebec in 1864 An 1884 painting depicting the Conference at Quebec in 1864, which settled the basics of confederation for the British colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.	Covenant Chain Wampum A replica of the Covenant Chain Wampum presented at the conclusion of the Council of Niagara in 1764.	Duncan Campbell Scott Canadian Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Duncan Campbell Scott, in 1933.
Eel Ground First Nation The flag of the Eel Ground First Nation (also known as Natuaqanek).	First Nations Map An 1836 map depicting the estimated areas of First Nation tribes in the 1600s.	French and Indian Conference A conference between French and Indian leaders.
Fur Traders in Canada Trading with Indians A 1777 depiction of French and Indian fur traders.	Haida First Nation The flag of the Haida First Nation.	Happy 150th Birthday Canada An image celebrating Canada’s 150^th Birthday.
Idle No More on Parliament Hill An estimated 3,000 supporters of the Idle No More movement occupied Parliament Hill in 2013.	Idle No More Protest A protest in 2013 by members of the Nipissing First Nation and non-Aboriginal supporters in Ottawa over weakened environmental laws.	Indian Day School Students and staff of an Indian Day School in Ontario.
Indian Reserve Notice A Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development sign in the Canadian Museum of History.	Indian School in Saskatchewan Students and staff at an Indian School in Saskatchewan in 1908.	Indigenous Lives Matter A 2018 rally in Saskatchewan calling for justice for Colten Boushie.
Indigenous Population A map of the population density of indigenous people at the start of the 21^stcentury.	Innu Nation The flag of the Innu Nation of Quebec and Labrador.	Intoxicating Liquor Notice An 1890 Department of Indian Affairs sign in the Canadian Museum of History.
Inuit Family An Inuit family in 1917.	Iroquois Confederacy The flag of the Iroquois Confederacy, Hiawatha Belt.	Jacques Cartier A 2017 sign in Montreal calling the European explorer who named Canada “a thief for taking an entire country in the name of the king and his master called it New France.”
Kawawachikamach Band of the Naskapi Nation The flag of the Kawawachikamach Band of the Naskapi Nation.	Klallam Potlatch An 1859 painting of the Klallam people of Port Townsend, WA during a potlatch.	Métis at Fort Dufferin Métis at Fort Dufferin in Manitoba who were hired as scouts for a border survey in 1872.
Míkmaq Flag The flag of the Míkmaq State flag.	Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School The Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School in Ontario in 1932.	Nakoda Chieftains and the King and Queen Nakoda chieftains meeting with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II in Calgary in 1939.
National Aboriginal Veterans Monument Monument to aboriginal war veterans from World War I to the present in Confederation Park, Ottawa.	National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation The logo for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.	Nisga’a Nation The flag of the Nisga’a Nation.
Northwest Territories Indian Residential School Female students sewing at an Indian Residential School in the Northwest Territories.	Numbered Treaties A map of the approximate borders of treaties between First Nations and Canada.	Nunavut Flag The flag of Nunavut featuring an Inuit, a traditional Inuit land marker.
Nunavut Map A map of Canada with the Nunavut territory in red.	Odanak First Nation (Abenaki) The flag of the Odanak First Nation (Abenaki).	Ouje Bougounou Cree First Nation The flag of the Ouje Bougounou Cree First Nation.
Our Home on Native Land Demonstrators in Ottawa during 150^thanniversary celebrations.	Phil Fontaine Assembly of First Nations Chief Phil Fontaine in 2008.	Prince Arthur at Mohawk Chapel Prince Arthur at the Mohawk Chapel in Brantford, Ontario with the Chiefs of the Six Nations in 1869.
Quebec Indian Residential School Children and nuns around 1950 at an Indian Residential School in Quebec.	Qu’Appelle Indian Industrial School The Qu’Appelle Indian Industrial School in Saskatchewan around 1885.	Richard Henry Pratt Richard Henry Pratt with a student at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in the 1880s.
Shishalh First Nation The flag of the Shishalh.	St. Anne’s Indian Residential School Students of St. Anne’s Indian Residential School in Fort Albany, Ontario around 1945.	St. Luke’s English Church Mission School The farm at St. Luke’s English Church Mission School in the Northwest Territories around 1922.
Stand For Canada A sign celebrating Canada’s 150^thanniversary on which protesters added the words “Indigenous Rights.”	Stephen Harper and Phil Fontaine Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Assembly of First Nations Chief Phil Fontaine during Harper’s apology in 2008.	Teepee on Parliament Hill Protesters on Parliament Hill during Canada’s 150^th birthday celebrations in 2017 [photo credit: TML Weekly Information Project].
Temagama Ojibwa First Nation The flag of the Temagama Ojibwa First Nation.	Ten Dollar Bank Note A commemorative bank note featuring Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir George-Étienne Cartier, Agnes Macphail, and Canada’s first indigenous senator James Gladstone.	The Walas’axa An 1894 painting of a potlatch ceremony held by the Kwakwaka’wala-speaking people of British Columbia.
They Came for the Children A 2012 report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.	Treaty #8 The Canadian Minister of the Interior explaining the terms of Treaty #8, an agreement between Queen Victoria and various First Nations of the Lesser Slave Lake area over land and entitlements, in 1899.	Trudeau on Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking in front of Parliament in 2016 about missing and murdered indigenous women.
Walking With Our Sisters A community-based art installation at Algoma University in 2016 to commemorate murdered or missing women and children from indigenous communities.

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