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The Parliament repeals the Indian Act provisions of anti-pot latch and land claims activity.
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The Government of Canada purchased land that was owned by the Sulpicians and occupied by the Mohawks.
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Municipality of Oka rents out part of the Pines to the club of Golf Oka. 9-Hole golf course is built in the Pines without Mohawk consent.
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Quebec began developing potential hydroelectric resources (Craik).
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First Nations people are permitted to vote in provincial elections.
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The Federal Government commissioned anthropologist, Harry B. Hawthorn to investigate the social conditions of Aboriginal people across Canada. He concluded that Aboriginal people were the most insignificant and disadvantaged population (Flaherty).
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The Canadian Federal Government and the Government of Manitoba, implements a child welfare system to 14 Aboriginal bands in southern Manitoba.
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The Canadian Government and the Government of Manitoba implements a child welfare system to 14 Aboriginal bands in southern Manitoba.
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Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau and his Minister of Indian affairs, Jean Chrétien reveal a paper that proposed the ending of the relationship betweeen Aboriginal people and the Canadian state; also dismantling the Indian Act (Harold).
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The creation of the Mohawk Warrior Society was to reposs and protect the Kanienifrebaika territory.
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The Indian Association of Alberta rejected the White Paper by publishing the document "Citizens Plus", which later became known as the "Red Paper" (Harold).
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Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau withdrew the White Paper.
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The James Bay Development Corporation was created to pursue the development of mining, forestry, and other potential resources starting with the James Bay Hydroelectric Project (Craik).
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Over 3400 Aboriginal children are taken from their families and sent to live with "white families" who were going to assimilate them into the European-Canadian culture (Sinclair).
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The Quebec Association of Indians won an injunction in Quebec Superior Court blocking hydroelectric development until the province that had negotiated an agreement with the Natives.
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Exactly a year after the Superior Court decision - an agreement was signed between the governments of Canada, Quebec, the Grand Council of the Crees and the Northern Quebec Inuit Association.
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38% of the adopted Native children are sent to United States.
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The Constitution Act of 1982 was enacted in this year. This act gave all the rights to the natives within their treaties and their land claims (Craik).
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The numbers of Native adoptees are at their peak in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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The Oka Golf Club renews its lease for 35 years.
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Oka announces its plan to expand the golf course to 18 holes. They also built a condominium complex.
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The Oka Crisis ended things with the Federal Government in order to agree to the purchase of pines that will prevent further arguments.
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By this year, a total of 11, 132 children have been adopted as a result of the government's child welfare system.
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The Royal Commission issued a repot on Aboriginal people. This report was 4,000 pages long and in one chapter Indian residential schools became an interest to people.
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20 Manitoba First Nations sign a treaty for a Land Entitlement Framework agreement with Canada.
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The response to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Commission from the Federal Government was "the statement of Reconciliation learning from the past."
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The Canadian Federal Government established an apology on the Indian Residential Schools and the incidents that had happened.
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The Manitoba Aboriginal Rights Coalition (MARC) is a successor to the Inter Church Task Force on Northern Flooding. They held a public inquiry to examine whether hydro affected Aboriginal people.
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The Federal Government of Canada announces the Indian Residential Schools settlement compensation package.
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established and passes with a mandate of 5 years.
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A lawsuit is filed against the Federal Government by native groups in Ontario.
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A similar lawsuit is filed in British Columbia as it had in 2010 against the Federal Government by native groups in Ontario.
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The Manitoba Government gives Manitoba Hydro the green light to construct the Wuskwatim hydro dam in Northern Manitoba.
