Canada History Week 2021: Indigenous History Learning Tool

INDIGENOUS LEADERS

Leadership takes on many forms. Explore the stories of Indigenous leaders in Canadian history.

THELMA CHALIFOUX

RECONSIDERING THE GOLD RUSH

FREDERICK OGILVIE LOFT (ONONDEYOH)

Courtesy NAIT TCI Photo Dept.

When prospectors stampeded into the Klondike, Chief Isaac guided the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in people through a time of turmoil. Chief Isaac ca. 1920. Courtesy Dawson Museum 1984.106.1.

Thelma Chalifoux was the first Métis woman appointed to the Senate of Canada and an ardent advocate for women’s and Indigenous rights.

Courtesy Library and Archives Canada.

The First Nations of Canada owe a great deal to Onondeyoh

(Fred Loft), an early 20th century political visionary.

MARY TWO-AXE EARLEY

LOST GENERATIONS

THE ANISHINAABE WOMAN WHO WALKED FOR WATER RIGHTS

Inuk artist Mary Carpenter reflects on the legacy of residential schools in the Far North. Mary Carpenter, far left, at All Saints Anglican School in Aklavik, Northwest Territories, 1953. Courtesy George Hunter/National Film Board of Canada/Library and Archives Canada.

Mary Two-Axe Earley’s political activism helped to forge a coalition of allies to challenge Canadian laws that discriminated against Indigenous women.

In 2003, Josephine Mandamin began walking around the Great Lakes to raise awareness about water pollution.

Northern Lights over Lake Laberge, Yukon Territory (Stephan Pietzko/17149387/Dreamstime).

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