加拿大装饰最多的土著士兵托马斯·汤米·普林斯（Thomas“ Tommy” George Prince）的故事令人鼓舞和悲惨。它还强调了土著士兵在冒着生命危险在加拿大国旗下战斗后返回家园后经历的不平等。
Tommy George Prince, born in 1915 on the Brokenhead Reserve in Manitoba, came from a long line of men who were distinguished in battle - family members fought for the Crown in the Red River Resistance in 1870, led the Nile River Voyageurs in 1885, and fought in World War I.
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2007年，联合国大会通过了《联合国土著人民权利宣言》。在构成联合国宣言的46篇文章中，有6篇文章涉及土著人民具有“自由，先验和知情同意”（FPIC）的权利，即有关影响其祖先土地，领土和自然资源的任何活动。yabo亚博88
“FPIC is a principle protected by international human rights standards that state, ‘all peoples have the right to self-determination’ and – linked to the right to self-determination – ‘all peoples have the right to freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.’” [1]
In this article, we contemplate the 'free' aspect offpic。决策过程必须没有pressure，，，，intimidation，，，，操纵orcoercion。决策过程也应由寻求同意并没有的社区自我指导期望andexternal timelines。
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这road to adoption of the联合国关于土著人民权利的声明（UNDEC）对加拿大一直是艰难的。加拿大最终确实“认可”了宣言，但并非没有土著人民的政治压力。接下来是对时间表的简要介绍，导致认可：
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“The report of my death was an exaggeration.”
马克·吐温
Is reconciliation dead? Our培训师工作人员经常被问到这个问题，他们的回答是“不！”
However, some think it’s dead, so I asked Google. My query showed 30,600,000 results. A quick scan of the first three pages of articles declared reconciliation dead (except ours,和解没有死。这是94个原因）或采取了没有死的方法，因为它从未活着。当别人伸出手时，为什么我们要坚持这种信念？在过去的几年中，进展比以往任何时候都要多。除了居住学校的幸存者本身的幸存者之外，这不是对我们或其他任何人进行呼吁。对于幸存者来说，和解是康复，尊严和正义的旅程。如果我们放弃和解，它将我们作为一个国家留在哪里？
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On April 1, 2022, I held my breath as I am sure thousands of other Indigenous Peoples did while listening to Pope Francis publicly address the Indigenous delegation from Canada. Would the leader of the Roman Catholic Church apologize for the church’s role inresidential schools？然后他做到了。
阅读更多“对于那些天主教会成员的可悲行为，我要求上帝的宽恕，我想全心全意地对你说：我很抱歉。我和我的兄弟加拿大主教一起问您的赦免。”教皇弗朗西斯，2022年4月1日
这United Nationshas declared 2022-2032 as theInternational Decade of Indigenous Languages。世界各地的许多土著语言都处于灭绝的危险中。致力于土著语言的国际十年旨在确保土著人民“维护，振兴和推广其语言”的权利。它还提供了支持和协作机会，以帮助采取必要的步骤，以“在世界各地的使用，保存，振兴和促进”。有十年的奉献精神revitalizing Indigenous languageswill mean having a global community of language-saving heroes, featuring worldwide events and activities to promote relevant language learning tools and resources. It will also mean giving others a platform to share, endorse their local language, and facilitate and encourage the learning of others.
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Indigenous Corporate Training Inc. had the recent honour of speaking withK’odi (Hank) Nelson，，，，the Executive Director ofNawalakw，，，，an organization bent upon reconnecting Indigenous People to their culture, land and heritage. K’odi Nelson casts an impressive shadow. His comprehensive knowledge of the Kwakwaka’wakw history, culture - songs, dances, stories - and language, coupled with the skills of a professional athlete and an adventure guide/operator, places him in a unique position to heal and teach.
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