Sept 13 In 2007, the UN General Assembly adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which sets out global human rights standards for indigenous populations, despite opposition from Canada and three other countries. Sept 14 In 1989, Metis Dan Morris was appointed by the federal government as the first native commissioner to the Northwest Territories. Sept 15 In 2021, for the first time in nearly 25 years, members of the Shoal Lake 40 First Nation had clean, running water. The community on the Manitoba-Ontario boundary had been under a boil-water advisory since 1998. Its new water treatment plant finally opened, ending one of the longest boil-water advisories in the country. In 2025, the B.C. and federal governments approved the Ksi Lisims LNG export project off the…
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