Aug 16 In 2018, Natan Obed, 42, was re-elected leader of Canada\u2019s 60,000 Inuit. Obed said he planned to make housing a priority during his second term as president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. Aug 17 In 1896, the discovery that led to the Klondike gold rush was made. George Washington Carmack and two Indian companions, Skookum Jim and Tagish Charlie, found gold at Rabbit Creek, a tributary of the Yukon\u2019s Klondike River. After news of the strike reached the outside world, thousands of miners poured into the territory. It\u2019s estimated more than $100 million in gold was recovered in the region during the next eight years. In 1998, an armed standoff in the Gaspe by Mi\u2019kmaq factions and Quebec governments over native timber rights ended after a compromise deal was… <\/p>\n
Aug 16 In 2018, Natan Obed, 42, was re-elected leader of Canada\u2019s 60,000 Inuit. Obed said he planned to make housing a priority during his second term as president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. Aug 17 In 1896, the discovery that led to the Klondike gold rush was made. George Washington Carmack and two Indian companions, Skookum Jim and Tagish Charlie, found gold at Rabbit Creek, a tributary of the Yukon\u2019s Klondike River. After news of the strike reached the outside world, thousands of miners poured into the territory. It\u2019s estimated more than $100 million in gold was recovered in the region during the next eight years. In 1998, an armed standoff in the Gaspe by Mi\u2019kmaq factions and Quebec governments over native timber rights ended after a compromise deal was... <\/p>\n