Indiigineous Timelime
1956
People of the Potlatch, the first Canadian exhibition devoted entirely to Northwest Coast Indigenous objects in a fine arts context, is presented at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
1959
Creation in George River (now Kangiqsualujjuaq), Nunavik, of the first Inuit cooperative, succeeded the following year by the one in Puvirnituq (Povungnituk).
1961
Founding of the National Indian Council, which inaugurates a new era of advocacy and self-governance for Canada's First Nations.
1965
The art historian and artist George Swinton publishes Eskimo Sculpture / Sculpture esquimaude, the first attempt to present a broad survey of contemporary Inuit art.
1967
The Indians of Canada Pavilion at Expo 67, in Montreal, showcases the heritage of First Nations and Inuit people to international visitors. It is the first comprehensive, Indigenous-curated exhibution devoted to Indigenous history, art and culture.
Founding of Ilagiisaq, the Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Quebec, to oversee the distribution of the art of the Inuit in the region (in what is now Nunavik).
Establishment of the Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, which assumes the role of selecting works suitable for reproduction in print editions for the annual collection of the Inuit cooperatives. The controversial body would be dissolved in 1989.
1970
Citizens Plus - or the "Red Paper" - a response to the White Paper (1969), is issued by the Indian Association of Alberta and affirms Indigenous land rights and demands that past agreements with Canada be honoured.
1973
French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss gives a lecture at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver. His research in the region leads to the publication of La voie des masques (1975), which will directly inspire a number of Riopelle's drawings.
1974
The objects housed in Ottaw's Museum of Man (now the Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau), despoiled at Dan Cranmer's 1921 potlatch, are returned to their descendants. The U'mista Cultural Centre will open in 1980 and will display these objects in a way that showcases Indigenous museology.
1975
Singing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement.Considered the first modern treaty negotiated between the government and Indigenous peoples, it provides for financial compensation and accords political and administrative autonomy to the Inuit and the Cree (and later to the Naskapi). It also grants them exclusive land rights and uses in exchange for their ancestral rights and the right to develop natural resources.
1982
Chiefs of Canada's Indigenous communities hold their first assembly as the Assembly of First Nations.
1986
Following a referendum held among the communities of Nouveau-Québec, the population adopts the name of Nunavik ("the place where we live" in Inuktitut) as the new official toponym.
1988
Protests arount The Spirit Sings, an exhibition organized by the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, lead to Indigenous communities and their supporters raising public awareness on a wider range of issues concerning Indigenous museum collections, their display and interpretive authority. The reporting Turning the Page (1992) establishes new guidelines.
The Musée de la Civilisation in Quebec City, founded in 1984, opens to the public.
1989
The Canadian Museum of Civilisation (now the Canadian Museum of History), opens in Hull.
Indiigineous Timelime
1956
People of the Potlatch, the first Canadian exhibition devoted entirely to Northwest Coast Indigenous objects in a fine arts context, is presented at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
1959
Creation in George River (now Kangiqsualujjuaq), Nunavik, of the first Inuit cooperative, succeeded the following year by the one in Puvirnituq (Povungnituk).
1961
Founding of the National Indian Council, which inaugurates a new era of advocacy and self-governance for Canada's First Nations.
1965
The art historian and artist George Swinton publishes Eskimo Sculpture / Sculpture esquimaude, the first attempt to present a broad survey of contemporary Inuit art.
1967
The Indians of Canada Pavilion at Expo 67, in Montreal, showcases the heritage of First Nations and Inuit people to international visitors. It is the first comprehensive, Indigenous-curated exhibution devoted to Indigenous history, art and culture.
Founding of Ilagiisaq, the Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Quebec, to oversee the distribution of the art of the Inuit in the region (in what is now Nunavik).
Establishment of the Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, which assumes the role of selecting works suitable for reproduction in print editions for the annual collection of the Inuit cooperatives. The controversial body would be dissolved in 1989.
1970
Citizens Plus - or the "Red Paper" - a response to the White Paper (1969), is issued by the Indian Association of Alberta and affirms Indigenous land rights and demands that past agreements with Canada be honoured.
1973
French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss gives a lecture at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver. His research in the region leads to the publication of La voie des masques (1975), which will directly inspire a number of Riopelle's drawings.
1974
The objects housed in Ottaw's Museum of Man (now the Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau), despoiled at Dan Cranmer's 1921 potlatch, are returned to their descendants. The U'mista Cultural Centre will open in 1980 and will display these objects in a way that showcases Indigenous museology.
1975
Singing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement.Considered the first modern treaty negotiated between the government and Indigenous peoples, it provides for financial compensation and accords political and administrative autonomy to the Inuit and the Cree (and later to the Naskapi). It also grants them exclusive land rights and uses in exchange for their ancestral rights and the right to develop natural resources.
1982
Chiefs of Canada's Indigenous communities hold their first assembly as the Assembly of First Nations.
1986
Following a referendum held among the communities of Nouveau-Québec, the population adopts the name of Nunavik ("the place where we live" in Inuktitut) as the new official toponym.
1988
Protests arount The Spirit Sings, an exhibition organized by the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, lead to Indigenous communities and their supporters raising public awareness on a wider range of issues concerning Indigenous museum collections, their display and interpretive authority. The reporting Turning the Page (1992) establishes new guidelines.
The Musée de la Civilisation in Quebec City, founded in 1984, opens to the public.
1989
The Canadian Museum of Civilisation (now the Canadian Museum of History), opens in Hull.