I am wondering if anyone knows another way to apply for Jay treaty if my chief is not willing to give a letter for 50% blood quantum. Anyone have information about this topic.

Hey all,

So I’m a part of the 817 general list, a one percenter. I know that everyone on the 817 list is entitled to a per capita payment, and that the litigation fund is “working diligently” to se everything up. I was wondering if anyone in this subreddit has any insider knowledge or heard murmurs about the possible payouts or at least some info? The people behind the fund are non responsive and haven’t provided any substantial updates in months.

I'm genuinely surprised that, after looking through both provincial and federal Indigenous programs, there seem to be no grants specifically aimed at starting a business. Everything I’ve found seems to target established businesses, often requiring something like a prototype to qualify.

If there’s such a big push to grow the Indigenous economy and encourage entrepreneurship, shouldn’t there be support for all stages of the startup cycle? This should include funding for R&D costs, refining prototypes, and loans for growth. It feels like there’s a gap here—am I missing something? As a Métis person, it’s frustrating to see this lack of support for startups when early-stage funding is often the most critical part of launching a business.

Good evening wonderful people of Canada!

A few months ago I saw a documentary about First Nations in, if I remember correctly, Yukon Territory, and ever since wanted to learn more about your culture and traditions. I would appreciate some directions and/or recommendations on what's a good starting point; whether it be literature, music, or something else.

I would also like to film a documentary about your tradition, history, art, everyday life, culture, and more; if you think there is a specific topic that needs to be addressed because not many people outside of Canada know about it I would love to present that, too. To put it simpler and maybe easier to think about - if you had an opportunity to make an informative movie/documentary about First Nations, what would be the main focus of it?

Lastly, if any of you is interested in appearing on the camera or off the camera but still talk about the chosen topic, please feel free to reach out to me in inbox, I will provide my email/social media where we can communicate it into more details. I do not have any projects of this depth and seriousness behind me so I apologize for not being able to provide a quality-check video before some of you decide to write something down, but I assure you I will do everything in my power to make it as good as possible.

Double edit: This question has been answered! Feel free to ignore it! The only reason I don't want to delete this post is because the lady in the replies had an interesting perspective that I dont want to delete with the post.

What do Anishinaabeg men wear during the winter Solstice/Gichi Magoshe Giizhigan? Any references or descriptions would be greatly appreciated! I live outside of Canada and Google hasn't been very helpful. I've been trying to research the culture and language but it's difficult to find resources online.

I myself am not indigenous, but I do a lot of writing and one of the characters I write is Anishinaabe and I want to make him a respectful and accurate portrayal. I do not want to accidentally fall into stereotyping the culture or accidentally create a disrespectful representation due to a lack of information or potential misinformation from non-Anishinaabe sources.

Literally any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Edit: I'm not here to appropriate anybody's culture! I genuinely just want to create a character who isn't an offensive representation of the culture, as many native characters are.

Is French or English mostly spoken?

Aniin! Anishinaabekwe from Treaty 1. Question for all my neighbours. For my res in Manitoba, the band and council are pretty incompetent. No one replies to emails, no one answers their phone calls. We are organized under the "Interlake tribal reserves council" which handles all the reserves in the interlake region of Manitoba. Now, the people in charge seem to not give a rats ass about their members. There is never any information, the Chief doesn't answer emails or phone calls. The structure and the way they do business is frusturating and has been like this for years. I didn't get funding for my education until about 2 weeks before class started. I remember I was giving all of my documents and information to a person who never saved or recorded anything and who ended up getting fired for not doing her job. These positions are anywhere from 60K salaries. Our reserve gets A LOT of money, yet no one sees any development or use of the finances.Does anyone have experience with these types of issues and is this common for a lot of reserves, specifically in Alberta? How does change get implemented? I'm a social work student and these types of barriers created by our own people only creates ever further limitations for our people who want to succeed and achieve a higher education. I feel terrible for the people who require more high priority services and they get faced with the lack of urgency by the band. Not to mention, our grand chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak is from my reserve. I've also reached out to her via email with no avail.

I'm trying to obtain my status card but can not get any information needed for the form. My father's side of the family -- the side that I get status from -- will not have any contact with me (very homophobic people).

I was told to phone the membership department to get the information I needed but I did not know the answers to their questions about that side of my family.

All I know is my grandpa's name and place of birth, he is status. My father's name and place of birth, he is not status by choice.

I'm unsure of where to go from here. Is there any way to locate the band that my grandpa is registered under or is there a way I can get status without this information?

I am an Indigenous woman working for an Employment Services provider in Ontario. Our services are completely FREE, no strings attached as we are funded by the municipal and provincial government. We assist with pre-employment counselling such as helping individuals access what they need to be job ready including various social services, assistance with transportation, assistance with job related financial needs such as work clothes, gas to get there, bus passes, training courses, licenses, etc again all at no cost to our clients. We also provide support in job searching and job placement, resume support, interview skills, job retention. Basically anything related to helping people obtain and keep a job that they are happy in.

Our catchment area includes a couple of fairly large Indigenous reserves. I am the only indigenous employee in my branch and my bosses are asking me for guidance on how best to reach out to the Indigenous community to offer our free services. Which brings me to why I am posting here. I would love to hear perspectives and opinions on what works and what doesn’t work when it comes to non-Indigenous affiliated organizations coming in to offer services and support to the community. What makes you feel comfortable with a new service or organization? What gives you red flags? What sort of approach do you appreciate/not appreciate? How do you prefer to connect to these services? Would info sessions about what we do be helpful? What would help you to build trust and rapport with workers? What sort of assistance would be most helpful to supporting your search for work and or higher education? What sort of things make you instantly distrustful of a new organization to service provider? What makes you feel comfortable and confident that someone is there to truly help and support? What makes you feel like someone is just there to judge or act like a “wh*te saviour”?

I would love and appreciate any and all input or opinions - the good, the bad, the ugly. All of it.If you’ve read this far and are willing to share - thank you so much. Please also feel free to reach out to me privately if you’d prefer.

Hey my Indigenous people, (and if you're not Indigenous I'm not interested in your opinion on this), how do you feel about the National anthem? I've always felt obligated to stand for it at hockey games and stuff like that, but I really don't feel patriotic about where the country is at in terms of policies that affect Indigenous people and day to day racism. I've noticed the last few years I really don't want to stand for the anthem and just want to get it over with. Do you stand for it? Do any of you resonate with this feeling of not wanting to?

Hello,

I am a student in Ontario and I have noticed that every Monday morning a land acknowledgement is made over our PA system to recognize that we are living on stolen land. Funnily enough, right after the land acknowledgment is made the Canadian national anthem is usually played. This has always seemed crazy to me seeing as the two things are almost completely contradictory. One is basically saying that we acknowledge that we messed up in taking over indigenous land, and the other is giving Natives a maple leaf themed middle finger. I am not first nations so I don't really have any kind of perspective on this beyond what I can directly observe. Is this something that should be addressed? Does it even matter? I just want to know if I am crazy or if this is actually dumb.

I am in school right now to become a process operator (Chemical Production & Power Engineering Technology)

I know all the plants & refineries in my area are all surrounding indigenous land . I have been told that if I was to gain employment through a plant on indigenous land my pay cheques would be tax free ?

I’m not knowledgeable in this area at all. If anyone has any information ?

For example, Bruce power is on indigenous land , but treaty? So indigenous people pay taxes while employed there .

Does anyone know if there is any in Ontario specifically that offers no income tax? And what does that entail?

Thank you so much .

I'm just curious if anyone knows how someone would be able to aquire a status card when only one parent is a 6(2).

I have cousins who are 6(2) with non native partners and were able to get their children a status card. I have other family members attempt the same but are denied.

Okay, so my Nana, dad, and the entire family is listed under our tribe in Canada. Close to Maine, but I am not. I am 21 and never lived near the tribe, nor any reservations. I been trying to connect to the culture more, (not being raised in it)but I don't know where to start. We're mi'kmaq. Were should I begin? Can I register while in the USA?

My husband has his status card. His father's status was taken away, but his remained. We now have a daughter and would like to put through her application.

My understanding is my husband has status from both grandparents, but none were ever registered. Paperwork was submitted to prove this. For that reason, we do not have that info on her application.

My question is for anyone else who may have had a similar situation: would this affect my husband's status? Would they take his away if they decline hers?

Thanks

I’ve recently heard from two Elders in different locations in Canada who were targeted by someone claiming to be an artist wanting to paint a portrait of them, and asking for identity details that could be used to drain their finances. Thankfully, in both cases the Elders realized something was off.

My colleague in IT security was not surprised to hear this is going on: phishing scams have become highly sophisticated in how they target people. They’re led by international crime rings, and taking advantage of people is big businesses.

If you can, pass this information on: the more awareness, the less successful the scam will be.

Hello everyone

I am researching into eligibility of applying for status after my uncle got status registered under 6(1)

Assuming my dad would also be eligible (he has no interest what so ever) which I think is really sad, but his personal choice.

They have the same father and mother biologically BUT on my dad's birth certificate the "father" listed is not actually his biological father. They even went to a court when he was 18 or something and did a swearing saying this guy was. Because he's so against his indian routes.

Will that effect me applying for status ? Because I don't think there is any government documentation saying my dad and his brother have the same dad. (Even though blood wise they are 100% related)

None of my family have any interest so DNA tests to prove relation is out of the question.

I have all the information and names of the family members and grandparents needed to properly fill out the forms. But from a government viewport when they look into everything I'm thinking they will say I'm not related.

Do you think I'm out of luck? Or should I still try?

I hear in America blood quantum is measured.
Do many Bands in Canada enforce blood quantum? How do they measure? I am FN, but my band doesn’t demand blood quantum, only that you can be legitimately be traced to the lineage you claim.
Looking for knowledge from all of you with experience in this. Thank you.

I heard that the Cree are the biggest First Nation group in Canada, just curious how many Cree reservations there are and what First Nation group has the most reservations.

I having trouble determining which nation I'd get my ancestors from exactly.

All my family that is supposedly from the reservation they were kicked off of don't affiliate or care about it. In addition to that the knowledge of my heritage was only spoken about after the death of my grandfather.

He(my grandfather) was the only one who knew how to speak the Restigouche dialect of Lnuismk(the mi'kmaq language). He also never talked about it, and the indigenous culture at all during his life

I just do not which to perpetuate the Indian princess mythology and seek true-descernment in my search.

Does anybody have any connections to the Millbrook first nation or EWMNS office.

I wish to confirm my heritage, not any status at all.