Section 35 of the Constitution, 1982

● Section 35 of the Constitution states that all existing Treaty rights

of Aboriginal people are recognized and are affirmed.
● Also states that the Metis, First Nations, and the Inuit are the
aboriginal people of Canada.
● Like it’s name suggest, it started 1982

Before Metis people were not considered

as the Indigenous people of Canada. In
1982 the constitution finally recognized
them as Indigenous people of Canada.

Metis people are people with mixed

ancestry. They have First Nation
ancestry and European ancestry.

Treaties in Alberta that have been recognized

The treaties that have happened in Alberta have been recognized by the
Canadian government. For example in 2013, The City of Edmonton and
the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations co-hosted Treaty No.6
Recognition Day. They did this to commemorate the signing of Treaty 6
between the First Nations on August 23, 1876.
 The people acknowledge the
achievements and

This is the picture taken on 2013 to

recognize the First Nations who
signed Treaty 6.

contribution of local First

Nations in the region. Treaties
7,and 8 have also been
recognized!
This is the Treaty 6
acknowledgement for
Edmonton Catholic
Schools. You have
probably heard this
acknowledgement many
times!

This video shows what being

Indigenous means.
https://youtu.be/X-zwP6q1GkM