The minister of Crown–Indigenous relations is a minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet,one of two ministers who administer Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC),the department of the Government of Canada which is responsible for administering the Indian Act and other legislation dealing with "Indians and lands reserved for the Indians" under subsection 91(24) of the Constitution Act,1867. The minister is also more broadly responsible for overall relations between the federal government and First Nations,Métis,and Inuit.
Pamela Wallin is a Canadian senator,former television journalist,and diplomat. She was appointed to the senate on January 2,2009,where she initially sat as a Conservative.
The First Nations University of Canada is a post-secondary institution and federated college of the University of Regina,based in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. FNUniv operates three campuses within the province,in Prince Albert,Regina,and Saskatoon. The university offers academic programs in business,the humanities,social sciences,and sciences;including a number of programs focused around aboriginal practices.
Lillian Eva Quan Dyck,is a retired Canadian senator from Saskatchewan. A member of the Cree Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan,and a first generation Chinese Canadian,she is the first female First Nations senator and first Canadian-born senator of Chinese descent.
Elaine Jean McCoy was a Canadian politician from Alberta. She was a member of the Senate of Canada.
David Tkachuk is a Canadian teacher,executive and politician. Tkachuk was a member of the Senate of Canada,representing Saskatchewan from 1993 to 2020.
The Métis Nation—Saskatchewan is a federally-recognized government that represents the approximately 80,000 Métis people in the province of Saskatchewan,Canada. It is affiliated with the Métis National Council. Glen McCallum was elected as president in 2017 and reelected in 2021.
Morris Cyril "Shumi" Shumiatcher was a Canadian lawyer,human rights activist,philanthropist,arts patron,art collector,author,and lecturer. As senior legal counsel in the provincial government of Tommy Douglas,he drafted the 1947 Saskatchewan Bill of Rights,the first such bill in the British Commonwealth. He established a successful private law practice in Regina in 1949 and argued numerous cases of constitutional law before the Supreme Court of Canada. He and his wife Jacqui contributed millions of dollars to support the arts,universities,and other charities in Regina,and also amassed "one of the most significant private collections of Inuit art in Canada". He was the recipient of many awards and honours,including the Order of Canada in 1981 and the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 1997.
Samantha Jane Power is an Irish-American journalist,diplomat and government official who is currently serving as the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development. She previously served as the 28th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017. Power is a member of the Democratic Party.
Mary Sandra Lovelace Nicholas is a Canadian senator representing New Brunswick. Sitting with the Progressive Senate Group,she is the first Indigenous woman appointed to the Senate. As an activist on behalf of First Nations women and children,she received international recognition in 1979 for bringing her case to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. In 1985 she succeeded in having Parliament revoke a discriminatory section of the Indian Act,which had caused women marrying non-Aboriginals to lose status and also deprived their children of status but did not treat men the same who married non-Aboriginal women.
Christina Alexandra Freeland is a Canadian politician serving as the tenth and current deputy prime minister of Canada since 2019 and the minister of finance since 2020. A member of the Liberal Party,Freeland represents the Toronto riding of University—Rosedale in the House of Commons. She was first appointed to Cabinet following the 2015 federal election and is the first woman to hold the finance portfolio.
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN),formerly known as the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations,is a Saskatchewan-based First Nations organization. It represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan and is committed to honouring the spirit and intent of the Numbered Treaties,as well as the promotion,protection and implementation of these promises made over a century ago.
Denise Leanne Batters is a Canadian politician who has served as a senator from Saskatchewan since January 25,2013. She was briefly ousted from the national Conservative Party of Canada caucus from November 2021 to February 2022,after criticizing then-leader Erin O'Toole,but remained a member of the Senate Conservative Caucus.
Gerald Morin is a Métis politician who served as president of the Métis National Council and the Métis Nation—Saskatchewan,also serving as vice president for the latter.
Renée Dupuis is a Canadian lawyer and an independent member of the Senate of Canada. Dupuis specialized in Canadian administrative law,Human rights law,and Canadian Indigenous law. She was chosen for appointment to the Senate on November 2,2016,by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Raymonde Saint-Germain is a Canadian public servant and an independent member of the Senate of Canada. At the time of her appointment,Saint Germain was the Quebec ombudsperson. She was nominated for appointment to the Senate on November 2,2016,by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Saint-Germain assumed her office on November 25,2016. Since January 1,2022,Sentor Saint-Germain has been elected Facilitator of the Independent Senators Group (ISG) in the Senate of Canada.
Kelly Dawn Craft is an American businesswoman,political donor,philanthropist,and former diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2019 to 2021. Craft previously served as the United States ambassador to Canada from 2017 to 2019,the first woman to hold the office. She earlier was appointed by President George W. Bush as a US alternate delegate to the United Nations in 2007,where her focus included US engagement in Africa. Craft serves on the advisory board of the Canadian American Business Council and heads Kelly G. Knight LLC,a business advisory firm based in Lexington,Kentucky.
Sylvia McAdam Saysewahum is a member of the Cree Nation. She is an advocate for First Nation and environmental rights in Canada. She is a founding member of Idle No More,a lawyer,a professor,and an author. In all of these cases,her work is focused on spreading awareness and education about First Nation and Environmental rights.
Yvonne Boyer is a Canadian lawyer who was named to the Senate of Canada on March 25,2018,as a Senator for Ontario by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. A Métis,Boyer is the first Indigenous person appointed to the Senate from Ontario. She lives in Merrickville,Ontario,near Ottawa.
Gwendolyn Lucy O'SoupCrane (1930–2005) was Canada's first female First Nations Chief,and first elected.
