Canada Letter: Indigenous Women Assume and Cede Prominent Positions

A female chief leads the Assembly of First Nations and an Inuk woman became governor general. 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Mary Simon, an Inuk from northern Quebec and the new governor general.Patrick Doyle/Reuters Then on Thursday, Jody Wilson-Raybould, the former justice minister and a descendant of the Musgamagw Tsawataineuk and Laich-kwil-tach people, announced that she was leaving politics in a letter that pulled no punches about being an Indigenous woman in the House of Commons. Finally, late Thursday, after several rounds of balloting over two days, RoseAnne Archibald of the Taykwa Tagamou Nation in Ontario emerged as the first woman to become national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the country’s largest Indigenous organization. As my colleague [Dan Bilefsky noted in his article](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiy_T4P0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNy8wNi93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvaW5kaWdlbm91cy1nb3Zlcm5vci1nZW5lcmFsLW1hcnktc2ltb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjEwNzEwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTM1MDM2Jm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTYzMTQxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpg6Phv6WB2CFfdUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), Ms. Simon comes with a long record of accomplishments as she becomes Queen Elizabeth II’s representative as Canada’s head of state: A former broadcaster, she helped negotiate a land claim settlement in 1975 between the Cree and Inuit communities in Quebec’s north and the Quebec government. She was also president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national Inuit rights group. As a diplomat, she was Canada’s representative in Denmark and ambassador for circumpolar affairs, championing Canada’s interests in the Arctic. [Read: [Trudeau Appoints Canada’s First Indigenous Governor General](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiy_T4P0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNy8wNi93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvaW5kaWdlbm91cy1nb3Zlcm5vci1nZW5lcmFsLW1hcnktc2ltb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjEwNzEwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTM1MDM2Jm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTYzMTQxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpg6Phv6WB2CFfdUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)] The symbolism of Ms. Simon’s move into the governor general’s ceremonial position may play two ways within Indigenous communities. Indigenous leaders praised her abilities, her appointment and said having an Indigenous person in that job was long overdue. But other Indigenous people are less awed, if still impressed, by Ms. Simon. “The role of the governor general in terms of Canadian politics is largely seen and treated as a symbolic one,” Riley Yesno, a research fellow at the Yellowhead Institute told me on Friday. “Indigenous youth and much of grass roots Indigenous leadership are calling for much more material changes than symbolic positions can offer. And so over the past few days, I’ve been kind of been rolling my eyes at Justin Trudeau touting this appointment as a very huge act of reconciliation.” Ms. Yesno, who is Anishinaabe, did add that Inuit are much more likely to view themselves as Canadian as well as Indigenous than many people from other Indigenous groups, particularly the First Nations. 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As a result, “A lot of First Nations people and certainly youth find that they feel very divorced from the leadership,” Ms. Yesno said, though adding that Ms. Archibald’s election is nevertheless an important moment for Indigenous women and that she has an important role in her new job. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiy_T4P0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjAzNTA1JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMTA3MTBXA255dEIKYOj4b-lgdghX3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA Ms. Archibald will be immediately thrown into several important tasks, including making sure the government follows up with a plan [announced last month to end violence against Indigenous women and girls](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiy_T4P4RMAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNhbmFkYS5jYS9lbi9jcm93bi1pbmRpZ2Vub3VzLXJlbGF0aW9ucy1ub3J0aGVybi1hZmZhaXJzL25ld3MvMjAyMS8wNi9mZWRlcmFsLXBhdGh3YXktdG8tYWRkcmVzcy1taXNzaW5nLWFuZC1tdXJkZXJlZC1pbmRpZ2Vub3VzLXdvbWVuLWdpcmxzLWFuZC0yc2xnYnRxcWlhLXBlb3BsZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMTA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MzUwMzYmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NjMxNDEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmDo-G_pYHYIV91SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) and dealing with the [discovery of hundreds of human remains on the grounds of former residential schools](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiy_T4P0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNi8yNi93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvaW5kaWdlbm91cy1yZXNpZGVudGlhbC1zY2hvb2xzLWdyYXZlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIxMDcxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0zNTAzNiZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD02MzE0MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYOj4b-lgdghX3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). (This week, we [published a gallery of historic photos](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiy_T4P0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNy8wNS93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvSW5kaWdlbm91cy1yZXNpZGVudGlhbC1zY2hvb2xzLXBob3Rvcy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMTA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MzUwMzYmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NjMxNDEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmDo-G_pYHYIV91SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) from those schools.) The Shingwauk Indian Residential School during the 1960s.Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre, via Reuters At a news conference on Friday, Ms. Archibald, who had been the Ontario regional chief, said that her relationship with Doug Ford, the Conservative premier of Ontario, provided a preview of how she would be dealing with Mr. Trudeau and the other premiers. 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Her [cabinet resignation](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiy_T4P0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wMi8xMi93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvdHJ1ZGVhdS1taW5pc3Rlci1xdWl0cy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMTA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MzUwMzYmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NjMxNDEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmDo-G_pYHYIV91SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) during the [SNC-Lavalin affair](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiy_T4P0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wMi8xNS93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvc25jLWxhdmFsaW4tanVzdGluLXRydWRlYXUuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjEwNzEwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTM1MDM2Jm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTYzMTQxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpg6Phv6WB2CFfdUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) was seen by many Indigenous people as undermining Mr. Trudeau’s twin objectives of creating reconciliation with Indigenous people and advancing the cause of women. Since becoming an independent member of Parliament, Ms. Wilson-Raybould has been a fierce critic of the institution. That continued when she announced this week that she would not seek re-election in a vote that might come this fall. “From my seat over the last six years, I have noticed a change in Parliament, a regression,” she [wrote in a statement posted online.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiy_T4P0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuam9keXdpbHNvbi1yYXlib3VsZC5jYS91cGRhdGVzL2xldHRlci10by1jb25zdGl0dWVudHMtanVseS04LTIwMjE_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIxMDcxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0zNTAzNiZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD02MzE0MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYOj4b-lgdghX3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) “It has become more and more toxic and ineffective while simultaneously marginalizing individuals from certain backgrounds. Federal politics is, in my view, increasingly a disgraceful triumph of harmful partisanship over substantive action.” The remark echoed [a speech last month in the House of Commons](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiy_T4P0TgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2JjLmNhL25ld3MvcG9saXRpY3MvcGFybGlhbWVudC1mYXJld2VsbC1zcGVlY2hlcy0xLjYwNjcyODM_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIxMDcxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0zNTAzNiZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD02MzE0MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYOj4b-lgdghX3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) by Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, an Inuk and the New Democratic Party member for Nunavut. “Every time I walk onto House of Commons grounds, speak in these chambers, I am reminded every step of the way I don’t belong here,” she said in a speech announcing that she too would not seek re-election and in which she recounted being racially profiled by Parliamentary security. “The reality is that this institution and the country has been created off the backs, trauma and displacement of Indigenous people.” Trans Canada A dead sea star in West Vancouver, British Columbia.Christopher Harley/University of British Columbia - The heat wave that set records and led to fires in Western Canada was also [deadly for marine life](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiy_T4P0TZaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNy8wOS9jbGltYXRlL21hcmluZS1oZWF0LXdhdmUuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjEwNzEwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTM1MDM2Jm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTYzMTQxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpg6Phv6WB2CFfdUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). And 27 scientists concluded in a study that the [heat wave was the product of climate change](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiy_T4P0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNy8wNy9jbGltYXRlL2NsaW1hdGUtY2hhbmdlLWhlYXQtd2F2ZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMTA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MzUwMzYmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NjMxNDEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmDo-G_pYHYIV91SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). - Denis Shapovalov, [the 22-year-old tennis star from Vaughan, Ontario](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiy_T4P0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNy8wOC9zcG9ydHMvdGVubmlzL3dpbWJsZWRvbi1kZW5pcy1zaGFwb3ZhbG92Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIxMDcxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0zNTAzNiZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD02MzE0MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYOj4b-lgdghX3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), may not have won his semifinals match against Novak Djokovic on Friday, but Ben Rothenberg reports that he had a memorable time at Wimbledon. - Linda Baker reports that Indigenous communities throughout North America are becoming [a force in real estate development](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiy_T4P0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNy8wNi9idXNpbmVzcy9uYXRpdmUtYW1lcmljYW4tdHJpYmVzLXJlYWwtZXN0YXRlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIxMDcxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0zNTAzNiZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD02MzE0MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYOj4b-lgdghX3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)as they reclaim their land. - Last week, as a large number of you rightly pointed out, I very incorrectly wrote that the Montreal Canadiens were the first Canadian team to play in the Stanley Cup finals since 1993. But that was the last time the Canadiens appeared in the finals; many other Canadian teams have made it to the end since then. In any case, the dream of the Habs repeating their 1993 victory [ended in tears](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiy_T4P0T1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNy8wNy9zcG9ydHMvaG9ja2V5L25obC1tb250cmVhbC1jYW5hZGllbnMtdGFtcGEtbGlnaHRuaW5nLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIxMDcxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0zNTAzNiZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD02MzE0MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYOj4b-lgdghX3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)this week and with hockey now over, Canada moved onto summer. 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