#nihm2026 — Public Fediverse posts
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Did you know?
Jean Cuthand Goodwill was a Cree nurse, public servant and Indigenous health and education advocate.
She became Saskatchewan’s first Indigenous nurse in 1954, often travelling by dog sled or bush plane to see patients.
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jean-cuthand-goodwill
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More than 4,000 Indigenous people served in uniform during the First World War - 1 in 3 able-bodied men volunteered.
Some communities saw every man between 20 and 35 years of age enlist.Let us gratefully remember their valour and sacrifices.
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https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/people-and-stories/indigenous-veterans#toc-the-first-world-war -
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Louie Kamookak was an Inuit Elder, educator and historian whose extensive research into the lost Franklin expedition was essential in the discovery of the wreck of HMS Erebus - one of Franklin's ships - in 2014.
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Canada includes over 630 distinct First Nations, Métis & Inuit communities in Canada
Go check out Native Land Digital, an Indigenous-led site where you can help you start learning whose lands relate to where you live now.
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Did you know?
Canada includes over 630 distinct First Nations, Métis & Inuit communities in Canada
Go check out Native Land Digital, an Indigenous-led site where you can help you start learning whose lands relate to where you live now.
#NIHM2026
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Did you know? Tom Longboat of the Six Nations won the 1907 Boston Marathon and popularized recovery days in training. Turns out rest days were not laziness after all… #NIHM2026
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The autonomous Canadian territory of Nunavut was created on April 1, 1999 after decades of Inuit leadership and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.A map changed, but, crucially so did who gets a say in their own governance on their own land.
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https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/politics-law/the-creation-of-nunavut
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Dr. Nadine Caron was the first female First Nations general surgeon in Canada.
Representation in health care changes care itself.
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Roberta Jamieson, a Mohawk lawyer from Six Nations, was the first Indigenous woman in Canada to earn a law degree. I'm non-Indigenous, sharing to learn -- not to speak for anyone. Firsts matter. #NIHM2026
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Roberta Jamieson, a Mohawk lawyer from Six Nations, was the first Indigenous woman in Canada to earn a law degree. I'm non-Indigenous, sharing to learn -- not to speak for anyone. Firsts matter. #NIHM2026
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June is National Indigenous History Month
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June is National Indigenous History Month
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Juin est le Mois national de l’histoire autochtone