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…
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http://www.tomlongboat.ca

Did you know?
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

Did you know?
Dr. Nadine Caron was the first female First Nations general surgeon in Canada.
Representation in health care changes care itself.
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https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nadine-caron

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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

https://indspire.ca/laureate/roberta-l-jamieson-2

Roberta L. Jamieson - Indspire

Roberta L. Jamieson is the first Aboriginal woman to earn a law degree, the first non-Parliamentarian to be appointed an ex-officio member of a special House of Commons committee on Indian self…

Indspire - A richer life for Indigenous youth starts here

June is National Indigenous History Month
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Juin est le Mois national de l’histoire autochtone

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