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Nellie Cournoyea, the Glossary

Nellie Cournoyea (born March 4, 1940 in Aklavik, Northwest Territories) is a Canadian politician, who served as the sixth premier of the Northwest Territories from 1991 to 1995.^[1]

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20th-century indigenous leaders of the Americas
Canadian female first ministers
Inuvialuit people
Members of the Order of the Northwest Territories
People from Aklavik
Premiers of the Northwest Territories
Women MLAs in the Northwest Territories

Aboriginal title

Aboriginal title is a common law doctrine that the land rights of indigenous peoples to customary tenure persist after the assumption of sovereignty to that land by another colonising state.

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Aklavik

Aklavik (Inuvialuktun: Akłarvik) (from the Inuvialuktun meaning barrenground grizzly place) is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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Canada Post

Canada Post Corporation (Société canadienne des postes), trading as Canada Post (Postes Canada), is a Crown corporation that functions as the primary postal operator in Canada.

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Carleton University

Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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CBC North (translit; translit; Radio-Canada Nord) is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio and television service for the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon of Northern Canada as well as Eeyou Istchee and Nunavik in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec.

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Consensus democracy

Consensus democracy is the application of consensus decision-making and supermajority to the process of legislation in a democracy.

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Daniel L. Norris

Daniel L. Norris (August 30, 1935 – August 5, 2008) was the commissioner of the Northwest Territories from October 2, 1989, until September 30, 1994. Nellie Cournoyea and Daniel L. Norris are people from Aklavik.

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Dennis Patterson

Dennis Glen Patterson (born December 30, 1948) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who was senator from Nunavut from 2009 until his retirement in 2023. Nellie Cournoyea and Dennis Patterson are Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories and premiers of the Northwest Territories.

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Don Morin

Don Albert Morin (born 1954 in Hay River, Northwest Territories) was the seventh premier of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Nellie Cournoyea and Don Morin are Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Northwest Territories politician stubs and premiers of the Northwest Territories.

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Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based.

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George Manuel

George Manuel, OC (February 21, 1921 – November 15, 1989) was an Aboriginal leader in Canada.

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Helen Maksagak

Helen Mamayaok Maksagak, (April 15, 1931 – January 23, 2009) was a Canadian politician. Nellie Cournoyea and Helen Maksagak are 20th-century Canadian politicians, 20th-century Canadian women politicians, Canadian Inuit women, Inuit from the Northwest Territories and Inuit politicians.

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Iñupiat

The Inupiat (singular: Iñupiaq) are a group of Alaska Natives whose traditional territory roughly spans northeast from Norton Sound on the Bering Sea to the northernmost part of the Canada–United States border.

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Indigenous Canadian personalities

Over the course of centuries, many Indigenous Canadians have played a critical role in shaping the history of Canada.

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Indspire Awards

The Indspire Awards, until 2012 the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, are annual awards presented by Indspire in Canada.

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Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, meaning "Inuit are united in Canada"), previously known as the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (Eskimo Brotherhood of Canada), is a nonprofit organization in Canada that represents over 65,000 Inuit across Inuit Nunangat and the rest of Canada.

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Inuvialuit

The Inuvialuit (sing. Inuvialuk; the real people) or Western Canadian Inuit are Inuit who live in the western Canadian Arctic region.

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Inuvik

Inuvik (place of man) is the only town in the Inuvik Region, and the third largest community in Canada's Northwest Territories.

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Lakehead University

Lakehead University is a public research university with campuses in Thunder Bay and Orillia, Ontario, Canada.

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Law

Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate.

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List of female first ministers in Canada

A total of fifteen women have served as the first minister of a Canadian government. Nellie Cournoyea and List of female first ministers in Canada are Canadian female first ministers.

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Member of the Legislative Assembly

A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly.

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Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories (abbreviated NT or NWT; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; formerly North-West Territories) is a federal territory of Canada.

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Nunakput

Nunakput is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

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Order of Canada

The Order of Canada (Ordre du Canada) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit.

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Order of the Northwest Territories

The Order of the Northwest Territories (Ordre des Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a civil honour for merit in the Canadian territory of the Northwest Territories.

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Premier of the Northwest Territories

The premier of the Northwest Territories is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian territory of the Northwest Territories. Nellie Cournoyea and premier of the Northwest Territories are premiers of the Northwest Territories.

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Rita Johnston

Rita Margaret Johnston (born April 22, 1935; née Leichert) is a Canadian politician in British Columbia. Nellie Cournoyea and Rita Johnston are Canadian female first ministers.

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Thelma Chalifoux

Thelma J. Chalifoux (8 February 1929 – 22 September 2017) was a Canadian teacher and senator. Nellie Cournoyea and Thelma Chalifoux are Indspire Awards.

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Toronto Star

The Toronto Star is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper.

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC; Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada) was a truth and reconciliation commission active in Canada from 2008 to 2015, organized by the parties of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.

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University of Toronto

The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.

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Vince Steen

Vince Steen (June 17, 1941 in Aklavik, Northwest Territories – February 3, 2007) was a politician. Nellie Cournoyea and Vince Steen are Inuit from the Northwest Territories, Inuvialuit people, Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories and people from Aklavik.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Cournoyea

Also known as Cournoyea, Nellie J. Cournoyea.

Nellie Cournoyea, the Glossary

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See also

20th-century indigenous leaders of the Americas

Canadian female first ministers

Inuvialuit people

Members of the Order of the Northwest Territories

People from Aklavik

Premiers of the Northwest Territories

Women MLAs in the Northwest Territories

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