Today in History

June 15 In 1616, the first schools for natives in New France opened at Trois-Rivieres and Tadoussac. In 2006, the Ontario Provincial Police force admitted to mistakes and apologized to the brother of Dudley George, the aboriginal protester who was killed by a police sniper when Ipperwash Provincial Park was occupied 11 years earlier. In 2007, the B.C. Supreme Court struck down part of the definition of the federal Indian Act, ruling that it discriminates against Canadians who trace their aboriginal roots through their female relatives rather than the male line.