Aug 17 In 1998, an armed standoff in the Gaspe by Mi’kmaq factions and Quebec governments over native timber rights ended after a compromise deal was reached. The deal gave a total of 30,000 cubic metres of wood to Listiguj reserve. Aug 19 In 1928, Inuk sculptor Qaqaq Ashoona was born. In 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the nomination of Michelle O’Bonsawin to the Supreme Court of Canada, making her the first Indigenous person to be named to the high court. O’Bonsawin spent five years as a judge at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Ottawa. She had also taught law at the University of Ottawa and served as the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group’s general counsel for eight years. O’Bonsawin identifies as a bilingual Franco-Ontarian and an

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