{"id":252177,"date":"2025-06-12T15:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/indigenous-nation-in-canada-ratifies-its-first-written-constitution\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T15:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:05:37","slug":"indigenous-nation-in-canada-ratifies-its-first-written-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/indigenous-nation-in-canada-ratifies-its-first-written-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous nation in Canada ratifies its first written constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/MsXRAo4gR6g\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Indigenous nation in Canada ratifies its first written constitution\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MsXRAo4gR6g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>After decades of colonial oppression, including the removal of children from their families, forced sterilisation and abuse in residential schools, the Heiltsuk Nation has ratified its first written constitution.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba http:\/\/bit.ly\/guardianwiressub<\/p>\n<p>Aimed at &#8216;renewing and reclaiming ancestral laws&#8217;, the document enshrines a framework in which power and decision-making is shared by hereditary leadership, the elected chief and council, and the nation\u2019s women\u2019s council<\/p>\n<p>An Indigenous nation in Canada hails historic constitution: \u2018We\u2019re now the architects of certainty for ourselves\u2019 \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jun\/12\/canada-indigenous-heiltsuk-constitution<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. 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