{"id":1691,"date":"2025-07-21T13:53:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/cutheme-homepage\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:33:33","slug":"cutheme-homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/","title":{"rendered":"RFNG | Rebuilding \nFirst Nations Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/logogood.jpg); background-position: 50% 37%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        \u3164\u00ad \n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"rebuilding-first-nations-governance\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Rebuilding First Nations Governance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Rebuilding First Nations Governance (RFNG) is a national alliance of First Nation communities and Tribal Councils, academic researchers and public sector practitioners created to support First Nations leadership and rights holders that have made the decision to transition out from under the Indian Act to their own inherent rights governance. This applied action research project is supported by a $2.5M SSHRC Partnership Grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-7xl md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/rfng_website_headers7-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n   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class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is self-government important to First Nations in Canada? For generations, First Nations communities have worked to reclaim authority over their own governance systems, decision-making processes, and community development. In this video, the founders and partners of the Rebuilding First Nations Governance Project discuss the origins of the initiative, the challenges facing First Nations governance, and the importance of rebuilding governance systems that support self-determination.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sGnMWVgm8DI&amp;t=94s\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-11.10.26-AM-1024x640.png\" alt=\"This is how it begins\" class=\"wp-image-2274\" style=\"width:402px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-11.10.26-AM-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-11.10.26-AM-512x320.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-11.10.26-AM-320x200.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-11.10.26-AM-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-11.10.26-AM-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-11.10.26-AM-2048x1280.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click above to see a short video on the origins of the RFNG project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rebuilding First Nations Governance Rebuilding First Nations Governance (RFNG) is a national alliance of First Nation communities and Tribal Councils, academic researchers and public sector practitioners created to support First Nations leadership and rights holders that have made the decision to transition out from under the Indian Act to their own inherent rights governance. 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