{"id":1691,"date":"2025-07-21T13:53:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/cutheme-homepage\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:37:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:37:04","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-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row-reverse mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-7xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 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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<p>Why is self-government important to First Nations in Canada? The origins and objectives of the Rebuilding First Nations Governance Project are presented here by its founders and partners.<\/p>\n\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\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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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