Youth Indigenize the Senate of Canada before the committee. As the inaugural event was focused on celebrating National Aboriginal Day in Canada, the Indigenous youth leaders shared their success stories with the Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples. Andrea Andersen "Inuk from Makkovik, Nunatsiavut" Jacquelyn Cardinal "Nehiyaw from the Sucker Creek Cree First Nation on Treaty 8 Territory, Alberta" Perry Kootenhayoo "Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation, now lives in Edmonton" Modeste McKenzie "Dene Métis from La Ronge, Saskatchewan" Tiffany Monkman "Métis from Winnipeg, Manitoba" Jennifer O'Bomsawin "Wendat and Abenaki from Odanak, Quebec" Stephen Puskas "Inuk from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories" Holly Jane Sock "Mi'kmaq from Elsipogtog First Nation"
Yellowknife Yellowknife began with the discovery of diamonds north of the city in 1991. The last of the gold mines in Yellowknife closed in 2004. Today, Yellowknife is primarily a government town and a service centre for the diamond mines. On April 1, 1999, its purview as capital of the NWT was reduced when the territory of Nunavut was split from the NWT. As a result, jurisdiction for that region of Canada was transferred to the new capital city of Iqaluit. Consequently, Yellowknife lost its standing as the Canadian capital city with the smallest population. Yellowknife is on the Canadian Shield,