When Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada in 1949, the governments made no special provisions for the new province's Indigenous groups.

Many Indigenous people in the province and country see self-government as a way to preserve their culture and attain greater control over their lives.

Biography of Francis Tanfield, Proprietary governor of the South Falkland colony, 1623-1625/1626.

Biography of Sir Richard Whitbourne, Proprietary governor of Renews, 1618-1620.