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Charlie Watt (born June 29, 1944) is a Canadian Senator. June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Senate ( French: Sénat) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the House of Commons. ...


A hunter and businessman by profession, Watt is an Inuit and has served as Northern officer with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs from 1969 to 1979 and founded the Northern Quebec Inuit Association in the 1970s. He has also been active with a number of aboriginal businesses such as Makivik Corporation, Air Inuit Ltd., Seaku Fisheries, Uttuulik Leasing and Kigaq Travel. This article is about the hunting of prey by human society. ... Inuit woman Inuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, singular Inuk or Inuq / ᐃᓄᒃ) is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples of the Arctic who descended from the Thule. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Indigenous peoples are: Peoples living in an area prior to colonization by a state Peoples living in an area within a nation-state, prior to the formation of a nation-state, but who do not identify with the dominant nation. ...


Watt served as co-chair of the Inuit Committee on National Issues from 1979 to 1984 and has also served with the Nunavik Constitutional Committee and the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada. He is the 1997 recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award. 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Watt was appointed to the Senate in 1984 by Pierre Trudeau. 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Name Pierre Elliott Trudeau Number Fifteenth First term April 20, 1968–June 4,1979 Second term March 3, 1980–June 30, 1984 Predecessor Lester Bowles Pearson Successors Joe Clark John Napier Turner Date of birth October 18, 1919 Place of birth Montreal, Quebec Date of death September 28, 2000 Spouse...


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