Calliou Group is beyond proud to announce

2 important milestones for

2 Calliou Group team members:

clAIRE

Claire successfully passed the bar exam (Practice Readiness Education Program) and will be called to the Alberta Bar on March 1, 2024. Claire recently completed her articles with Rae and Company, a boutique law firm specializing in Aboriginal and First Nations law. Claire is a Status Indian (Alberta General List).

“My family’s history is what pushed me towards this area of work. I feel fortunate to have spent my articles gaining valuable experience providing legal services to First Nation governments and I look forward to continuing to advocate for the protection of rights held by Indigenous peoples in Canada, both in my personal and professional life.”

Claire has a Bachelor of Arts undergraduate degree in Law and Society from the University of Calgary, and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the University of Exeter.

HENRY

He successfully attained his Master of History degree from the University of Calgary. He defended his thesis, “Not Indian Enough: The History of the Michel Indian Band.” Henry is a Status Indian (Alberta General List), and his thesis focused on his own Nation’s story of Canada’s forced enfranchisement of the Michel Indian Band in 1958.

“I hope to use the skills I've acquired to help my fellow Status Indians, who have no way to access their treaty rights other than through the Indian Act, which is wrong on so many levels.”

Henry has a Bachelor of Arts undergraduate degree in History from the University of New Brunswick.

Indigenous-owned

for indigenous nations

Calliou Group is an Indigenous-owned Consulting Firm that provides services and supports to Indigenous peoples and their governments on matters pertaining to their rights.

Michel Reserve, 1940s

CALLIOU

Pronounced /KAL-ee-oh/

Calliou is the last name descended from Louis Callihoo (Kwarakwante) who signed Treaty 6 in 1878 as part of Michel First Nation. Other spellings include Callihoo, Calahoo, Callioux. Calliou peoples and their treaty story are central to the history of what is now known as Alberta.

MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDER

“I started Calliou Group in 2008 with the hope that I could take everything I knew about the rights held by Indigenous peoples and pass it on to my clients and to the people I work with. The process of learning, adjusting, and learning again has not stopped in almost 30 years. I wish I could say conditions have changed for Indigenous peoples in Canada, but I can’t. And that is what kept me going. The work is not done, the fight is not over.”
-Tracy Campbell