Waawase’ Aagaming Water Walk June 24-July 2 This walk is being held in the same spirit of the Mother Earth Water Walks that have taken place around the Great Lakes. It has been requested by Grandmother Josephine Mandamin of the Three Fires Lodge and founding Chief Commissioner of the Anishinab...
By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians The Harper government’s ‘Bill C-33: First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act’ has been highly controversial, divisive, and unhelpful in the task of meeting the educational needs of First Nations children. The Canadian Press notes,...
CBC News Shawn Atleo has quit as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations amid rancour over the federal government’s proposed overhaul of aboriginal education. Atleo made the surprise announcement at a news conference in Ottawa Friday. The Harper government’s First Nations educatio...
APTN NATIONAL NEWS By Jorge Barrera Vicki Monague drove six hours from her home community of Beausoleil First Nation to Ottawa in hopes of confronting Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo over his support for the Harper government’s proposed First Nation education bill to govern reser...
A leading academic has called on a legal disciplinary body to investigate comments by a Superior Court judge who chastised police for not taking swift action to remove First Nations protestors from rail lines By Peter Edwards Toronto Star A leading academic has called on a legal disciplinary body to ...
Forwarded by Springwater Park Citizens’ Coalition By Cheryl Browne Barrie Examiner SPRINGWATER TWP. – The gates of Springwater Provincial Park may be pushed a little more open as council sets aside $10,000 for its re-opening this year. Although the park remains technically locked up, Springwate...
Text of letter released by Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation” On his Honour the Treaties tour, Neil Young is doing what poets do – forcing us to examine ourselves. This is hard enough on a personal level and it can be even more difficult when we are being asked to examine the direction in ...
Blue Rodeo singer issues a statement of solidarity with Young’s calls for responsible oilsands development on the “Honor the Treaties” tour By: Ben Rayner Toronto Star Jim Cuddy has joined Neil Young in calling for a curb on the rapid development of the Alberta oilsands. The Blue Rodeo singer issued ...
Grassy Narrows Blockade to Resume if Logging Operation Starts By Gale Courey Toensing Indian Country Today Assembly of First Nations Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy has called for an immediate blockade of logging operations if the Ontario government’s plan to allow clear-cutting of mature trees wi...
The expat-Canadian rock ‘n’ roller’s Sunday Massey Hall gig aims to raise environmental awareness and money for First Nations legal challenge By Ben Rayner Toronto Star Neil Young kicked off his four-date “Honor the Treaties” tour of Canada on Sunday with some fighting words about ...
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