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Metis musicians, dancers, artists and storytellers will be gathering in Toronto from July 22 to 24 to take part in the Metis Arts Festival.
This is the second year for the festival, organized by Black Creek Pioneer Village and the Metis Artists Collective.
The event is a bilingual celebration of Metis people, featuring a mix of the traditional and the contemporary…
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Metis musicians, dancers, artists and storytellers will be gathering in Toronto from July 22 to 24 to take part in the Metis Arts Festival.
This is the second year for the festival, organized by Black Creek Pioneer Village and the Metis Artists Collective.
The event is a bilingual celebration of Metis people, featuring a mix of the traditional and the contemporary…
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Wunnumin Lake First Nation
June 21 was a time to celebrate for the people of Wunnumin Lake First Nation, who marked National Aboriginal Day by officially opening their new water treatment plant.
"We're pleased to see the completion of the plant, and an end to the boil water advisory which has been in effect in this community for the past three years," Wunnumin…
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Wunnumin Lake First Nation
June 21 was a time to celebrate for the people of Wunnumin Lake First Nation, who marked National Aboriginal Day by officially opening their new water treatment plant.
"We're pleased to see the completion of the plant, and an end to the boil water advisory which has been in effect in this community for the past three years," Wunnumin…
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"Sustainable housing is a big problem," said Mary Anne Shoefly, a social worker with Anishnawbe Health Toronto. She spoke at the recent Equity and Diversity Conference held in Toronto June 10 to 12.
Shoefly and colleague Walter Lindstone (Anishnawbe, Martin Clan) both work on Circle of Care, a new project at Anishnawbe Health Toronto to aid the Aboriginal people in the…
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"Sustainable housing is a big problem," said Mary Anne Shoefly, a social worker with Anishnawbe Health Toronto. She spoke at the recent Equity and Diversity Conference held in Toronto June 10 to 12.
Shoefly and colleague Walter Lindstone (Anishnawbe, Martin Clan) both work on Circle of Care, a new project at Anishnawbe Health Toronto to aid the Aboriginal people in the…
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First Nation fishermen and their non-Native employees are being charged or threatened with charges because the Ontario government's Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is operating under a policy that gives enforcement officers too much discretion, provincial NDP leader Howard Hampton said.
A former minister of Natural Resources in the Bob Rae government, Hampton said his…
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First Nation fishermen and their non-Native employees are being charged or threatened with charges because the Ontario government's Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is operating under a policy that gives enforcement officers too much discretion, provincial NDP leader Howard Hampton said.
A former minister of Natural Resources in the Bob Rae government, Hampton said his…
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The owner of a small First Nations company has brought high-speed Internet to cottage country to ensure that his people can share in an increasingly electronic world.
"We're bringing Wahta to the world,'' said Bill Hay, whose company Indigiinet Corp. began installing wireless broadband Internet service to homes and businesses on this tiny Muskoka reserve and to their…
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The owner of a small First Nations company has brought high-speed Internet to cottage country to ensure that his people can share in an increasingly electronic world.
"We're bringing Wahta to the world,'' said Bill Hay, whose company Indigiinet Corp. began installing wireless broadband Internet service to homes and businesses on this tiny Muskoka reserve and to their…
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A Manitoulin Island youth justice worker has been commended for his outstanding community involvement.
Eli Fox of M'Chigeeng First Nation received a Scotiabank Anishinabek Youth Achievement Award, a new award handed out by the Anishinabek Nation for the first time this year
Fox, Zoongaabwe-od Eshniiig-jik program manager, has worked for the United Chiefs and…
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A Manitoulin Island youth justice worker has been commended for his outstanding community involvement.
Eli Fox of M'Chigeeng First Nation received a Scotiabank Anishinabek Youth Achievement Award, a new award handed out by the Anishinabek Nation for the first time this year
Fox, Zoongaabwe-od Eshniiig-jik program manager, has worked for the United Chiefs and…
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A group of Indigenous youth are planning to run thousands of miles to retrace their ancestors' footsteps while at the same time praying for healing and unity among their people.
Everyone is encouraged to join the Spirit of the Youth Run for Unity 2005, which will take place from July 24 to Aug. 5, but the focus is on participation by youth.
The Spirit of the Youth…
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A group of Indigenous youth are planning to run thousands of miles to retrace their ancestors' footsteps while at the same time praying for healing and unity among their people.
Everyone is encouraged to join the Spirit of the Youth Run for Unity 2005, which will take place from July 24 to Aug. 5, but the focus is on participation by youth.
The Spirit of the Youth…
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The first study in Canada of racial profiling by a police service has turned up results showing what Aboriginal people have thought all along-police target Native people.
Scot Wortley, a professor with the University of Toronto criminology department, headed up a study done on the Kingston police department. Released in May, the study found that police were 3.7 times more…