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Positive mental health needs to be nurtured from the moment of birth, according to a great-grandmother from Rainy River First Nation. Elder Ann Wilson shared her experiences in an Oct. 28 workshop entitled Traditional Approaches to Mental Health during a Native mental health conference.
A member of the Bullhead Clan, Wilson, whose Native name is Bebaamijiwebiik, is…
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The negative fallout from a massive revamping of mental health services in 1998 is being felt throughout Northern Ontario. The reorganization ordered by the Mike Harris Conservative government virtually eliminated local control of services in favour of regional decision-making.
Native community mental health workers who gathered for professional development workshops in…
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Nishnawbe Aski Nation Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, 38, returned Oct. 26 from running in the Dublin Marathon in Dublin, Ireland.
The 26-mile run was Fiddler's first marathon, but not his first effort on behalf of the Canadian Diabetes Association, for which he has personally raised about $6,000 in the past.
This latest effort, as part of Team Diabetes Canada,…
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Public hearings on Bill 97, the First Nations Revenue Sharing Act, 2004 concluded this fall, but the bill was still being discussed at the Nishnawbe Aski Nation's Special Chiefs' Assembly in early November.
If Bill 97 is passed into law, it will establish a procedure "by which resource companies that intend to extract natural resources from First Nations traditional lands…
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THUNDER BAY-Nishnawbe-Aski Nation announced the launch of two new Web sites during its annual chiefs' assembly in Thunder Bay on Nov. 3.
They are www.nan.on.ca and www.mynan.ca.
One provides information about NAN's organization and departments, communities…
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TORONTO-Roberta Jamieson has been appointed as chief executive officer to the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF).
The announcement was made Nov. 4.
"I was impressed by the high level of candidates we interviewed," said NAAF board chairman Len Flett.
"Our final choice focused on a person who, in addition to having all the managerial qualities…
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TYENDINAGA-Two journalism diploma program students at First Nations Technical Institute (FNTI) have been awarded more than $6,000 between them in scholarships.
Third-year student Jeremy Brascoupe gets $2,500 U.S. this year from the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA). Last year the association gave him $1,500.
"The funds NAJA have provided for my…
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HEARST-Constance Lake has identified a problem with prescription drug abuse on its reserve. They are seeking the assistance of other communities and organizations that are dealing with the same situation.
Band authorities say as many as 900 tablets of prescription drugs such as Oxycodone, Oxycontin and Percocet are coming into the community at one time and being sold for $…
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OTTAWA-Amnesty International has released a report stating "Canadian officials have too long ignored the threat to Indigenous women in Canadian towns and cities. Many are missing, some have been murdered, and Canadian authorities are not doing enough to stop the violence."
The report, Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous…
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The most recent round of negotiations on the decades old and often volatile Temagami land claim have lasted three years and are about to enter another phase. Development on Timiskaming Crown land was stalled for years when a land caution preventing staking and exploration activities was attached to nearly 10,000 square kilometres of land in the district as a result of the Native…
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You can find a little bit of home-with an upscale twist-the next time you visit the nation's capital. Sweetgrass Aboriginal Bistro is about to celebrate its first anniversary. Located on Murray Street in Ottawa's trendy Byward Market, the restaurant is owned and operated by husband and wife team Phoebe and Warren Sutherland.
Phoebe is a James Bay Cree from Mistissini Lake…
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Sun on the Mountains, Book 1
The Story of Blue Eye
By Tyler Trafford
Thistledown Press Ltd., 2004
$18.95; 349 pp. (sc)
Not since I devoured saga after saga by that great chronicler of the American West, Zane Grey, 45 years ago have I enjoyed a story of the wide open spaces so much.
Canadian author Tyler Trafford's first Sun on the…
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Eco-North 2004, an educational opportunity for entrepreneurial-minded First Peoples, is coming to Thunder Bay Nov. 24 to 27. The tourism conference and trade show aims to foster heritage, adventure and nature-based activities in Northern Ontario, key resources that Native communities have to offer.
With an increasing demand by the baby boomer population for more culturally…
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Naomi Williams, 28, an assistant environmental technologist from Walpole Island First Nation, credits a federal government program called BEAHR with expanding her career options and providing an opportunity to help her preserve her people's natural resource heritage.
BEAHR (Building Environmental Aboriginal Human Resources) is designed to increase Aboriginal people's…
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The Metis Nation of Ontario (MNO) is not amused.
The organization thought it had reached a deal last July with the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) that bound the ministry to recognize MNO-issued harvester's certificates for the Aboriginal hunting season in Ontario that opened Sept. 1 and continues to the end of December.
The Metis were of the belief…