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Want to experience traditional Maori culture first-hand? You'll get your chance at the 28th Vancouver International Children's Festival when New Zealand's only professional Maori dance company performs there.
The Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre, which tours New Zealand, as well as Asia and North America in more than 400 concerts a year, will showcase the Indigenous people's…
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Want to experience traditional Maori culture first-hand? You'll get your chance at the 28th Vancouver International Children's Festival when New Zealand's only professional Maori dance company performs there.
The Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre, which tours New Zealand, as well as Asia and North America in more than 400 concerts a year, will showcase the Indigenous people's…
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The unveiling on April 23 of the official logo of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games at Whistler, B.C. has upset many of the province's First Nations people. The logo chosen is an inuksuk, which is an Inuit symbol specifically known as "ilanaaq," meaning "friend" in the Inuit language.
An official press release states that the figure represents the deep connection between…
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The unveiling on April 23 of the official logo of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games at Whistler, B.C. has upset many of the province's First Nations people. The logo chosen is an inuksuk, which is an Inuit symbol specifically known as "ilanaaq," meaning "friend" in the Inuit language.
An official press release states that the figure represents the deep connection between…
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Hard work and dedication is what it takes to land a summer internship at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.
At least that's what it took for Malaspina First Nation student Rose Alexis.
Alexis learned about the student opportunities offered at the Smithsonian through a conversation while completing a one-year internship at the Canadian Museum of…
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Hard work and dedication is what it takes to land a summer internship at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.
At least that's what it took for Malaspina First Nation student Rose Alexis.
Alexis learned about the student opportunities offered at the Smithsonian through a conversation while completing a one-year internship at the Canadian Museum of…
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In a British Columbia Supreme Court on March 11, Justice Carol J. Ross found that the sale of a 70,000-hectare parcel of land from one forestry company to another adversely affected the rights and title of the Hupacasath First Nation of Vancouver Island.
The justice also found that there was a chance the Hupacasath people could suffer irreparable harm if the decision to…
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In a British Columbia Supreme Court on March 11, Justice Carol J. Ross found that the sale of a 70,000-hectare parcel of land from one forestry company to another adversely affected the rights and title of the Hupacasath First Nation of Vancouver Island.
The justice also found that there was a chance the Hupacasath people could suffer irreparable harm if the decision to…
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On April 8, the British Columbia Provincial Court ruled in the case of R. v Willison and found in favor of Metis rights.
Gregory Willison, a member of the Metis Provincial Council of British Columbia (MPCBC), had been charged with hunting without a license when he was stopped by a B.C. government conservation officer and found in possession of a deer.
The decision…
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On April 8, the British Columbia Provincial Court ruled in the case of R. v Willison and found in favor of Metis rights.
Gregory Willison, a member of the Metis Provincial Council of British Columbia (MPCBC), had been charged with hunting without a license when he was stopped by a B.C. government conservation officer and found in possession of a deer.
The decision…
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Weaving through the heart of the Secwepemc territory, highway 97 passes by the typical Okanagan orchards, vineyards and resort hotels. This is a place tourists come to eat good food and have some fun.
On the section of road that leads from Vernon to Enderby, locals gathered at one lesser-known attraction-North America's largest drive-in movie screen.
A white expanse…
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Weaving through the heart of the Secwepemc territory, highway 97 passes by the typical Okanagan orchards, vineyards and resort hotels. This is a place tourists come to eat good food and have some fun.
On the section of road that leads from Vernon to Enderby, locals gathered at one lesser-known attraction-North America's largest drive-in movie screen.
A white expanse…
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Treaty 8 First Nations in Northern British Columbia are fed up with yet another offer to sit on an advisory board, only to have their treaty rights and concerns about the impact of the oil and gas industry on their lands ignored.
That was the sentiment expressed by Liz Logan, deputy chief of the Treaty 8 First Nations in B.C.
"Why go and sit down at a table where…
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Treaty 8 First Nations in Northern British Columbia are fed up with yet another offer to sit on an advisory board, only to have their treaty rights and concerns about the impact of the oil and gas industry on their lands ignored.
That was the sentiment expressed by Liz Logan, deputy chief of the Treaty 8 First Nations in B.C.
"Why go and sit down at a table where…
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First Nations soldiers fought during both World Wars, the Vietnam War and the Korean conflict, and in some cases died in battle. The families of some of those men never got the remains of their loved ones back to bury on their own territory, and in many cases, they never knew where the remains ended up.
One Akisqnuk band family is finally going to see first hand the grave…