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Not much has changed in Kelly Lake since the CBC did a 1993 documentary exposing hard living conditions in their community and the lack of essential services, says Lyle Letendre, president of the Kelly Lake Metis Settlement Society. Except more Elders have passed and the people who remain are more disheartened.
Until Sept. 1, that is. For two days, the Kelly Lake Metis…
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The Cowichan Tribes on Central Vancouver Island have something to teach the world. On Aug. 31 they hosted Indigenous representatives from Taiwan, Bolivia and El Salvador in a day of information exchange on the successes and challenges they face in natural resource management.
Delegates toured the Cowichan Valley and Mount Prevost in the morning and participated in…
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The saga of Tsuxiit (Luna) continues as plans to relocate the killer whale have now been postponed. After several unsuccessful attempts in late June to reunite Tsuxiit with its pod in Pedder Bay, located near Victoria, members of the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) have arranged a meeting this month to discuss ways they can…
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Levi C. McAteer of Manning, Alta. is one of six young people chosen as the National Aboriginal Health Organization's (NAH0) National Aboriginal Role Models for 2004.
McAteer is the youngest of the role models who spring from communities across Canada. He is known in his community for his athletic abilities and is skip of his juvenile curling team.
The role models…
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"Online learning is a must in an isolated community," Sylvia Stephens insists.
Stephens, 55 is an adult learner from a community of 600 people who can't say enough about the value of education at any age, especially the online variety. She wants more members of her Nisga'a Nation to know how valuable it can be.
"Promoting education is a must for our people. There's…
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The First Nations Panel on Fisheries released a report June 10 with recommendations the panel hopes will be backed by British Columbia First Nations.
The panel was created in January by leaders from the First Nations Summit and the B.C. Aboriginal Fisheries Commission (BCAFC), whose purpose was to develop and document their vision of a post-treaty fishery. Their report…
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Softball player Linus Lucas Jr. from Port Alberni received the 2003 Premier's Athletic Award at the B.C. Sport Hall of Fame and Museum this past June 16. The award recognized his accomplishments during the 2002-2003 athletic season.
Lucas Jr. achieved top pitcher, top batter and most valuable player status in the 2003 Western Canadian Championships where he took home a…
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Construction began June 14 on the 4,500 square metre Qay'llnagaay Heritage Centre on the site of the present Haida Gwaii Museum in Skidegate.
Besides doubling the museum's size, five additional buildings will be constructed: an atrium; a performance arts centre; a working space for local artists and carvers; a place to eat, and an administration centre for the Archipelago…
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Each year, six Aboriginal students pursuing careers in the tourism industry are getting valuable work experience in the field and a bit of financial help, thanks to a partnership between the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) and CHIP Hospitality, one of Canada's leading hotel management companies.
The CHIP Hospitality?Future Tourism Leaders scholarships have…
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Harvey McCue, a retired former school teacher, is president of First Nations Youth at Risk (FNYAR), a Vancouver-based agency that grew out of an anti-tobacco crusade initiated by a group of First Nations youth and social workers at a conference in 2002.
The group that was originally named First Nations Youth Anti-Smoking had funded three pilot projects that they presented…
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Many Aboriginal organizations, including the Assembly of First Nations, are crying foul after former British Columbia judge David Ramsay was sentenced to seven years in prison (a term they think is far too short) for what they say are race-based crimes.
Ramsay was convicted of one count of sexual assault causing bodily harm, one count of breach of trust and three counts of…
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Aboriginal people living in British Columbia want more say in the operation of the world's first Aboriginal television network.
That was the general theme of a four-hour public consultation session at the Squamish Recreation Centre near North Vancouver on June 6.
All 20 current members of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network's (APTN) board of directors were on…
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John Kim Bell, the founder of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, has taken yet another step away from the organization he has led for the past decade.
Former chairman of the board Bill Shead made the announcement in a letter to stakeholders on June 11. The letter states that effective May 31, Bell retired as president.
This announcement comes on the…
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The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) came within days of disappearing from Canadian airwaves forever. A cash flow crunch put it dangerously in arrears with the company that transmits its signal.
"We were within 10 days of having the plug pulled. We would have been off air," said Jean LaRose, the network's chief executive officer (CEO), reached by phone while…
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One of Canada's most respected artists is displaying some of his Haida art at a new exhibit that opened June 22 at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.
Robert Davidson works in many different media including painting, carving, sculpting and jewelry. The 57-year-old Davidson said that he is always experimenting; trying new things in the work…