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For the past four years, the National Metis Veterans Association has been fighting for the rights of their comrades. With chapters in every province, the organization has been working tirelessly on behalf of Metis veterans who say they were denied services and benefits that were available to other soldiers when they returned home from the war.
One of the main priorities…
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Pointing to a spot in the near distance, Grand Chief Ed Schultz of the Council of Yukon First Nations welcomed all those who had gathered to participate in National Aboriginal Day celebrations at the Rotary Peace Park. The theme of the Whitehorse celebration held June 21 was "New Beginning."
"I'm glad this gathering takes place here because it holds a lot of meaning for us…
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What began as a mini-powwow to introduce preschool-aged children to powwows and their significance has now become a popular annual event with attendance increasing steadily over the last four years.
The first Scme'm'i?t (children's) powwow had 100 people attend, half of them children from area preschools. Invitations were sent to every daycare and preschool in Merritt, as…
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Ron Ignace wants some answers. His son is dead and the three men who killed him were convicted on a lesser charge as a result of police mistakes during the investigation.
Ignace, the former chief of the Skeetchestn Indian Band, has had a very heavy heart since his 21-year-old son Gabriel Palmer, known to his friends and family as Skooks, was viciously killed Dec. 30, 2002…
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On National Aboriginal Day the chief and members of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation met with provincial officials at Whey-ah-Wichen (also known as Cates Park), to make a joint announcement about a new initiative to promote Aboriginal place names around the province.
Chief Maureen Thomas along with Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Treaty Negotiations Geoff…
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Chief Mike Smith of the Kwanlin Dun, a Native community bordering Whitehorse, said he believes that before the territorial and federal governments agreed to lend their support, Aboriginal languages were in decline. He added that today more people are interested in taking language lessons, but even so, he believes that it will take considerable time before there is a surge of…
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Keiko Miki, president of the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC), attended a ceremony in Winnipeg on April 14 to call on the government of Canada to compensate former residential school students for loss of language and culture.
It was 16 years to the day after some 500 Japanese-Canadians and their supporters had rallied on Parliament Hill in 1988 to call…
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Stories about Raven and the myth of creation will soon be seen in 3D form, thanks to the first all-Aboriginal/Canadian animation team. Headed by art director Simon James, a member of the Kwakwakuwakw Nation, and his co-producers Chris Kientz and Colin Curwen, Raven Tales follows the comic misadventures of the title character, his brother Eagle and their mischievous friend Frog at…
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The Kla-how-eya Aboriginal Centre has its roots firmly planted in a soil rich with culture and language. And that is thanks in part to the success of the centre's second annual Gala Feast, held May 29 at the Sheraton Guilford in Surrey.
The event, themed Strengthening Our Roots, is the largest fundraiser organized by the Kla-how-eya Aboriginal Centre of the Surrey…
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Although the smoke has cleared from the Chilko Lake fire that raged near Brittany Triangle last summer, members of the Tsilhqot'in National Government (TNG) are still fuming over what they allege are the racist hiring practices of the Caribou Fire Centre. During one of the biggest fires in the Interior last year, TNG said outside crews were brought in to battle the blaze while…
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At the launch of the federal election campaign on May 23, Prime Minister Paul Martin said "British Columbia is incredibly important to me. To run a national government without a strong voice from British Columbia at the national table is just not my concept of what good governance is about in this country."
Conservative leader Stephen Harper's party now holds 25 of 34…
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A study just completed by nine researchers at Simon Fraser University (SFU) concludes that offshore oil and gas development in British Columbia comes with some significant risks and a great number of unknowns.
The Coastal First Nations of the Turning Point Initiative (CFN) commissioned the study. CFN is an alliance of the Council of the Haida Nation, and the Wuiknuxv,…
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More than 2,000 Aboriginal people from all over British Columbia who are tired of having their rights ignored marched up to the B.C. legislature and held a rally on May 20.
Participants protested changes to provincial forest legislation and agreements that are being offered by the government to the First Nations, agreements they say would compromise Aboriginal peoples'…
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The adoptive father of a teenage girl found dead recently on the Prince Rupert waterfront-one of three shocking incidents involving Aboriginal youth in one week-is hopeful that the efforts of a new local committee will help prevent further such incidents in the community.
The discovery of 13-year-old Kayla Rose McKay's body April 15 near the train tracks on Prince Rupert'…
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Devin Gambler, a Nicola Valley Institute of Technology first-year administrative studies student who used to struggle with math, is the first full-time student to win a B.C. Innovation Award in Education Technology. Usually the award goes to full-time, post-secondary institutional staff or faculty. Gambler, 26, was nominated by NVIT's faculty.
"I didn't really know about…