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Chiefs, lawyers, consultants, professors from a wide range of disciplines, negotiators and others gathered at Simon Fraser University's downtown Vancouver Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue on March 1 and 2 to discuss ideas related to the British Columbia treaty process.
The discussions were off-the-record so the participants could feel free to throw out ideas and opinions…
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Dear Editor:
Here are a couple of corrections concerning the article written about my protest of treaty activities.
I was banned from only one institution on some false claims of harassment, which the leftists used to silence me. It also appears that any comment against the "false racist treaty activities" brings an automatic name-calling such as "racist" or "hate…
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Dear Editor:
Here are a couple of corrections concerning the article written about my protest of treaty activities.
I was banned from only one institution on some false claims of harassment, which the leftists used to silence me. It also appears that any comment against the "false racist treaty activities" brings an automatic name-calling such as "racist" or "hate…
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Although First Nations communities in British Columbia were split on whether to support MuchMusic's annual SnowJob event at the Sun Peaks ski resort near Kamloops on March 6 to 11, there was no question of their solidarity when it came to wanting the land claims issues in the area addressed.
SnowJob is MuchMusic's annual spring break road show, a winter music festival…
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Although First Nations communities in British Columbia were split on whether to support MuchMusic's annual SnowJob event at the Sun Peaks ski resort near Kamloops on March 6 to 11, there was no question of their solidarity when it came to wanting the land claims issues in the area addressed.
SnowJob is MuchMusic's annual spring break road show, a winter music festival…
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Raven's Eye caught up with the world's first art exhibition developed through satellite video conferencing developed by Australian Aboriginal artists and First Nations artists of Canada at the Secwepmc Museum in Kamloops.
The facilitation of an art education research project between the University of British Columbia and the University of South Australia has resulted in…
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Raven's Eye caught up with the world's first art exhibition developed through satellite video conferencing developed by Australian Aboriginal artists and First Nations artists of Canada at the Secwepmc Museum in Kamloops.
The facilitation of an art education research project between the University of British Columbia and the University of South Australia has resulted in…
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Chilcotin Chief Roger Williams of the Xeni Gwet'in First Nation was in Victoria on Feb. 8 to raise awareness and funds for his band in its fight to stop clearcut logging of their land.
An environmental group called Friends of the Nemaiah Valley helped to organize a public speaking event for the chief, with Ray Travers, an eco-forester who prepared a sustainable forestry…
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Chilcotin Chief Roger Williams of the Xeni Gwet'in First Nation was in Victoria on Feb. 8 to raise awareness and funds for his band in its fight to stop clearcut logging of their land.
An environmental group called Friends of the Nemaiah Valley helped to organize a public speaking event for the chief, with Ray Travers, an eco-forester who prepared a sustainable forestry…
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Band creates labor code
The Kamloops Indian Band has become the first First Nation to enact its own labor code. Chief Manny Jules said the code is designed to ensure that the traditions of the community guide matters of labor relations on the reserve.
"The traditional roles of labor and industry have polarized the people of this province. We do not want that to…
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In the Thompson dialect of the Shuswap language, the words we quaw can be roughly translated as "let's go learn."
For the staff and students of the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, the phrase (in either language) is an indication of how far the school has come in the quest to provide high-quality post-secondary education that serves the specific needs of First…
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Frank Thomas, 15, is being honored with awards and accolades after his daring rescue of a drowning father and son in Port Alberni's Somass River last summer.
Thomas will be receiving the Silver Medal of Bravery from the British Columbia and Yukon branch of the Lifesaving Society at their Annual Commonwealth Honor and Rescue Awards ceremony at the Pacific Palisades Hotel…
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You can watch her every weeknight at 10 p.m. on CBC Newsworld Tonight. From Kitimat to the heart of Canada's media world, Carla Robinson has come a long way, becoming the first Aboriginal person to anchor a national television newscast.
Television news got her interested in journalism in the first place and it was an Aboriginal reporter, whose name she has forgotten, that…
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Dorothy Grant has been on the cutting edge all her life. The 43-year-old member of the Kaigani Haida people of British Columbia is renowned for unique Native fashion designs that highlight her artistic talent in everything from ready-to-wear to exclusive, one-of-a-kind collections. Grant's famous button blankets, spruce root hats and other garments combining art and Haida…
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Ontario Superior Court Judge Rose Toodick Boyko says she never had big dreams but has pursued interests that are meaningful to her, taking full advantage of opportunities she sees. This simple recipe for success has accompanied her since her earliest memories of life on a trapline on the Parsnip River at Findlay Forks, B.C.
Nevertheless, Boyko says she is "thrilled" to be…