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Launched in 1997. A news publication specifically designed for the Indigenous people of British Columbia and Yukon.
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Last month I began to discuss how we could begin to reclaim our youth. We can begin this process by teaching our youth about personal accountability and responsibility by cultivating four characteristics that are needed for every human being: belonging, mastery, independence and generosity.
There are 40 developmental assets that provide the building blocks of development…
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Last month I wrote how Canada is attempting to solve its 'Indian problem' by forcing our communities to adopt policies which, in the long run, will lead to a meaningless notion of being 'Aboriginal' replacing all of our collective national and traditional identities. In the column, I pointed to what many of us see as an insidious tactic used by those…
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Cultural conflicts created by the legacy of colonialism, and the ways Indigenous peoples are seeking to resolve those conflicts without giving up their traditional beliefs, were examined in a series of 19 workshops at the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs' Protecting Knowledge, Traditional Resource Rights in the New Millennium conference from Feb. 24 to 26.
The…
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The Tsow-Tun Le Lum Society's Substance Abuse Treatment Centre in Lantzville received funding to the tune of $450,000 from the Aboriginal Healing Foundation in Ottawa. The funding is to be used towards a five-week residential program for Aboriginal adults who are living with the residual effects of trauma from their experiences in residential schools.
The program's funding…
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This column is dedicated to showing how those who have been affected by addictions can help overcome this "dis-ease" or to help them understand what an addicted loved one may be going through. One can begin to comprehend our people's present day battle with chemical dependency when one begins to understand what effect the residential schools had on those who attended, as well as…
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No Storm Too Fierce, a documentary about Chief Charlie Cootes and the Uchucklesaht First Nation's efforts to restore its sockeye salmon runs in Henderson Lake, premiered this past weekend at the Courtenay Community Film Festival to a very appreciative and emotionally overwhelmed audience.
The film chronicles the battle waged by Cootes, the Uchucklesaht people and Henderson…
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BC Hydro announced the winners of its Role Model Challenge contest for Grade 4 students as part of its sponsorship of the 7th annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards in Vancouver on March 10.
"The purpose of the contest was to help students across B.C. identify their own role models and think about the positive impacts such people can have on their lives," said…
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Some people spend weeks psyching themselves up to take part in one of the West Coast's annual Polar Bear Swims held in Vancouver on New Year's Day and in Nanaimo on Boxing Day.
A 10-year-old Native boy from Campbell River puts them all to shame. For 29 straight days last month, the Grade 5 student braved the icy Pacific Ocean waters of the Georgia Strait and went…
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Spring is just around the corner and another hot summer on this side of the Rockies is in store on almost every front. Unresolved issues around everything including Aboriginal rights and, most importantly, Aboriginal title are coming to the fore in almost every First Nation community where you care to look.
Depleted salmon stocks because of overfishing and degradation of…
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A top scientist at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) says there are too many whales for the ecosystem to currently support, and they will continue to starve unless their population is managed.
The scientist, who did not want his name printed because of the political volatility of the whaling issue, said the 150 gray whales that washed up on Pacific shores over…
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The Interior Alliance, representing the Okanagan, Nlaka'pamux, Secwepemc, St'at'imc and Southern Carrier Nations, has served notice to the provincial forest ministry and members of the forest industry that Aboriginal consent must be sought in order legitimize any plans involving the harvesting of trees in the south central interior of British Columbia.
In a press release…
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Survivors of the Alberni Indian Residential School (AIRS) marked the second anniversary of their fight against the United Church and the government of Canada with a silent remembrance ceremony outside the Vancouver courthouse on Feb. 2.
Having successfully completed vicarious liability proceedings, and still awaiting a decision on subsequent direct liability hearings, the…
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The south-central Skeetchestn Indian band has announced plans to appeal a recent B.C. Supreme Court decision regarding Aboriginal title at Six-Mile Ranch.
The announcement was made by Skeetchestn Chief Ron Ignace at a news conference held in the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council boardroom on Feb. 15.
According to information provided by the Skeetchestn Indian band, the…
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The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) and the University of British Columbia hosted three days of workshops dealing with issues of great interest to Indigenous people and peoples around the world from Feb. 24 to 26 at two sites on the Vancouver university's campus.
Protecting Knowledge: Traditional Resource Rights in the New Millennium, as the gathering was…
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Two wolves were killed on Vargas Island located off the west coast of Vancouver Island by BC Parks officials after a camper was injured on July 1. The camper reported waking to an animal tugging at his bedroll spread out on the beach. He yelled to scare the animal away but it jumped on him. He landed a solid kick, and the wolf bit him on the head and hand. The BC Ministry of…