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It was 25 years ago this March that Indian rights activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash was found murdered on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. On March 22, Yvette Nolan's play Annie Mae's Movement made a timely debut with Native Earth Performing Arts.
The play is about the last few years of Aquash's life, depicting what it might have been like to be her, a Mi'kmaq…
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It was 25 years ago this March that Indian rights activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash was found murdered on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. On March 22, Yvette Nolan's play Annie Mae's Movement made a timely debut with Native Earth Performing Arts.
The play is about the last few years of Aquash's life, depicting what it might have been like to be her, a Mi'kmaq…
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REVIEW
A frontier town met the final frontier when Edmonton played host to the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards on March 16.
This year's 14 award recipients were the stars set among a galaxy of planets, represented on stage by dangling globes of color and sharing space with the brown hand of the Creator reaching down from the heavens to clasp a world in his…
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REVIEW
A frontier town met the final frontier when Edmonton played host to the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards on March 16.
This year's 14 award recipients were the stars set among a galaxy of planets, represented on stage by dangling globes of color and sharing space with the brown hand of the Creator reaching down from the heavens to clasp a world in his…
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The Caldwell First Nation has declared WAR - a Walk Against Racism. The 120-km walk will begin on April 23 at the N'Amerind Friendship Centre in London, Ont. and finish April 27 at the Caldwell First Nation band office in Blenheim, Ont.
"Anti-Native sentiment," said Caldwell Chief Larry Johnson, "is being encouraged by local politicians" and the walk is to inform the…
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The Caldwell First Nation has declared WAR - a Walk Against Racism. The 120-km walk will begin on April 23 at the N'Amerind Friendship Centre in London, Ont. and finish April 27 at the Caldwell First Nation band office in Blenheim, Ont.
"Anti-Native sentiment," said Caldwell Chief Larry Johnson, "is being encouraged by local politicians" and the walk is to inform the…
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Despite all the hyperbole in the British Columbia media over the terms of the Nuu-chah-nulth agreement-in-principle, it may already be dead in the water.
Local sources say the ratification process requires all member communities that make up the Vancouver Island tribal council to vote in favor. If even one says no, it's back to square one.
The agreement that will…
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Despite all the hyperbole in the British Columbia media over the terms of the Nuu-chah-nulth agreement-in-principle, it may already be dead in the water.
Local sources say the ratification process requires all member communities that make up the Vancouver Island tribal council to vote in favor. If even one says no, it's back to square one.
The agreement that will…
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Supporters of the land claims of British Columbia's Shuswap Nation met on the slopes of Sun Peaks Ski Resort near Kamloops on March 10 to take advantage of the media exposure that came with MuchMusic's week-long concert event SnowJob 2001 that took place on location there.
The resort plans a $70 million expansion on to land that was set aside in 1862 for a reserve for the…
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Supporters of the land claims of British Columbia's Shuswap Nation met on the slopes of Sun Peaks Ski Resort near Kamloops on March 10 to take advantage of the media exposure that came with MuchMusic's week-long concert event SnowJob 2001 that took place on location there.
The resort plans a $70 million expansion on to land that was set aside in 1862 for a reserve for the…
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The president of one of two Métis organizations in Ontario is adamant that his organization should be representing the province's Métis in the upcoming hunting negotiation process.
"I'd like to make it very clear that there is only one Métis-specific representative of the Métis people in the province of Ontario, and that's the MNO," said Tony Belcourt; ". . . the Métis…
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The president of one of two Métis organizations in Ontario is adamant that his organization should be representing the province's Métis in the upcoming hunting negotiation process.
"I'd like to make it very clear that there is only one Métis-specific representative of the Métis people in the province of Ontario, and that's the MNO," said Tony Belcourt; ". . . the Métis…
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Steve Powley and his son Roddy are relieved they can get back to the bush to hunt for food for their family without being harassed by provincial conservation officers.
On Feb. 23, the Ontario Court of Appeal issued a unanimous verdict that confirmed the Powleys' right to hunt without a licence. The decision in their case is the first time the harvesting rights of Métis…
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Steve Powley and his son Roddy are relieved they can get back to the bush to hunt for food for their family without being harassed by provincial conservation officers.
On Feb. 23, the Ontario Court of Appeal issued a unanimous verdict that confirmed the Powleys' right to hunt without a licence. The decision in their case is the first time the harvesting rights of Métis…
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Nine Aboriginal companies from across Canada got a chance to promote their products internationally during a trade fair for the food and beverage sector held in Montreal.
The companies were part of an Aboriginal pavilion at the SIAL (Salon International de l'alimentation) Montreal trade show held March 4 to 6 at the Palais des Congrés de Montréal.
This is the first…