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Vice Chief Bobby Cameron, with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, and Louis Moubarak, president and chief executive officer for Canada World Youth, signed a memorandum of understanding July 11 that confirms their organizations’ commitment to get more First Nations youth involved in the CWY Program. “It’s about assessing the needs, understanding the needs and responding to the needs…
Big Business says Aboriginal communities should be at the negotiating table and treated as equal partners when it comes to tapping the country’s natural-resource wealth, and business is hoping the federal and provincial governments can make that happen. A report from the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, release July 16 and prepared for provincial premiers, says governments should make…
The Vernon Morning Star reports that the Vernon Farmers Market has teamed up with the First Nations Friendship Centre’s prenatal nutrition program to increase access to locally grown produce and food products. “We are proud to support the B.C. Association of Farmers’ Markets and the farmers’ market nutrition and coupon program, which is helping to improve the health of B.C. families by…
Wawatay News is reporting that oxycodone pills worth approximately $5,000 and bound for the Marten Falls First Nation were confiscated by Nishnawbe-Aski Police Services (NAPS) at Thunder Bay International Airport July 18. The NAPS Drug Unit was assisted by the NAPS Guns and Gangs Unit and the Ontario Provincial Police Drug Enforcement Section during the bust. Thirty-seven year-old Josie Baxter…
There is a new threat to First Nations people: A new strain of bacterial infection linked to meningitis and pneumonia. Type B Haemophilus influenzae had been eradicated by the 1990s through vaccine programs, but by 2006, Dr. Marina Ulanova of Lakehead University’s Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) in Thunder Bay, Ont., noticed a Type A strain hitting First Nations people hard. Ulanova…
Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation is heading to court. The federal government said the band received too much funding for a building project and allege the extra money was diverted to other areas, including paying off the nation’s line of credit. A statement of claim was entered by the federal government on June 15 which said the $4.6 million in over-funding was used “for purposes other than they…
The conservative think tank C.D. Howe Institute is reporting that Aboriginal people who live in cities are just as happy as other Canadians. The institute’s report is based on data from the 2009 Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study by Environics, in which more than half of 1.2 million Aboriginal people reported living in the urban setting. The survey asked 2,614 Aboriginal people living in 11 cities…
Caption: From left to right: Dan Smoke; Andrew Bolter (executive director of Community Legal Assistance Sarnia); Mary Lou Smoke, and Jeff Plain (Baamsedaa Coordinator/Community Legal Worker).
Community Legal Assistance Sarnia
staff were presented with an eagle feather by Dan and Mary Lou Smoke on July 6 for their work in Kettle Point, Walpole Island, Aamjiwnaang and Sarnia through…
The Algonquin First Nation took a stand against logging company Resolute Forest Products when it learned the company began logging in sensitive moose habitat and sacred areas of the nation’s traditional territory at Barriere Lake without warning or consultation. Band members were soon in a standoff with Sûreté du Québec officers, who were asserting that members of the First Nation were…
Outcasts of River Falls:
Published By Coteau Books for Kids
Written By Jacqueline Guest
242 Pages
Book Review By Christine McFarlane
Imagine growing up in a well-to-do home but because of a family death, having to move away from what you have always known to Alberta to live with an aunt you have never met. Now imagine learning that your familial roots are not what you were…
Discovering Totem Poles: A Traveler’s Guide
Written By Aldona Jonaitis
Douglas & McIntyre Publishers Inc.
Book Review By Christine McFarlane
“Discovering Totem Poles: A Traveler’s Guide” is the first guidebook to focus on the complex and fascinating histories of the specific totem poles visitors encounter in Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, Alert Bay, Prince Rupert,…
Sean and Heather McCormick, a brother and sister Métis team from Winnipeg, are passionate about Aboriginal handcrafted products. Their passion has become a business and their business is selling high quality mukluks and moccasins worldwide.
It was an interest plucked from their mother’s Métis background, which set them up with a passion for the past.
And how did they happen to…
Carter Yellowbird has a lengthy list of accomplishments in various fields, and later this year he’ll add another prestigious accolade. The 46-year-old from Alberta’s Samson Cree First Nation in Hobbema will be recognized in the Lifetime Achievement category at the Dreamcatcher Foundation’s awards night.
The awards ceremony is scheduled for Oct. 11 in Hamilton, Ont.
Yellowbird,…
NHLers on move
A pair of Aboriginal players who are National Hockey League veterans found themselves with new teams on Canada Day. Both Sheldon Souray, who is Metis, and Jordin Tootoo, who is Inuit, signed contracts with new clubs on July 1, the first day free agents could ink new contracts.
Souray, a defenceman, agreed to a three-year deal worth $11 million with…