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The national Chief of the Assembly of First Nations believes the Conservative government’s omnibus crime bill will put more First Nations people in jail, and they are already disproportionately represented there. Shawn Atleo says First Nations have not been consulted on new tough-on-crime laws and it would benefit the country to have First Nations help design future-forward solutions. He said…
Holly Denny is a Rebel with a cause.
The 20-year-old Mi’kmaq from Nova Scotia’s Waycobah First Nation is currently showcasing her softball talents Down Under.
Denny, a pitcher, is toiling with Australia’s Glenelg Rebels, a club that competes in a league called A Grade.
Glenelg is a suburb of Adelaide, the capital of the state known as South Australia.
While in…
By Sam Laskaris
Participants Sought
Organizers are expecting more than 60 teams to compete in a long-running tournament in Val-d’Or, Que. The 31st annual CREE Senior Hockey and Broomball Tournament is scheduled for Dec. 8 to 11. Matches will be staged at the Centre Air Creebec, which is also home to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Val-d’Or Foreurs.
The…
First Nations in British Columbia are a step closer to their goal of developing a First Nations Health Authority with the signing of a legal agreement between Canada, the province, and the First Nations Health Society at a ceremony held in the Squamish Nation longhouse on Oct. 13.
Dignitaries, including Health Canada Minister Leona Aglukkaq, provincial Minister of Health Mike de Jong,…
Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs is planning for a brighter future for the territory by providing more educational programs at home for Aboriginal people.
On Oct. 26 at the grand opening of the ITEP (Indian Teacher Education Program), part of the BATC partnership with University of Saskatchewan, it was announced that the next step is to develop further alliances that will bring in more…
Want to learn Ojibway from the comfort of your own home, or on the way to work on the bus, or while waiting for an airplane? An Ojibway language app for iPhone and iPad has been created.
The app was designed by Derrick Baxter, owner of Ogoki Learning Systems Inc.
In a modern society with technology accelerating at a fast pace, Baxter believes the app is a good way to teach people…
Justin Rain is most recently recognized as the character Alan Fraser in the television series Blackstone that runs on APTN. What some might not know about him though is his work with Native youth in a personal project he began this past year called Artist Inside.
Artist Inside is an attempt to inspire native youth by sharing his personal experiences of his troubled youth and how he…
University of Manitoba President David Barnard not only apologized for his institution’s role in educating the people who taught at residential schools, but for “fail(ing) to recognize or challenge the forced assimilation of Aboriginal peoples and the subsequent loss of their language, culture and traditions.”
Barnard’s heartfelt apology, which was often punctuated with silence as he…
Two women dedicated to increasing awareness about the rights of First Nations people are among the newest recipients to be awarded one of Canada’s highest honours.
Dr. Viola Robinson and artist Shirley Bear were two of the 39 people named to the Order of Canada on Nov. 4.
“It was an honour. The impact of how great it was didn’t hit me until later,” Robinson said, recalling being…
The road to poverty may get shorter for on-reserve First Nations people throughout the country. Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development is working to ensure its 47-year-old income assistance policy remains in force.
The policy sets on-reserve income assistance rates comparable to the province in which the reserve is located. Right now, the provincial government is starting to slash…
Cindy Blackstock, executive director of First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, says she was shocked to learn that the federal government had accumulated close to 400 pieces of documentation about her over an 18-month period.
She is adamant, however, that Canada’s surveillance of her shouldn’t distract from the cause she is pursuing, equitable benefits for First Nations…
Students of Shubenacadie residential school and other school survivors stood together in Halifax at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s third national event held Oct. 26 to 29, but others in Atlantic Canada left out of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement made it clear that the abuse they suffered was no different and just as bad as those who attended “Shubie.”
Bart…
The federal minister in charge of Aboriginal Affairs refuses to accept the concept that the Indian residential schools system was a form of genocide, and this refusal underscores the urgency of open and frank discussion on the subject, said Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo.
“We’re pursuing a First Nations-Crown gathering with the Prime Minister this winter, because…
A report that outlines the RCMP’s official involvement over 100 years of Indian residential schools claims Canada’s national police force was involved only in taking Aboriginal children from their homes to the schools and in returning truant students.
“Our role was not involved specifically within the school,” said RCMP Deputy Commissioner Canada East Steve Graham, who presented the 173…
DEAR AUNTIE
By J’net AyAy Qwa Yak Sheelth Cavanagh
Dear Auntie:
The holiday season is coming up fast with staff parties and New Year’s Eve plans. I feel the stress of what to do. I have been sober and clean for 18-months and want to know how to handle the stress of being sober and clean during the holidays? Raising my three kids on my own means I have extra money during the…