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Established in 1983 to serve the needs of northern Alberta, Windspeaker became a national newspaper on its 10th anniversary in 1993.
Grainne Barthe felt listened to, but she isn’t confident that her words will make a difference.
“I thought that (Commissioner Wally Oppal) was very respectful to me and to everybody at the whole thing, but I feel that sometimes these events are token events, just to kind of appease the people, to say, ‘Well, we were there,’” said Barthe, counselor with Stopping the Violence, a program…
Only one school in Atlantic Canada is recognized under the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement (IRSSA), but those students are not the only ones impacted by the trauma of being torn away from their families.
“We have the least number of survivors … recognized under the settlement agreement (at) 750. But we estimate it could be 10 times more,” said Vanessa Nevin of the…
One year after the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal [CHRT] dismissed a complaint against the federal government for its alleged discrimination in underfunding on-reserve child welfare services, the case is again going forward, this time through the federal court system.
A federal judicial hearing regarding the inequitable distribution of child welfare funds to on-reserve recipients is…
THE REPORT, SO MANY PLANS, SO LITTLE STABILITY:
A Child’s Need for Security, identifies inadequacies in child welfare planning, case management, decision-making, and holes in how government and delegated Aboriginal agencies work together, and courts assess potential caregivers. B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth released her investigation report in the chaotic life and…
INQUIRY’S SECRET APPLICATIONS,
secret discussions with police must end, said the BC Civil Liberties Association which is demanding the end to what the organization describes as “secret applications for standing and secret discussions between police, government and staff of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry.” The complaint came after another police officer, with two lawyers, was…
SOUNDS LIKE THE REPUTATIONS
of Saskatchewan's Aboriginal lobby groups are taking it on their respective chins. First the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations heaped insult upon injury with the one-two punch of buying off their embattled reformer grand chief Guy Lonechild to get rid of him, while attempting to push out the reformer board chair of the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming…
We’re taking this opportunity to give a nod of the head to a couple of remarkable women in our community who know a few of things about pushing an agenda forward despite the great force of government working to thwart their efforts. These women do what they do with great skill and good humour, but know how to lock horns with the best of them when the situation demands it.
Both of these…
Aboriginal people who were forced to attend residential schools have until the end of Monday September 19 to apply for a Common Experience Payment, the federal government’s $10,000 compensation for what they endured.
No extension will be given beyond September 19th.
The compensation provided under the Indian Residential Schools Agreement (IRSSA) seeks to promote reconciliation…
Elder led a long life as incredible visionary
In the quiet vigil that followed William Commanda’s death, his grandson Johnny revealed that he saw his beloved grandfather leaving in a canoe.
“I had envisioned the same,” said Romola Thumbadoo, Grandfather Commanda’s assistant and close friend.
Everything fell into place after that, and the family gained…
There is a store in Quebec City’s Huron-Wendat Village of Wendake that specializes in First Nations literature. The Librairie Hannenorak is exclusively devoted to literature by and about the First Nations of Quebec and Canada. This makes it unique in the area, if not the province.
With its modern décor, the bookstore is also a cozy café that offers coffee and homemade baking for…
Leaders that represent an estimated 230 First Nations groups in Quebec, Ontario and Saskatchewan have refused to participate in an effort to improve education in Native schools.
The initiative was announced jointly in December 2010 by John Duncan, minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, and Shawn Atleo, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).
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Rates of HIV infection in Aboriginal people are rising and Raye St. Denys wants that to change.
St. Denys, the executive director of Shining Mountains Living Community Services in Red Deer, Alta., an Aboriginal AIDS service organization, has elicited the help of Red Deer College’s Health Research Collaborative, a research partnership between Red Deer College and Alberta Health Services…
Recent decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada could have far reaching implications for investments made on First Nations reserves.
“After relentless efforts over many years by the Canada Revenue Agency to erode the First Nations tax exemption, the Supreme Court has upheld the exemption and affirmed its ongoing relevance,” said Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut…
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA)
has accepted Taseko Mines Limited’s project description for the proposed $1 billion New Prosperity gold-copper mine in British Columbia’s central interior. But the Tsilhqot’in National Government called on the federal government to “halt the continuous drain on everyone’s time and resources and to reject Taseko Mines…
Latvia hires Nolan
Former National Hockey League coach of the year Ted Nolan will once again be behind the bench, but the 53-year-old Ojibwe from Ontario’s Garden River First Nation is not returning to the NHL. In fact, he won’t even be guiding a minor professional or junior team in North America. Instead, Nolan is taking his coaching expertise overseas. On Aug. 3 it was…