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The Ministry of Transportation in B.C. has worked with the Tsilhqot’in Government to create 29 mileage signs in the Tsilhqot’in language. “These signs are symbols of the fact we are working with the government on our title lands,” said Xeni Gwet’in (Nemiah) Chief Roger William. It’s a sign of progress, said Esdilagh Chief Bernie Mack. “The signs are also about rules, destination and culture,”…
Georges Erasmus, Chief Negotiator for the Dehcho First Nations in the N.W.T., is retiring. The 67-year-old released a statement saying it had been a “very challenging year” for the Dehcho negotiation process, which he has been involved with for the last 12 years, so he’s stepping down for personal and family reasons. Talks have been stalled and the federal election has interrupted the process…
Native earth Performing Arts presents HUFF at the Aki Studio Theatre inside the Daniels Spectrum in Toronto from Oct. 10 to Oct. 25. The production launches an eight-city national tour in 2016, including Montreal, Quebec City, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Kelowna and Victoria.
HUFF was written and is performed by Cree playwright Cliff Cardinal. It explores the lives of Indigenous…
There has been a major shift on the pipeline landscape, when Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that she is opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline. She said she doesn’t believe it’s what the U.S. needs in the battle against climate change. That’s going to be a big disappointment to the Conservatives in Canada, whose leader, Stephen Harper, has said this country…
Half of all First Nations children live in poverty, reads a headline on the Behind the Numbers blog, a commentary on social, economic and environmental issues from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a non-partisan progressive voice on public policy. It goes on to then give four other reasons why politicians should be paying attention to Indigenous families…
The article about John Furlong, the former Vancouver Olympics CEO, were an attack on his reputation, a judge has ruled. Journalist Laura Robinson had reported that eight First Nations people had been abused by Furlong more than 40 years ago. The matter went to court and the judge ruled that Robinson didn’t verify her sources’ stories or ensure they weren’t contaminating each others’ memories.…
The iconic Buffy Sainte-Marie, Academy Award winner, Golden Globe winner, multiple-Juno award winner, with a Gemini also under her belt, has added a Polaris Music Prize—which comes with $50,000—to her list of accolades. Sainte-Marie has created 20 albums, but her newest, Power in the Blood, is garnering her critical acclaim. “74-year-old Buffy Sainte-Marie reasserts herself as the vital and…
Children and youth running away from Child and Family Services facilities accounted for 82.6 per cent of the missing persons files the Winnipeg Police dealt with from April to June.
That is only one figure to raise alarm bells, said Cora Morgan, Manitoba’s First Nations family advocate. Statistics shared with her from the Health Sciences Centre, a hospital in Winnipeg, are just as…
The summer of 2017 may seem far away, but not for officials from the Aboriginal Sport and Wellness Council of Ontario (ASWCO) who needs to prepare numerous details in order to host the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) that year.
This past June, the NAIG Board of Directors awarded the 2017 Games to Toronto, in a bid that was led by ASWCO and the Mississaugas of New Credit First…
NHL Draft Pick Leaves Game
It remains to be seen whether Rylan Pilon’s hockey career is over.
Earlier this summer, it appeared the 18-year-old Metis, who is from Duck Lake, Sask., had a bright hockey future ahead of him, including a possible pro career.
Pilon, a defenceman who spent the past three seasons in the Western Hockey League, was…
New textbook gives Indigenous perspectives on health
Post-secondary students across Canada will benefit from a ground-breaking new textbook on Indigenous health created in part by two University of Northern British Columbia professors. Doctors Margo Greenwood and Sarah de Leeuw, co-editors, have gathered perspectives and experiences of Indigenous people around the…
Members of a northwestern Ontario First Nation have made a plea to the province’s cancer care elite for help to remote communities that consider the disease a death sentence.
Cat Lake First Nation Chief Russell Wesley said his community northwest of Sioux Lookout has seen 11 cancer-related deaths in recent years and members are unable to get proper screening and treatment.
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Editor wrote ‘Indians are passé’ on author’s manuscript
In an era when few Aboriginal books were written by First Nations, Métis or Inuit authors, publishers almost rejected Basil Johnston’s first manuscripts.
Editors who read the Anishinaabe author and scholar’s early writings agreed his work was authentic, but feared it had no potential market. Fortunately,…
Former television reporter Sheila North Wilson is the new grand chief for Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak. North Wilson, of Bunibonibee Cree Nation, beat William Elvis Thomas of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, in a second ballot after Tyler Duncan of Norway House Cree Nation withdrew. The vote was held Sept. 2 in Nelson House. Incumbent David Harper, who was seeking his third term, finished last…
Justice Murray Sinclair is the recipient of the†University of Winnipeg’s 2015 Duff Roblin Award. Sinclair was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws from UWinnipeg in 2011 recognizing his distinguished career and life devoted to public service. Sinclair was appointed chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2009, and in this ground-breaking role, created the first…