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Has the corner been turned?
Within the last week, governments of different political stripes have stood with First Nations and committed to changing—fundamentally—the relationship that their provinces have had with the Indigenous people of this land. Have we really, finally, turned a corner?
On Aug. 21 in Edmonton, NDP Premier Rachel Notley, of the fresh new ruling party…
Manitoba Keewatinowi
Okimakanak Grand Chief David Harper is being challenged for the position by
Tyler Duncan of Norway House Cree Nation, William Elvis Thomas of
Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, and Sheila North Wilson of the Bunibonibee Cree
Nation. Harper is also chief of the Garden Hill First Nation. MKO’s annual
general assembly is being held at the…
The Winnipeg Art Gallery
and the Department of History at the University of Winnipeg have appointed Dr.
Julie Nagam as the first UWinnipeg/WAG Chair in History of Indigenous Arts in
North America. This joint position is the first of its kind in Canada,
involving research and teaching in the department of history at UWinnipeg and
curatorial and exhibition work at…
Winnipeg will be hosting an
anti-racism summit Sept. 17 and Sept. 18. The summit will “begin the process of
building an extensive network of leaders and thinkers dedicated to generating
‘ideas of inclusion’ that can ultimately be embraced by individuals and
organizations across the country,” read a news release from the city. Mayor
Brian Bowman pledged to…
On Aug. 14, the Federal
Court of Appeal agreed that the federal government failed to meet its duty to
consult with Treaty 1 First Nations in transferring the Kapyong Barracks
(located in Winnipeg) to the Canada Lands Company. The Court of Appeal also
made a number of observations on how the Crown should conduct itself in
discussions with First Nations on their…
Former Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin joined Rebecca Chartrand, Liberal candidate for Churchill-Keewatinook Aski, to kick off her campaign in Cross Lake on Aug. 17. The two co-hosted a campaign fundraiser at Fort Garry Place in Winnipeg.
Chartrand said the high number of Indigenous candidates in the Liberal party is a sign that the party is serious about supporting a stronger voice…
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples received funding from Status of Women Canada for a project to engage men and boys in the prevention of violence toward Aboriginal women. “This project will engage both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men and boys across Canada to address violence against Aboriginal women and girls,” said CAP Vice-Chief Ron Swain. The organization will deliver a toolkit for…
A new technique has been applied to the ear bone of Arctic Grayling and Slimy Sculpin which measures heavy metal concentrations in fish. Dr. Norman Halden from the University of Manitoba developed the technique of fish otolith microchemistry and the Yukon Research Centre, Access Consulting Group, and Na-cho Nyak Dun First Nation applied it on fish from the Keno Hill mining district. “This…
Matt Cruickshank sketched Duke Kahanamoku’s face on a wooden surfboard for the Google Doodle Aug. 24, the graphic that accompanies Google’s search box on the Internet. Kahanamoku was an Olympian, medaling five times in swimming. He was also considered the father of modern surfing. Aug. 24 marked his birthday. He was born in Honolulu in 1890 and is the only person to be inducted into both the…
About 13 per cent of the eligible voters of the Menominee Tribe cast ballots to approve both the recreational and medicinal use of marijuana on tribal grounds in a referendum described as “advisory”, meaning leadership is not bound by results. There are about 9,000 members of the tribe, and Menominee is the only Wisconsin tribe solely responsible for enforcing its own laws. “The state has no…
Rob Demarais is searching for the remains of First Nations people who were buried on Scholten Hill, Alta. in the late-1800s and disinterred in the mid-twentieth century because of road construction. The remains had been reinterred in Medicine Hat. Then they were again disinterred and sent to the University of Alberta for research. A report in a local newspaper Nov. 19, 1959 say city work crews…
At Queen’s Park on Aug. 24, Elder Garry Sault from Mississaugas of New Credit First Nation opened what Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day Wiindawtegowinini called, “a momentous occasion.”
A political accord was signed between the Chiefs of Ontario, represented by Day, and the Ontario Government, represented by Premier Kathleen Wynne. The accord commits to a renewed relationship between…
Métis veteran, lived to see his heritage honoured
Even though he returned to Juno Beach with mixed feelings, Private Robert Bruce made the trip in 2009 to be honoured as a Métis soldier.
The Elder made the trip with 50 Canadian delegates as one of only a handful of D-Day soldiers who attended the unveiling of a memorial dedicated to Metis veterans at the Juno…
It’s been a year of up-and-down emotions for Carrie-Leigh Thomas.
The 22-year-old Cayuga, who lives in Ontario in the Six Nations community of Ohsweken, first joined the Canadian senior women’s softball team in 2012.
This past December, however, she was named as an alternate for the squad for the 2015 season.
That meant Thomas, who primarily plays first base now, would…
Thibeault Competes At Pan Am Games
Canadians won more than their share of medals at the recent Pan American Games staged in Toronto.
In fact, Canada won a total of 217 medals at the multi-sport Games, which concluded on July 26. Only the United States won more medals, 265.
Jaimie Thibeault and her Canadian volleyball teammates, however, did not perform as…