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She: a room full of women, while deceptively simple, was artist Faye Heavyshield's portrayal of the trials facing women and the strength they show in facing them.
Heavyshield's installation graced Thunder Bay's Art Gallery this fall, and the artist gave a talk at the gallery, explaining the exhibition in relation to her life experiences.
Born on the Blood Reserve in…
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Not since Columbus arrived in the New World in search of valuable resources to ship back home has international trade looked as full of promise as it does today, particularly for Native North Americans, a First Nation Trade Show heard.
But this time around, Natives should take control of their own business and exploit overseas markets to their advantage or risk missing the…
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Down but not out. Gone but not forgotten. Great Whale. Quebec's mega-hydroelectric project, named for the community it was bent on destroying, has been, for the moment, shut down. Time to breathe a collective sigh of relief. Time to congratulate the project's opponents on a job well done. Time to put the Whale to rest - for now.
The news that Quebec Premier Jacques…
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Although a guilty verdict was delivered against George Albert Zimmerman in court of Queen's Bench on Nov. 19, the case against the 57-year-old Zimmerman is far from being closed.
Zimmerman was found guilty on 12 of 16 sex-related charges involving girls 14 years of age and under at the Prince Albert Indian Student Residence between 1976-83. Zimmerman's ex-wife was a…
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Toxic waste from outside Alberta may soon be treated at the Swan Hills plant in northeast Alberta.
Alberta's Natural Resources Conservation Board has approved he province's bid to import toxic waste for treatment at the plant, which sits on the traditional lands of the First Nations that signed Treaty 8 in 1899.
"What we're going to see happening if they get away…
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Staff at Native friendship centres across the country are in a state of shock after learning that up to 75 per cent of their funding may be cut by the federal government.
There has even been talk of eliminating all core funding to the 99 friendship centres currently supported by the federal Heritage Ministry.
"It's absolutely unconscionable to cut funding to a…
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A Liberal promise to appoint an Arctic ambassador was made good by Foreign Affairs Minister Andre Oullet with the announcement that long-time politico Mary Simon would take on the assignment.
Simon pioneers the position in two respects: She is the country's first ever ambassador to the circumpolar region and is the first ever Inuit to hold an ambassadorial role.
"…
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Native leaders and the British Columbia have come to a tentative agreement regarding a ski hill expansion in the Okanagan.
After four days of round-the-clock discussion with the Penticton, Upper and Lower Similkameen bands, the provincial government has reached an initial agreement with the band, said Penticton councillor Stewart Phillip.
"Considering the fact that…
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An Algonquin chief who was tried in a court conducted in a foreign language, without benefit of a translator, has appealed to the Quebec Court of Appeal for justice.
Chief Jean-Maurice Matchewan was sentenced to six months in jail on Nov. 21 despite the fact much of his trial on assault charges was conducted in French, a language he does not understand.
The chief…
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At least 20 people, the majority under the age of 14, in a northern Ontario reserve have been exposed to radioactive dust and gases from vandalized lights being tested on a community helicopter landing pad.
The lights, newly developed tritium-powered units, were being tested in Kashechewan, as well as three other reserves, to guide air ambulances to helicopter landing…
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Nov. 18 was a day of jubilation in James Bay as the new spread that Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau had indefinitely postponed the massive Great Whale hydroelectric project.
Some couldn't believe their ears. A band official in Great Whale (Whapmagoostui in Cree) stood holding the phone for two minutes in silence when he heard the news.
"This must be some cruel joke…
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In what is perhaps the most unusual land claim to date, two Ontario First Nations are seeking 22,000 hectares and $90 billion in compensation.
On May 27 of this year, the Saugeen and Nawash Ojibway filed a statement of claim against Ontario and Canada for a breach of their fiduciary obligations (trusteeship to the First Nations in the negotiation and signing of the Treaty…
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When the National Film Board invited Catherine Anne Martin to do a documentary about traditional parenting in Native communities across Canada, she wasn't sure where to start.
"I thought this is a big topic," says Martin. "I'll be working on this till I die. The appropriate way to do that kind of film would be to live in those (Native) communities."
Instead,…
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Solvent sniffing really doe smelt your brain, says a physician in Edmonton's inner city.
"All of those substances that can be sniffed - they can dissolve organize material, and our bodies are made up of organic tissue," said Dr. Amy Borkent, a family physician at Edmonton's Boyle-McCauley Health Centre.
"The place that most of that happens is in the brain."
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Inhalant, like alcohol, are central nervous system depressants. However, the inebriating effects and the way one becomes intoxicated are quite different.
Feelings of euphoria, self-importance and recklessness are more striking with inhalants. There is also a greater loss of control. Hallucinations and behavior resembling psychosis are common.
With inhalants a high…