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Treaty Day Celebrations took a serious turn in Halifax when the head of the Union of Nova Scotia Indians accused non-Natives of abusing nature.
Alex Denny told Nova Scotia Premier John Savage and other MLAs at the provincial legislature that over-use by non-Natives have depleted fish stocks and harmed forests.
The controversial leader also said that non-Natives…
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Mi'kmaq people came from all across the Atlantic region to renew their 384-year alliance with the Roman Catholic Church during annual Treaty Day celebrations this month.
"When I hear the comment that Christ was shoved down our throats, I get very irate," Murdena Marshall, an Eskasoni resident, told at least 200 Mi'kmaq people gathered for a morning mass held at St. Mary'…
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What to do when, through no fault or intention of your own, practically everybody considers you an expert? And even if you aren't - which I'm not - they don't listen to you. If you decline this flattering but inaccurate assessment: 1) you're just being modest, which seems to make things even worse because it makes them want your opinion even more;
2) they conclude you're…
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It's 11 a.m. in Anywhere, Indian Country. The meeting was supposed to have started two hours ago. Half of the people expected haven't even bothered to show up yet. Someone titters nervously about "being on Indian Time again, I guess."
Nobody laughs. Jokes about Indian Time are wearing thin. An annoyed band administrator and two Tribal Council types announce "they have…
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It's a time-worn story. One that's been screamed from the rooftops, and has fallen upon deaf ears almost since the time of first contact with European society. The plot centres around disparities between the quality of life for Aboriginals and that of the population in the rest of Canada. The latest chapter comes from the Canadian Institute of Child Health, in the form of a…
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The new president of the Native Women's Association of Canada is pressing the federal government for funding which would do justice to its status as Canada's fifth national Native political association.
Although NWAC has been a national voice for Native women since 1974, its influence is now being recognized, said Janis Walker. With this recognition should also come the…
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Insulin-dependent diabetes has been linked to a combination of five genes that act in concert with each other, and people who inherit these combinations of genes are highly likely to develop the disease.
This discovery may enable scientists to determine who is at risk and who will be spared the complex disease that runs in families.
"It's very exciting news," said…
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Approximately $1 million will be spent over the next three years on a project designed to help heal Manitoba Natives who attended residential school.
Two healing resource centres are in the works to combat the devastating effects 12 major residential schools had on the lives of thousands of Aboriginal people.
The proposal is the brain-child of the Manitoba Joint…
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A new study by the Canadian Institute of Child Health reports that many Aboriginal children "live in dire circumstances," and do not enjoy the same level of health as the rest of Canada's child population.
The Health of Canada's Children, released Sept. 27, reports the social and economic conditions under which Aboriginal children live result in poor health for many of…
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Gambling charges have been dismissed in Saskatchewan's Bear Claw Casino case.
Judge Wallace Goliath threw out the case when the Crown failed to show that the defendants, the White Bear Indian Band and a U.S. gaming consultant, set out to break the law.
White Bear Chief Bernard Sheppard said the band is considering whether or not to re-open the Bear Claw casino or…
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Australian Aboriginals have reached a land claims agreement with their government. In contrast, Canadian Natives are lucky to even be able to afford adequate housing.
These are two perspectives urban planners from across the world heard at the recent Habitat '94 conference held in Edmonton. Habitat '94 is the annual gathering for members of the International Federation…
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Standing face-to-face with a female polar bear protecting two cubs and wrestling that bear to save yourself and your family is the stuff of Arctic legends.
And if that's case, then Rankin Inlet Elder Moses Aliyak is a living, breathing legend.
On July 19, 1994, Aliyak, his wife Simona and grandson Kuuk were at their cabin outside of Rankin Inlet when the most…
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New Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau is no Rene Levesque, said Matthew Coon-Come, Grand Chief of the Council of Crees. Parizeau may be taking on the responsibility of Native Affairs as did his Parti Quebecois predecessor, but he hasn't taken the best interests of Aboriginals to his heart, Coon-Come said.
Parizeau was sworn in as Quebec's 26th premier Sept. 26, and took the…
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The federal Liberals have made good on a promise made during the last election to help deal with health issues in Canada's Aboriginal communities.
The new health care strategy, Building Health Communities, will see $243 million pumped into Aboriginal health care during the next five years. This is an addition to the dollars currently being spent on Aboriginal health.…
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Syncrude Canada, local Native groups, environmentalists and the Alberta governments are joining forces to study the impact of oil sands plant emissions on human health.
The study is being done in response to concerns raised by the Energy Resources Conservation Board that was asked to approve an expansion of the company's plant. The project's co-ordinator said the study…