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Time is running out for the Algonquins of Barriere Lake to complete environmental assessments under a trilateral agreement signed by the Algonquins, the federal and Quebec governments.
The agreement was signed in 1991 but the Quebec government refused to honor it, delaying the implementation. Now, the work will not be completed by the time the agreement expires, said…
Swan Hills chiefs protest plans to import toxic waste for treatment.
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Toxic substances are moving up the food chain in the Swan Hills area in northwestern Alberta, and the provincial government is funding the company which is putting them there.
The Swan Hills are part of the traditional lands of the First Nations who signed Treaty 8 in 1899. Within a 48-kilometre…
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Golden eagles are occasionally sighed these days flying high above the Akwesasne Mohawk territory that straddles the international border alongside the polluted waters of the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall in Eastern Ontario.
The return of the majestic bird, which has a special spiritual significance to Mohawks, is a sign of hope for Henry Lickers, director of the…
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The voices of Native youth in the prison system don't come out in a recent report on youth justice in Saskatchewan, just cold, hard facts, much like the cold, hard prison walls which surround them.
Aboriginal youth are over-represented in the courts, remanded in custody more often than non-Aboriginal youth, and sentenced to custody more frequently, according to the…
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The use of computers in North American Native communities, especially in Native schools, has doubled in the past 10 years. With computer modems linking computers through telephone lines the way fax machines do, Native communities throughout North America are using the technology to their advantage. They are linked to the Internet.
And what is the Internet?
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Performing at Victoria's Inner Harbour during the XV Commonwealth Games last month was one more drop of sunshine on the growing popularity of Inuit singer Susan Aglukark. Her strong, sweet voice filled the harbour, washing over some 60,000 spectators gathered to enjoy a night of First Nations artists.
"She's so cute," exclaimed a happy Verna Charles of Victoria. "I've…
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You can hear the kids playing in the next room of the new Mi'KMaq Child Development Centre if central Halifax as Christine Gibson smiles with the knowledge that the centre if finally opening.
"This community has been dreaming about something like this for 25 years.
It's sometimes been frustrating but it's finally all coming together," says Gibson.
The…
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Australian Yvonne Goolagong was as famous as Aboriginal athletes get, winning the 1980 Wimbledon tennis tournament on the famous grass courts.
But Catherine Freeman's credentials compared favorably after becoming the first athlete - male or female - to win the 200 and 400 metres in the same Commonwealth Games.
Nor did Aboriginals have just one athlete of the same…
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After nearly two years of research for worthy inductees, the Saskatchewan First Nations Sports Halls of Fame is now a reality.
"The Sports, Culture and Recreation Commission talked about it informally and we put together a resolution with the chiefs and it was unanimously passed," said Federation of Saskatchewan Indians vice-Chief Eugene Arcand.
"For 18 months to…
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Indigenous people and environmentalists tried to find common ground at the second annual international Taiga Rescue Network conference.
The week-long conference on boreal forest preservation got underway in Edmonton Aug. 23 with Indigenous and non-governmental organizations participants from 30 countries. Representatives from Greenpeace International from Holland, the…
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Despite funding cutbacks which prompted last-minute admissions fees to many venues, the third annual Dreamspeaker Festival was, by all accounts, a resounding success.
The three-day festival of music, film, craft and dance is the only festival of its kind in the world. The Aboriginal festival drew a crowd of more than 30,000 to its six different downtown venues from Aug.…
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Public hearings to evaluate a study conducted by the Canadian military on the impact of low-level fighter jets over Labrador would be a travesty, say Innu of Shesatshiu, Labrador.
"It's a sham," said Daniel Ashini, director of Innu Rights and Environment for the Innu Nation. "We are extremely disappointed in the decision of the (Federal Environmental Assessment) panel.…
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Don't ever make the mistake of calling the music of this six-man group from South America Latin music.
Members of Allpa Kallpa will be the first to tell you that Latin music is the property of Conquistadors who invaded their countries centuries ago. Theirs is the music of the Andes and of their Indian ancestors who fought the invaders.
Hector Rojas founded the…
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One of the highlights of the 1994 Dreamspeaker Film Festival was a four-film series of contemporary Maori dramas. The Nga Puna Maori films brought to Canadian viewers slices of Aboriginal life in New Zealand, from a story about a Maori radio station to a warm portrayal for the love between an old man and his granddaughter.
Karen Sidney, who wrote one of the series'…
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10. Mohawks will beat you if you do.
9. Both parties are into the wet dream of Great Whale and NBR.
8. Romeo Saganash isn't running for either party.
7. Two words: Le Hir.
6. You're waiting for Billy and Walter's Cree Beaver Party to run.
5. The two main leaders look too much like a used care salesman and a used shoe salesman.
4. Tonya…