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The delicate work of transforming an 800-year-old cedar into a totem sculpture for Commonwealth Place is finished. On July 19, artist Roy Henry Vickers paid homage to hereditary chiefs and Elders as the totem travelled through Nuu-Chah-Nulth and Coast Salish territories.
The 10-metre totem sculpture, The Legend of the Salmon People, was raised July 22 in a ceremony…
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The delicate work of transforming an 800-year-old cedar into a totem sculpture for Commonwealth Place is finished. On July 19, artist Roy Henry Vickers paid homage to hereditary chiefs and Elders as the totem travelled through Nuu-Chah-Nulth and Coast Salish territories.
The 10-metre totem sculpture, The Legend of the Salmon People, was raised July 22 in a ceremony…
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From the mountains of British Columbia to James Bay in Quebec, Cree people from all over converged on the small community near The Pas, Manitoba, for the Cree Gathering.
Joe Roan, from Pigeon Lake, Alberta, delivered the opening remarks and prayer.
"I hope this is the place to start something that will get the Cree Nation moving as one," Roan said to the crowd of…
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From the mountains of British Columbia to James Bay in Quebec, Cree people from all over converged on the small community near The Pas, Manitoba, for the Cree Gathering.
Joe Roan, from Pigeon Lake, Alberta, delivered the opening remarks and prayer.
"I hope this is the place to start something that will get the Cree Nation moving as one," Roan said to the crowd of…
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The B.C. fisheries Survival Coalition is on the attack again, and this time it's targets four Native bands for criticism.
The coalition accused the Musqueam, Tsawwassen, Burrard and Coquitlam First Nations of greedy consumption of the Early Stuart Sockeye Salmon. Rather than casting an eye to conservation, the bands chose to make a quick buck, said spokesman Phillip…
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The B.C. fisheries Survival Coalition is on the attack again, and this time it's targets four Native bands for criticism.
The coalition accused the Musqueam, Tsawwassen, Burrard and Coquitlam First Nations of greedy consumption of the Early Stuart Sockeye Salmon. Rather than casting an eye to conservation, the bands chose to make a quick buck, said spokesman Phillip…
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The B.C. fisheries Survival Coalition is on the attack again, and this time it's targets four Native bands for criticism.
The coalition accused the Musqueam, Tsawwassen, Burrard and Coquitlam First Nations of greedy consumption of the Early Stuart Sockeye Salmon. Rather than casting an eye to conservation, the bands chose to make a quick buck, said spokesman Phillip…
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The B.C. fisheries Survival Coalition is on the attack again, and this time it's targets four Native bands for criticism.
The coalition accused the Musqueam, Tsawwassen, Burrard and Coquitlam First Nations of greedy consumption of the Early Stuart Sockeye Salmon. Rather than casting an eye to conservation, the bands chose to make a quick buck, said spokesman Phillip…
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First Nations in British Columbia made up 41 per cent of this year's project applications to the Community Salmonid Enhancement and Restoration Fund and got 39 per cent of available funding, said CSERF manager John Willow.
A total of $943,398 was distributed to 29 projects that would strengthen fish species in the Pacific. Of these projects, 10 were awarded to First…
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First Nations in British Columbia made up 41 per cent of this year's project applications to the Community Salmonid Enhancement and Restoration Fund and got 39 per cent of available funding, said CSERF manager John Willow.
A total of $943,398 was distributed to 29 projects that would strengthen fish species in the Pacific. Of these projects, 10 were awarded to First…
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Self-government in, Assembly of First Nations out: That's the scenario being painted by Phil Fontaine, head of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.
The reason such groups as the AFN, the AMC, and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations exist is because of the constant struggle against governments that refuse to recognize Native rights and refuse to behave honorably when…
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A $60 million Royal Commission report on the relocation of 85 Inuit in the 1950s validates the testimony of the High Arctic exiles, said Rosemarie Kuptana, president of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada.
The report, which recommends the federal government compensate and apologize for the relocation of Inuit from northern Quebec to Ellesmere and Cornwallis Islands, is the most…
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A $60 million Royal Commission report on the relocation of 85 Inuit in the 1950s validates the testimony of the High Arctic exiles, said Rosemarie Kuptana, president of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada.
The report, which recommends the federal government compensate and apologize for the relocation of Inuit from northern Quebec to Ellesmere and Cornwallis Islands, is the most…
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The Nunavik Constitutional Committee and the government of Quebec have entered into an agreement that will eventually see an elected regional assembly in place north of the 55th parallel.
The agreement sets out the guidelines of negotiations between the two groups and by April 30, 1995 a draft agreement will be prepared that would establish the Nunavik Assembly and…
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The Nunavik Constitutional Committee and the government of Quebec have entered into an agreement that will eventually see an elected regional assembly in place north of the 55th parallel.
The agreement sets out the guidelines of negotiations between the two groups and by April 30, 1995 a draft agreement will be prepared that would establish the Nunavik Assembly and…