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The Native Council of Canada's annual assembly ended with a new leader, a new name and an important political accord with the federal government.
Jim Sinclair, as past president of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan, was elected president of the council, renamed the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, at a convention in Ottawa Feb. 26 to 28.
The 60-year-old Sinclair…
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The Labrador Innu are disappointed with Ottawa's most recent offer to relocate the community of Davis Inlet.
Innu Nation president Peter Penashue and Davis Inlet Chief Katie Rich said they were not completely happy with Ottawa's response to their demands to move the beleaguered community to a new site.
"We have sent a letter to the minister clearly setting out our…
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The Labrador Innu are disappointed with Ottawa's most recent offer to relocate the community of Davis Inlet.
Innu Nation president Peter Penashue and Davis Inlet Chief Katie Rich said they were not completely happy with Ottawa's response to their demands to move the beleaguered community to a new site.
"We have sent a letter to the minister clearly setting out our…
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The Labrador Innu are disappointed with Ottawa's most recent offer to relocate the community of Davis Inlet.
Innu Nation president Peter Penashue and Davis Inlet Chief Katie Rich said they were not completely happy with Ottawa's response to their demands to move the beleaguered community to a new site.
"We have sent a letter to the minister clearly setting out our…
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The Labrador Innu are disappointed with Ottawa's most recent offer to relocate the community of Davis Inlet.
Innu Nation president Peter Penashue and Davis Inlet Chief Katie Rich said they were not completely happy with Ottawa's response to their demands to move the beleaguered community to a new site.
"We have sent a letter to the minister clearly setting out our…
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A struggle for financial control of the Metis National Council, which erupted early last month, has ended in the dismissal of one of the organization's regional directors.
Gerald Morin, leader of both the national council and the Saskatchewan Metis Nation, and Metis Nation of Alberta president Gerald Thom fired Pacific Metis Federation director, Norman Evans, Feb. 23 over…
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Ottawa's 1994 budget appears to be a "good news story" for Canada's Natives, Indian Affairs' finance director general said.
The main estimates in funding to the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in federal Finance Minister Paul Martin's Feb. 22 budget were slightly more than $5 billion, a net increase of almost $400 million, said Bill Austin.
The First…
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Ottawa's 1994 budget appears to be a "good news story" for Canada's Natives, Indian Affairs' finance director general said.
The main estimates in funding to the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in federal Finance Minister Paul Martin's Feb. 22 budget were slightly more than $5 billion, a net increase of almost $400 million, said Bill Austin.
The First…
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Ottawa's 1994 budget appears to be a "good news story" for Canada's Natives, Indian Affairs' finance director general said.
The main estimates in funding to the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in federal Finance Minister Paul Martin's Feb. 22 budget were slightly more than $5 billion, a net increase of almost $400 million, said Bill Austin.
The First…
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Ottawa's 1994 budget appears to be a "good news story" for Canada's Natives, Indian Affairs' finance director general said.
The main estimates in funding to the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in federal Finance Minister Paul Martin's Feb. 22 budget were slightly more than $5 billion, a net increase of almost $400 million, said Bill Austin.
The First…
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Crees from Northern Quebec say they've won a major court battle against the development of future hydroelectric projects in the James Bay region.
In a unanimous decision Feb. 24, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned a Federal Court of Appeals' decision allowing Hydro Quebec to export power to markets in the United States without conducting an environmental assessment to…
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Crees from Northern Quebec say they've won a major court battle against the development of future hydroelectric projects in the James Bay region.
In a unanimous decision Feb. 24, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned a Federal Court of Appeals' decision allowing Hydro Quebec to export power to markets in the United States without conducting an environmental assessment to…
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Crees from Northern Quebec say they've won a major court battle against the development of future hydroelectric projects in the James Bay region.
In a unanimous decision Feb. 24, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned a Federal Court of Appeals' decision allowing Hydro Quebec to export power to markets in the United States without conducting an environmental assessment to…
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Crees from Northern Quebec say they've won a major court battle against the development of future hydroelectric projects in the James Bay region.
In a unanimous decision Feb. 24, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned a Federal Court of Appeals' decision allowing Hydro Quebec to export power to markets in the United States without conducting an environmental assessment to…
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AIDS experts from across the country attended the Second National Workshop on HIV, Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Edmonton recently, but it was the people who work directly with HIV and AIDS victims who had the most information to share.
Bonnie Boyd of the Yukon AIDS Alliance is concerned about the future of Aboriginal children. The Northwest Territories has the highest…