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Dear Editor:
Regarding your May 2001 article, "Remember the People"...I was sitting on the throne reading it when it occurred to me... I know this may sound "Aboriginally incorrect", but...umm...BINGO! My apologies to the left-wing-nuts and sociology majors.
Yes the AFN has correctly identified and publicized, via Chief Pierre's remarks, that there is indeed a…
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Dear Editor:
Regarding your May 2001 article, "Remember the People"...I was sitting on the throne reading it when it occurred to me... I know this may sound "Aboriginally incorrect", but...umm...BINGO! My apologies to the left-wing-nuts and sociology majors.
Yes the AFN has correctly identified and publicized, via Chief Pierre's remarks, that there is indeed a…
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Dear Editor:
I am a First Nations woman living on reserve. My home community consists of four reserves side by side. Recently, a tragedy happened on two of those reserves. Four people are dead in two separate incidents. Three of those people are First Nations and one just happened to be a Caucasian-North American. This Caucasian-North American man was in the right place…
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Dear Editor:
I am a First Nations woman living on reserve. My home community consists of four reserves side by side. Recently, a tragedy happened on two of those reserves. Four people are dead in two separate incidents. Three of those people are First Nations and one just happened to be a Caucasian-North American. This Caucasian-North American man was in the right place…
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So, now that they have knocked off the NDP, the governing Liberal Party of British Columbia is going to hold a referendum on Native land claims and treaties and such.
As is always the case with referenda on hot-button political issues, the question will probably be at least as interesting as the results of the vote.
We think it's really interesting that the good…
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So, now that they have knocked off the NDP, the governing Liberal Party of British Columbia is going to hold a referendum on Native land claims and treaties and such.
As is always the case with referenda on hot-button political issues, the question will probably be at least as interesting as the results of the vote.
We think it's really interesting that the good…
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Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault announced on Aug. 28 that the consultation on his proposed First Nations governance act would resume on Sept. 1 with or without the participation of the Assembly of First Nations.
Although the question of whether the AFN will join the process had not been answered definitively as of Aug. 29, a draft protocol agreement obtained by this…
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Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault announced on Aug. 28 that the consultation on his proposed First Nations governance act would resume on Sept. 1 with or without the participation of the Assembly of First Nations.
Although the question of whether the AFN will join the process had not been answered definitively as of Aug. 29, a draft protocol agreement obtained by this…
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The ill-fated Early Years School project involving Wing Construction has spawned two lawsuits, one against the Sagkeeng First Nation of Manitoba and the other against several of its former band officials.
First, on July 26, the Sagkeeng/Wing Development Partnership and Wing Construction, Ltd. of Thunder Bay, Ont. filed suit in Winnipeg's Court of Queen's Bench against the…
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The ill-fated Early Years School project involving Wing Construction has spawned two lawsuits, one against the Sagkeeng First Nation of Manitoba and the other against several of its former band officials.
First, on July 26, the Sagkeeng/Wing Development Partnership and Wing Construction, Ltd. of Thunder Bay, Ont. filed suit in Winnipeg's Court of Queen's Bench against the…
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Dwight Dorey, the chief and president of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP), wants to introduce some new ideas to the First Nations governance debate.
"The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples' recommendations envisioned reducing the number of First Nations from 633 to 70 or 80 across the country," he said. "The 55 or so Mi'kmaq bands in Eastern Canada are not…
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Dwight Dorey, the chief and president of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP), wants to introduce some new ideas to the First Nations governance debate.
"The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples' recommendations envisioned reducing the number of First Nations from 633 to 70 or 80 across the country," he said. "The 55 or so Mi'kmaq bands in Eastern Canada are not…
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A pre-dawn raid outside of Kamloops saw provincial Ministry of Transportation and Highways workers dismantle a camp set up by First Nations people as a base of operations for protests of the expansion of the Sun Peaks ski resort
Two RCMP officers stood by during the raid at 5:30 a.m. on Aug. 28, which provincial officials say was prompted by safety concerns. There were no…
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A pre-dawn raid outside of Kamloops saw provincial Ministry of Transportation and Highways workers dismantle a camp set up by First Nations people as a base of operations for protests of the expansion of the Sun Peaks ski resort
Two RCMP officers stood by during the raid at 5:30 a.m. on Aug. 28, which provincial officials say was prompted by safety concerns. There were no…
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The Kuh-ke-nah Network of Smart First Nations is the name of an Aboriginal demonstration project in Northwestern Ontario whose proponents aim to prove their small and isolated communities can develop economic capacity using modern information technology.
The federal government believes they can too. It will contribute $4.5 million over three years to assist the five First…