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Mike Mitchell, the former elected chief of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (near Cornwall, Ont.), will have to draw on his many years of experience with political maneuvering to accomplish his latest goal.
The lacrosse enthusiast has run into resistance from the west coast lacrosse establishment as he tries to get the number of Aboriginal players in the National Lacrosse…
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Mike Mitchell, the former elected chief of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (near Cornwall, Ont.), will have to draw on his many years of experience with political maneuvering to accomplish his latest goal.
The lacrosse enthusiast has run into resistance from the west coast lacrosse establishment as he tries to get the number of Aboriginal players in the National Lacrosse…
There was a little flurry of concern in the first week of May when reports in mainstream newspapers suggested the Minister of Indian Affairs was thinking of creating a mass compensation package for victims of residential schools.
Indian Affairs Minister Jane Stewart, the reports said, was ready to put together a deal similar to the $1.1 billion package that has been offered to tainted…
There was a little flurry of concern in the first week of May when reports in mainstream newspapers suggested the Minister of Indian Affairs was thinking of creating a mass compensation package for victims of residential schools.
Indian Affairs Minister Jane Stewart, the reports said, was ready to put together a deal similar to the $1.1 billion package that has been offered to tainted…
There was a little flurry of concern in the first week of May when reports in mainstream newspapers suggested the Minister of Indian Affairs was thinking of creating a mass compensation package for victims of residential schools.
Indian Affairs Minister Jane Stewart, the reports said, was ready to put together a deal similar to the $1.1 billion package that has been offered to tainted…
Rick Gauthier, a 35-year-old Metis man from Winnipeg, captured his first provincial championship in Brandon on May 3, winning the men's "B" class racquetball tourney.
That championship was achieved while he was also entered in another tournament. Gauthier also won the bronze medal in the senior men's "A" division that weekend.
The Winnipeg Centre for Aboriginal Human Resource…
Rick Gauthier, a 35-year-old Metis man from Winnipeg, captured his first provincial championship in Brandon on May 3, winning the men's "B" class racquetball tourney.
That championship was achieved while he was also entered in another tournament. Gauthier also won the bronze medal in the senior men's "A" division that weekend.
The Winnipeg Centre for Aboriginal Human Resource…
Rick Gauthier, a 35-year-old Metis man from Winnipeg, captured his first provincial championship in Brandon on May 3, winning the men's "B" class racquetball tourney.
That championship was achieved while he was also entered in another tournament. Gauthier also won the bronze medal in the senior men's "A" division that weekend.
The Winnipeg Centre for Aboriginal Human Resource…
The law, as it stands right now, says they have to come out of the woods, but Aboriginal loggers in New Brunswick have refused.
The Micmac and Maliseet loggers who seized an opportunity to make a decent living in the unemployment-ravaged region after a provincial court judge ruled that Aboriginal people had the first right to log on Crown lands, say a subsequent court ruling which…
The law, as it stands right now, says they have to come out of the woods, but Aboriginal loggers in New Brunswick have refused.
The Micmac and Maliseet loggers who seized an opportunity to make a decent living in the unemployment-ravaged region after a provincial court judge ruled that Aboriginal people had the first right to log on Crown lands, say a subsequent court ruling which…
The law, as it stands right now, says they have to come out of the woods, but Aboriginal loggers in New Brunswick have refused.
The Micmac and Maliseet loggers who seized an opportunity to make a decent living in the unemployment-ravaged region after a provincial court judge ruled that Aboriginal people had the first right to log on Crown lands, say a subsequent court ruling which…
An Earth Day week environmental gathering and powwow provided the people of Grassy Narrows First Nation with the opportunity to celebrate their role in stalling a proposal to bury nuclear waste in northwestern Ontario.
The gathering was funded by money raised from an annual Honor the Earth tour of musicians headlined by Indigo girls, a Grammy-winning folk rock duo. The primary focus of…
An Earth Day week environmental gathering and powwow provided the people of Grassy Narrows First Nation with the opportunity to celebrate their role in stalling a proposal to bury nuclear waste in northwestern Ontario.
The gathering was funded by money raised from an annual Honor the Earth tour of musicians headlined by Indigo girls, a Grammy-winning folk rock duo. The primary focus of…
An Earth Day week environmental gathering and powwow provided the people of Grassy Narrows First Nation with the opportunity to celebrate their role in stalling a proposal to bury nuclear waste in northwestern Ontario.
The gathering was funded by money raised from an annual Honor the Earth tour of musicians headlined by Indigo girls, a Grammy-winning folk rock duo. The primary focus of…
Dear Editor:
In regards to your guest column by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, and the letter from Buffy Sainte-Marie, I agree with Buffy wholeheartedly.
Mr. [John Kim] Bell owes an apology to those Aboriginal cultures he has commercialized for the sake of entertainment. If Mr. Bell has the power he does, I suggest he use it and respect the cultures he presents…