Begay Suffers Heart Attack

Notah Begay III, a former PGA Tour player who now works as a TV golf analyst, is expected to make a full recovery following a late April heart attack. Begay, 41, is a full blooded Native American who was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has Navajo, San Felipe and Isleta ancestry.

Begay, who won six pro events, including four on the PGA Tour, has a history for heart disease in his family. He suffered his heart attack in Dallas. He is expected to recover after having a stent inserted to unblock his right coronary artery.

The federal government has temporarily shelved First Nations education legislation following the sudden resignation of Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo on May 2.
A prepared statement from the office of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Minister Bernard Valcourt issued three days later said, “given the recent resignation of the National Chief, following today’s second reading vote (in the House of Commons), any further consideration of this legislation will be put on hold until the AFN clarifies its position.”

Trailblazing musician needed a Spanish pseudonym

As a touring Métis musician in the 1960s, Manitoba’s Charles Nabess had to assume the pseudonym “Carlos” to perform on some stages, and was introduced to audiences as a Spanish guitar player.

According to Chief Shining Turtle, Franklin Paibomsai, Bill C-10, the Tobacco Bill, is yet another government attack on First Nations.

Now that the RCMP has offered its own startling figures on the number of murdered and missing Aboriginal women and girls, those calling for a public national inquiry on the subject feel that Canadians will be willing to listen.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur has told the Canadian government that it is not doing enough to improve the economic, living, and social conditions of its Indigenous peoples despite having mechanisms in place to do so.

As with many things in life, there are many benefits and just as many drawbacks to being a writer: The proverbial double edged sword. I have frequently written about many of my favourite aspects to the career I have chosen.  I love the travel opportunities it has provided. I love the people it has allowed me to meet.  I love being able to discuss issues, topics and humorous stories that tickle my fancy.


Tsleil-Waututh Nation has launched the first Indigenous legal challenge to oil sands pipelines crossing B.C. with a federal appeals court lawsuit filed on May 2.

The First Nation’s battle against Kinder Morgan’s proposed expansion of its Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta is heating up with the legal challenge against the National Energy Board’s review process.

By Judith Sayers
Guest Column

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