Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation tops the list of the nine Aboriginal movers and shakers as chosen by Postmedia.

Photo: Delegates to the Sustainable Building and Communities conference gathered at the River Cree Resort on Feb. 29 and March 1.

A fire on the Tsuu T’ina First Nation that had a Calgary alderman host a town hall meeting and issue news releases calling the situation “unacceptable” was at a landfill site that contained demolished buildings from the City of Calgary.

Twenty years ago, Peter Schultz saw a notice about the First Nations Alliance Church posted at the Canadian Native Friendship Centre.

“I knew right away that I would enjoy being a part of that church, and I’ve become involved as a member of the worship team at Sunday afternoon services, while still attending the church where I grew up in the mornings,” he said.   

Through the years, he has extended his reach to the inner city agencies such as the Mustard Seed, House of Refuge Mission, the Hope Mission, the Bissell, and the Boyle Street Community Centre.

Five months of waiting has proven worthwhile for the Stoney Nakoda Nation.

Earlier this month, the Alberta Court of Appeal vacated the Energy Resources Conservation Board’s decision that Eden Valley reserve did not require the same setbacks established for an urban centre.  The decision was made by the ERCB on Suncor Energy Inc.’s application for the Sullivan development.

A New Democractic Party candidate in the last federal election is challenging Fort McMurray-Athabasca MP Brian Jean to present the facts that back up his accusations that First Nations leaders are taking funding from foreign environmental groups.

“I think he needs to prove those facts and numbers and illustrate those linkages rather than just making the assumptions that he is,” said Lewis Cardinal, who finished a strong second in the Edmonton Centre riding.

Swan River First Nation has signed on to new litigation challenging Environment Minister Peter Kent’s decision to not issue an emergency order to protect woodland caribou.

“When we participated in the Northern Gateway hearing process, we identified the Little Smoky herd and the inaction around that. So that’s where we now started to get involved because we now know there are other Nations also challenging that,” said Leon Chalifoux, Chief of Swan River First Nation.

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam disagrees with the Supreme Court of Canada’s stand that the consultation process in Alberta is not a national issue thus dismissing the appeal that was before it.

“What that states is the fact that corporations and industry can continue to buy out leases right across the country. So it is a national issue right across this whole thing because they all follow the same guidelines that are put forward by the provinces,” said Adam.

Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation is accusing the Alberta government of racism.

These dresses were among the 100 or so to be hung around the University of Alberta campus in Edmonton and along Saskatchewan Drive as part of the REDress Project. The project, created by Jaime Black, a Métis artist from Winnipeg, is meant to draw attention to the high number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in the country. The dresses hung from March 5-9.