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While farming is sometimes thought to be a colonial practice imposed on First Nations by force by European governments, one First Nation in Canada is embracing it.

The Tsawwassen First Nation recently formed a partnership with Kwantlen Polytechnic University to bring a farming program directly to Tsawwassen land. The “farm school” teaches how to plant, grow and manage small-scale and ecologically-sound farms, as opposed to a large-scale industrial approach to farming.

Aboriginal children in foster care among issues discussed by ministers

February 4, 2016

It is personal for those who came out Thursday to attend a forum put on by the Assembly of First Nations aimed at providing input to the federal government on how the national inquiry on murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls should go forward.

It has been almost a year since anyone in Cameron Alexis’s family heard from Misty Sanderson Potts. On Feb. 24, 2015, Misty spoke to her younger sister Eva. Since then family members and the RCMP have been searching for her.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery’s new curatorial resident of Indigenous and Contemporary Art has found a unique way to draw attention to the discussion around treaty territories and land claims.

 

Jaimie Isaac of the Sagkeeng First Nation is the curator of an exhibit called “We are on Treaty Land” opening Feb.

AFN facilitates pre-MMIW inquiry discussion

February 3, 2016

A review committee appointed by the former provincial government to examine the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan upheld concerns raised by First Nations.

But what Eriel Deranger, spokesperson for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, does not understand is why the NDP government sat on the results for six months – especially considering LARP was enacted by the Progressive Conservative government.

Pair wanted on Alberta-wide warrants apprehended

B.C. Coastal First Nations have taken on a critical role in the future of the Great Bear Rainforest, which covers a land-base twice the size of Vancouver Island.

Trudeau in Alberta