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First Nation chief drives politics from within community
Owen Sound Sun Times, Canada - 6 hours ago
Lamont added that the Saugeen Ojibway First Nation is leading the province in finding progressive ways to settle issues in such a way that Aboriginal rights ...

Ontario, De Beers reach deal on diamonds
Sault Star, Canada - 11 hours ago
While there is no requirement for those companies to use aboriginal companies or employees, Gravelle said there’s nothing to prevent First Nations from ...

On-line Literacy Forum archives mark CMEC literacy push
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), Canada - 13 hours ago
Each of the participating sites focused its presentation on a key aspect of the literacy challenge: Aboriginal literacy, lifelong literacy, literacy and the ...

Lavallée named a national Métis role model
Central Plains Herald Leader, Canada - 21 hours ago
The national role models are First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth who have made a difference in their communities. The National Aboriginal Role Model ...

Caledon Institute releases paper on improving education on reserves
CLEONet, Canada - 22 hours ago
This paper recommends a new legal framework to encourage for First Nations the equivalent of the school consolidation movement that swept rural Canada many ...

TFN treaty passes
South Delta Leader, Canada - 23 hours ago
By Jeff Nagel - South Delta Leader - July 03, 2008 BC’s first urban treaty with the Tsawwassen First Nation (TFN) is now law after a speedy passage by the ...

Derailment leaks toxic chemical into Thompson
Globe and Mail, Canada - 4 Jul 2008
Lytton First Nation Chief Byron Spinks said the band has taken its own samples of the water and fish from the river and is sending them to be analyzed. ...

Ontario Cuts A Deal For New Diamond Industry
Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 4 Jul 2008
"De Beers Canada's investment will create a $6.7 billion in GDP economic impact, contributing to sustainable growth in the First Nation communities of James ...

Happy 400th birthday, Quebec City
Canada.com, Canada - 4 Jul 2008
Fishing, too, has a claim as the industry that launched a nation. There are at least two communities in Canada older than Quebec City. ...

Art in the Library -- Bob Prittie Branch
Canada.com, Canada - 4 Jul 2008
24 - 604-681-2700 First Nations gallery specializes in Kwagiulth Nation and next generation's artists. - 201-7382 Winston Ave., Burnaby. ...

Harrowing trip here for Montana golfer
StarPhoenix, Canada - 4 Jul 2008
... golfer from Okotoks Alta., says he is proud to be a part of the Saskatchewan Open at the Dakota Dunes Golf Links on Whitecap-Dakota First Nations. ...

Dakota chiefs right to refuse Canada's 'deal'
StarPhoenix, Canada - 4 Jul 2008
According to a government e-mail, the Dakota First Nations in Canada are American Indians who signed treaties in the United States. ...

'Four centuries of courage'
Ottawa Citizen,  Canada - 3 Jul 2008
QUEBEC - Prime Minister Stephen Harper praised the "proud Québécois nation" and the vitality of Canada's francophone culture yesterday as he and other ...

Media Advisory - Teacher leaders from across the country to ...
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), Canada - 3 Jul 2008
CTF speaks for 220000 teachers in Canada as their national voice on education and related social issues. CTF membership includes Member organizations in ...

Legislation good news for Natives
Miramichi Leader, Canada - 3 Jul 2008
... passing of legislation that extends the same basic human rights that most of us have long enjoyed to Aboriginal people living on first Nations Reserves. ...

Quebec City kicks off celebrations
The Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 3 Jul 2008
In her remarks, Jean also said that the anniversary is an opportunity to reflect on Canada's roots and the first encounters between Canada's aboriginal ...

The first city of Canada
National Post, Canada - 3 Jul 2008
We even take our words "Canada" and "Quebec" from Samuel de Champlain's outpost on the St. Lawrence River. Quebec comes from kebec, the aboriginal name for ...

Playground listings
Vancouver Sun,  Canada - 3 Jul 2008
Spirit Moon Young Peoples Opera Society of BC presents original children's opera, featuring first nations and non-aboriginal opera singers about friendship ...

Derailed train now leaking glycol into Thompson River
The Province, Canada - 3 Jul 2008
First Nations in the area are very concerned about the situation. Ernie Crey is the fisheries advisor to the Sto:lo Tribal Council. ...

Today, Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued the following ...
Government of Canada Newsroom (press release), Canada - 3 Jul 2008
This is what defines Canada, a country born in French, with two national languages spoken all over the world, and a nation rich in opportunities where ...

Quebec City kicks off celebrations
Canada.com, Canada - 3 Jul 2008
... showcase the "great encounters" that shaped the history of the city, including the First Nations, France, Acadia, Great Britain, Scotland and Ireland. ...

Academic seeks answers to Indigenous deaths in custody
ABC Science Online, Australia - 3 Jul 2008
An academic is travelling overseas to see how other nations have tried to develop culturally appropriate prisons to reduce deaths in custody. ...

Development as colonialism
Georgia Straight, Canada - 3 Jul 2008
“One of the things that people will say sometimes is that we messed a lot of our lands with developments…so how can we say that First Nations shouldn’t be ...

Transportation can be challenge
Belleville Intelligencer, Canada - 3 Jul 2008
We see success across Canada as First Nations use financial compensation to buy land, invest in community priorities, establish community development ...

Wednesday July 2nd 2008
Guardian Weekly, UK - 3 Jul 2008
I am completely anti-war, but I have the word "warrior" tattooed on my neck to show that I'm a militant for the cause of the First Nations. ...

SAINTE-MARIE TO OPEN MIRAMICHI FFESTival
Telegraph-Journal, Canada - 3 Jul 2008
In 1962, Buffy hit the concert trail, booking her own venues and travelling alone, playing universities, First Nation community centres and concert halls. ...

Canada salutes Quebec at 400
Toronto Star,  Canada - 3 Jul 2008
Vimy Ridge in 1917, when a young nation came of age in blood and fire. Bringing home the Constitution from Britain in 1982. Yet the founding of la Ville de ...

All of Canada should celebrate Quebec City's 400th birthday
Toronto Star,  Canada - 3 Jul 2008
Many nationalist Quebecers see it as the birth of the Quebec nation, and criticize the usurping of this milestone by federalist interlopers. ...

Ottawa Celebrates Canada Day
The Epoch Times Ireland, Ireland - 2 Jul 2008
It's an all nations circle. We have First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and non-native women. We do that to promote harmony and understanding among the cultures. ...

Face the Nation, Red Tile, Drawn From the Past
VUE Weekly, Canada - 2 Jul 2008
Cardinal’s response invoked Canada’s supposed “cultural mosaic,” and suggested First Nations be a “red tile” in the landscape. This is the merest sketch of ...
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