Archive - Nov 6, 2007

Protecting Homelands is the struggle of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug and all First Nations

November 6, 2007 Update: “KI Taking a Stand to Protect Homelands”

PRESS RELEASE
November 6, 2007

From: Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, Ontario
Update: “KI Taking a Stand to Protect Homelands”

Winter Roads and IPA Final Reports Available On-Line!

Visit www.nadf.org and go to Tools & Resources, then Community Resources, and finally Reports.  There you will find our Final Reports from the Winter Road Forum held in June 2007 and the Indpendent Power Authority Forum held in August 2007.  Full colour presentation slides, summaries, and recommendations/next steps are all included.

Racist media and "research" study blames First Nations for smokers' and province's actions

From  Yahoo Canada News ...

Illegal cigarettes from native reserves cost government over $100 million: study
Chinta Puxley, The Canadian Press - Nov 5

TORONTO - A new study which found one-quarter of Ontario smokers bought contraband cigarettes from aboriginal reserves, costing the province at least $72 million in lost tax revenue, should be a wake-up call to the governing Liberals to crack down on illegal tobacco sales, critics said Monday.

"Canada's Dirty Secret" - the exploitation of First Nations recognized by United Nations

From the Toronto Star .... 

CANADA'S `DIRTY SECRET': First Nations still searching for a place to call their home
Sara Mainville - Nov 05, 2007

Lately, I have been trying to understand why I cannot live in Ontario's cities comfortably.