Archive - Dec 8, 2007

Lac La Croix First Nation students dancing their way to Toronto for experience of a lifetime

Submitter Name: 
Brian Beaton

From the Toronto Star 

For youth on Ojibwa reserve, show much more than a performance

Susan Walker (DANCE WRITER) - Dec 08, 2007

LAC LA CROIX, ONT.–There's a skim of ice on the puddles, a whistle to the wind off the lake and a young buck, gutted down the middle, hangs from a tree next to the water, shot through the head a few days earlier.

Ontario government invited to work with KI to address local development of traditional lands

Submitter Name: 
Brian Beaton

From the TBay Chronicle Journal

First Nation leaders ready to go to jail to stop miners

By JULIO GOMES - December 7, 2007 

The chief and other councillors of a remote Northern Ontario native community are prepared to go to jail for disobeying a court order that allows exploratory drilling on what they consider traditional lands.

Matawa First Nations Management team opens Sacred Fire Resource Centre in Thunder Bay

Submitter Name: 
Brian Beaton

From the TBay Chronicle-Journal ...

Training centre widens employment, training options

By PETER BURKOWSKI - December 6, 2007

Matawa First Nations members now have several new employment and training options at their fingertips.