Archive - Dec 8, 2007

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

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

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

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.