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Toronto Rock Captain and Northern Links are searching for a remote First Nation for Lacrosse Camps and Equipment!

Jim Veltman, Captain of Toronto Rock has approached Northern Links for assistance in seeking a Northern, Remote Aboriginal Community to donate his time to Lacrosse Camps and lacrosse equipment. It is preferred the community is remote and have access to an arena and/or outdoor box.

Keewaytinook Okimakanak's Health. Telemedicine (KOTM) and Kuhkenak Network (K-Net) program representatives met with the Chiefs of Ontario's (COO) Knowledge Management Advisory Group (KMAG) to discuss their strategy for integrating First Nation public health information with the provincial system as one step in the process for moving patient information online. The following article in Monday's Globe and Mail highlights some of the benefits of this development.

Two AFN Press Releases on this gathering ... 

Legal experts question Canada's arguments against the UN Declaration

VANCOUVER, Feb. 20 /CNW Telbec/ - Today, on the second day of the symposium Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples a panel of international law experts will discuss Canada's stance on the UN Declaration. "The Declaration and Canadian Law" panel begins at 9:15 a.m.

From the Fort Frances Times 

AFN press release 

AFN Regional Chief Urges Government to Increase Funding and Allow Critical Input on Employment, Training Programs and Economic Development in Federal Budget

OTTAWA, Feb. 18 - In order to address persistently low employment rates, First Nations must increase their involvement in the decision-making process on the design, development, and delivery of employment and training programs. The AFN's 2008 federal pre- budget submission calls for at least $1.3 billion to close the growing gap in education, employment and training funding.

The following two articles demonstrate that provincial governments are finally recognizing the importance and value of working cooperatively with First Nations to ensure economic opportunities can grow in their regions ...

From the National Post

Making aboriginals part of the new Saskatchewan economy

Brad Wall, Premier of Saskatchewan - February 18, 2008

From CBC News online

ARDOCH ALGONQUIN FIRST NATION press release

From the National Post series Rethinking the Reserve

In Cape Breton, a success story - Membertou First Nation shows the way from poverty to riches

Allison Hanes, February 15, 2008

From property taxes to private schools, condos to casinos: How a new generation of aboriginal people is trading reliance on government for a return to self-sufficiency. This is the final instalment in a five-part series examining solutions to the challenges that plague the reserve system.

More and more young people are sharing their stories online, using the different social networks and by producing short videos that are posted online for others to watch and learn about their struggles and experiences. Now the students and staff at the Eel Ground First Nation school have won an important national award recognizing their work (see the story below).

The school is now fundraising to continue their Drama Club by selling DVD copies of their production, The Simon Bishop Story.

For more information about their production, contact the principal at