Archive - Mar 2, 2008

Languages at risk - National Geographic documents the planet's endangered languages

From National Geographic

Enduring Voices - Documenting the Planet's Endangered Languages

Losing Our World's Languages

Every 14 days a language dies. By 2100, more than half of the more than 7,000 languages spoken on Earth—many of them never yet recorded—will likely disappear, taking with them a wealth of knowledge about history, culture, the natural environment, and how the human brain works.

Book from AHF: From Truth to Reconciliation - Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools

AHF press release

From Truth to Reconciliation Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools

Click here to download the entire publication

Prepared for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation By
Marlene Brant Castellano, Linda Archibald and Mike DeGagné, 2008

Dedication

North Caribou youth complete 90 km Prayer Walk to Muskrat Dam for jamboree

A 90 KM prayer walk was completed by over 30 young people who risked the harsh wilderness life.

GET Youth Ministries, a group from North Caribou Lake began their walk late friday night at 12:30 AM with a determination to arrive in Muskrat Dam on Saturday evening. The walk took over 20 hours. The purpose of this prayer walk was to pray for issues that are affecting most of the northern communities.

"Net neutrality": urban-based luxury imposed on First Nations without the infrastructure

The following article about the urban-based debate on "net neutrality" is just another example of how urban groups are insisting that that everyone be treated equal for the things they want while on the other hand it is often these same groups who are preventing the telephone companies from rolling out the broadband deferral fund that will provide the necessary telecom supporting infrastructure upgrades so the folks in the remote and rural communities might access equitable online services.