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Like the communities in Arctic described in the following article, remote and rural First Nations across Canada face exactly the same paternalistic and colonial attitudes ...

From the Globe and Mail

In the Arctic, you can't go back to the future

MARY SIMON - March 26, 2008

Stephen Harper visited Yellowknife this month for the Arctic Winter Games, his fifth trip to the North since becoming Prime Minister in 2006.

The following two articles highlight the importance of the land for the people of KI ...

From the Thunder Bay Source

Hampton visits, NAN Chief calls for help from UN

Web Posted: 3/28/2008 6:21:58 PM 

NDP leader Howard Hampton was in the city Friday visiting Chief Donny Morris and the other Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug band members in an effort to urge the Ontario government to provide some assistance.

Key recommendations affecting First Nations were left out of the Rosehart Report as the story below indicates. Along with the "Duty to Consult" and "Resource Revenue Sharing", there were no recommendations concerning improving telecommunication services and electrical grid development, although these items were also "mentioned" in the report.

From the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal