Archive - May 2008

May 3rd

National Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness Day brings new Fitness Challenge from AFN to all First Nations

AFN press release

Assembly of First Nations launching fitness challenge

     OTTAWA, May 2 /CNW Telbec/ - On National Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness Day, the Assembly of First Nations is announcing that it will launch a fitness challenge, this summer, as part of an initiative to encourage healthy lifestyles.

May 2nd

May 1st

Grassy Narrows First Nation woman challenging EVERYONE to get involved in protecting the earth

Leave a message, share your story or learn how you can help the walkers on their new web site at

http://mother-earth-walk.knet.ca 

Press release ...  

April 30th

KO and NAN share the importance of communication technologies for First Nations at United Nations

 KO Research Institute Director, Brian Walmark, on an invitation from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) joined Alvin Fiddler, NAN's Deputy Chief, on a panel discussing Indigenous People's Communication for Development during the Seventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, NY Wednesday April 30, 2008.

NAN press release ...