Archive - Jul 15, 2008
Funding provincial programs and services in First Nations required to correct injustices
July 15, 2008 - 7:34am | by brianbeatonFollow apology with funding, Fontaine tells premiers
Marianne White - July 14, 2008
QUEBEC - First Nations Grand Chief Phil Fontaine called on Canadian premiers Monday to commit funding to improve the socio-economic conditions of aboriginal nations.
The call follows last month's residential-schools apology.
INAC funded study claims First Nations need to fund people who leave their communities
July 15, 2008 - 7:29am | by brianbeatonWith this logic, anyone who use to live in any other community in Canada should be eligible to decide how that community should be managed ...
First Nation organizations working with Ontario to protect traditional lands and resources
July 15, 2008 - 5:21am | by brianbeatonNAN press release ...
NAN encouraged by requirement for consultation and accommodation for new mining development
THUNDER BAY, ON, July 14 /CNW/ - Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy is encouraged that new mining development in the Far North Boreal region will require early consultation and accommodation with local Aboriginal communities under the Government of Ontario's Far North Planning initiative announced today.