Archive - Aug 10, 2008
INAC inviting First Nations to contribute to new framework for Aboriginal economic development
August 10, 2008 - 8:37pm | by brianbeatonINAC Press Release ...
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA LAUNCHES ENGAGEMENT PROCESS ON FRAMEWORK FOR ABORIGINAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Ottawa (August 8, 2008) - Today, the Government of Canada launched an engagement process to seek input in the development of a new federal framework for Aboriginal economic development.
Celebrating the 14th International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on August 9
August 10, 2008 - 7:21pm | by brianbeatonPromoting the rights, voices, and visions of the world's indigenous peoples
Dear Friends,
August 9th was the 14th International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
This was a particularly momentous year in indigenous rights.
Among the milestones this year, the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in a near-unanimous vote, and the governments of Australia and Canada formally apologized for their egregious forced-assimilation policies.
Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug leadership highlighted on CPAC on Sunday at 8pm CT
August 10, 2008 - 7:08pm | by AnonymousJohn Glen as he travels 600 kilometres north of Thunder Bay to Big Trout Lake where the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) have lived for thousands of years surrounded by the Boreal Forest.
It is one of the last, great, undeveloped spaces on the planet and is one of the world’s largest intact ecosystems.