Archive - 2008
April 11th
KI leaders provide clear directions to Ontario government on their requirements
April 11, 2008 - 6:31am | by brianbeatonKI-6 Leader's Ledger: Why We Are In Jail
KITCHENUHMAYKOOSIB INNINUWUG
April 9, 2008
To Our Allies, Friends and Supporters
From the Chief and Council of KI:
Why We Are In Jail
April 10th
Receptionist employment opportunity at Oshki in Thunder Bay
April 10, 2008 - 8:48am | by AnonymousOSHKI-PIMACHE-O-WIN EDUCATION & TRAINING INSTITUTE
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Receptionist
(Maternity Leave – One year)
The Receptionist is to provide day-to day support and assistance the staff of Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education and Training Institute. The Receptionist will receive functional direction from the Finance & Administrative Officer.
Parliament votes to endorse the UN's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
April 10, 2008 - 5:22am | by brianbeatonPress release ...
Canada and Ontario jailing First Nation leaders for protecting their lands and waters
April 10, 2008 - 5:09am | by brianbeatonRallys and Protests over KI-6 Continue -- Ontario Impact Internationally Uncertain
09 April 2008
"These conflicts could have been avoided, if the McGuinty government had listened to Aboriginal people and removed these lands from mining."
April 9th
New web site from NAHO deals with the tough issues of suicide by celebrating Aboriginal youth
April 10, 2008 - 3:25am | by brianbeatonNAHO and Health Canada press release ...
First Nation unrest is "hot" topic in Ottawa as Senate Committee studies Kelowna Accord bill
April 9, 2008 - 7:51am | by brianbeatonTory approach to natives could mean protests, Martin says
BILL CURRY - April 8, 2008
OTTAWA — The Conservative government's “too bad, so sad” approach to Canadian aboriginals will be to blame if natives increasingly turn to confrontation and protest, former prime minister Paul Martin warned yesterday.
April 8th
Ontario Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI) 2008 - 2009 - Call for Proposals
April 8, 2008 - 9:07pm | by brianbeaton
Sweetgrass First Nations Language Council Inc.
in partnership with Department of Canadian Heritage
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Backgrounder
ONTARIO ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES INITIATIVE (ALI) 2008 - 2009
Background
This ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES INITIATIVE program has been in place since 1998.
The Sweetgrass First Nations Language Council Inc. has been designated to deliver the ALI program as the Ontario Regional Delivery for the same time period.
April 7th
First Nations and Harper government continue to struggle as chiefs sit in jail for protecting the land
April 7, 2008 - 10:48am | by brianbeatonNatives' frustration with Ottawa threatens to boil over
BILL CURRY - April 7, 2008
OTTAWA -- Smiling photo ops with aboriginals across the country have been a regular occurrence throughout the first two years of the Harper government.
Land claims have been signed, a residential-schools deal has been reached and new water-treatment facilities have been unveiled with much federal fanfare.
April 6th
"Older Than America" - a film about residential schools in Canada and the States
April 6, 2008 - 10:39am | by brianbeatonThe world premier of Older Than America (www.olderthanamerica.com) shown
at the 2008 South by Southwest Fim Festival (http://2008.sxsw.com/film)
Director: Georgina Lightning
Cast: Adam Beach, Tantoo Cardinal, Bradley Cooper, Georgina Lightning, Wes Studi, Steve Yoakum, Chris Mulkey, Glen Gould, Dennis Banks, Gloria Eshkibok
Runtime: 102 minutes
Climate change affects remote Aboriginal communities first, creating major challenges
April 6, 2008 - 9:35am | by brianbeatonAboriginals to be hit hard by climate change: UN report
By Canadian Press - April 3, 2008
TORONTO -- Aboriginal communities in Canada and around the world will be among the most gravely affected by the effects of climate change, and more attention should be paid to changes in their traditional ways of life to help gauge the onset of global warming, United Nations researchers said yesterday.