Archive - May 8, 2009
Algoma U and the Ontario Native Welfare Administrators' Association Launch New Educational Partnership
May 8, 2009 - 12:19pm | by AnonymousFor immediate release
(SAULT STE. MARIE – May 8th, 2009): – The Ontario Native Welfare Administrators’ Association (ONWAA), a provincial organization representing First Nation Social Service Administrators, and Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, ON are pleased to announce that they have entered into a partnership agreement to provide academic instruction to First Nation Social Services Administrators in Ontario. The signing of the agreement will take place at Algoma University on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 1:00pm in the ICT Board Room (NW306).
United States re-considering the UN's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
May 8, 2009 - 5:53am | by brianbeatonU.S.: Obama Urged to Sign Native Rights Declaration
By Haider Rizvi
UNITED NATIONS, May 6 (IPS) - The United States is considering whether to endorse a major U.N. General Assembly resolution calling for the recognition of the rights of the world’s 370 million indigenous peoples over their lands and resources.