Archive - 2009
August 19th
Nishnawbe Aski Legal Services searching for Community Legal Worker in Sioux Lookout
August 19, 2009 - 12:57pm | by AnonymousAugust 17th
Project Beyshick participants heading to Toronto to further develop entrepreneur skills
August 18, 2009 - 3:41am | by brianbeatonNAN press release
NAN offering member First Nations Heath Careers Day and Project grants
August 17, 2009 - 10:27am | by brianbeaton
Commission for Complaints for Telecommunications Services taking complaints about services
August 17, 2009 - 5:01am | by brianbeatonTelecom complaints agency finally going public
August 14, 2009 - By Peter Nowak, CBC News
The cellphone industry is set to introduce a "wireless code of conduct" on Sept. 1. (Manu Fernandez/Associated Press)
August 16th
First Nations Veterans flag honouring Nishnawbe Aski Nation veterans unveiled at NAN gathering
August 17, 2009 - 4:29am | by brianbeatonNAN press release
Council of Canadians requesting letters of support for a moratorium on Dump Site 41
August 16, 2009 - 6:29am | by brianbeatonFrom The Council of Canadians web site
ACTION ALERT: Support a moratorium on Dump Site 41
Updated August 13, 2009
On August 25 Simcoe County Council will discuss placing a one-year moratorium on the construction of the landfill at Site 41.
August 15th
Canada's efforts to undermine the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People challenged
August 15, 2009 - 7:42pm | by Anonymous
Joint Statement
Second session, Geneva
10-14 August 2009
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Second session, Geneva
10-14 August 2009
Agenda Item 4(a): United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
(a) Implementation of the Declaration at the regional and national levels
August 13th
Changes being discussed about election reform for national First Nations chiefs' organization
August 13, 2009 - 10:17am | by brianbeatonAugust 12th
Grand Chief Stan Beardy re-elected to his fourth term by the chiefs of Nishnawbe Aski Nation
August 12, 2009 - 1:48pm | by brianbeatonNAN press release
NAN Chiefs re-elect Stan Beardy as Grand Chief
CHAPLEAU CREE FIRST NATION, Aug. 12 /CNW/ - Chiefs and proxies from Nishnawbe Aski Nation's (NAN) 49 First Nation communities re-elected Stan Beardy as Grand Chief this afternoon during the XXVIII Keewaywin Chiefs Conference in Chapleau Cree First Nation.