Archive - Mar 12, 2010

First Nations Control of First Nations Citizenship required to address inequities in Indian Act

Press Release 

AFN National Chief Responds to Federal Legislation to Address Gender Inequity in the Indian Act: Calls for First Nations Control of First Nations Citizenship

OTTAWA, March 12 /CNW Telbec/ - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo commented today on Bill C-3, Gender Equity in Indian Registration Act, tabled in the House of Commons on Thursday, March 11.

First Nations University federal and provincial funding being axed

From CBC.ca   

First Nations University won't get money

March 11, 2010

First Nations University of Canada has its main campus in Regina and satellite campuses in Saskatoon and Prince Albert.

Sandy Lake First Nation joins Dolly Parton's Imagination Library investing in their children

Every Sandy Lake First Nation's child, ages 0 to 4, are now being registered with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library thanks to the Sandy Lake Board of Education. Joining the Imagination Library means that each month each child receives a children's book in the mail (see how it works below).

Contact information found at the Imagiation Library web site: