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From the Victoria Times Colonist

Residential school survivors to share sorrow as reconciliation events begin

By Tobi Cohen, Canwest News Service June 16, 2010

Ten years after he left residential school in a tiny northwestern Ontario town, Garnet Angeconeb returned to the site of his childhood trauma with his wife to reminisce.

From <e-notes> from fourarrows@rogers.com

From Thursday's Globe and Mail

Broadband access a ‘basic’ service, Senate panel says
 
Government urged to use money from sale of wireless licences to finance Internet access in rural and remote areas

By Iain Marlow and Omar El Akkad - June 17, 2010

THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON ABORIGINAL PEOPLES

The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples is meeting to examine the federal government’s constitutional, treaty, political and legal responsibilities to First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples, and other matters generally relating to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada (topic: issues concerning First Nations Education).

From Globe and Mail

Natives to win HST concessions from Ottawa - Harper government to allow exemptions at point of sale over threats to ‘shut down the country’ during G8, G20 summit

June 16, 2010

Native groups protest against the harmonized sales tax at Queen's Park in Toronto. Natives have threatened to protest the G8 and G20 summits if they don't receive a point-of-sale exemption from the coming HST.

Who Are You Calling Endangered Anyway- Another View of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement

By Charles Wagamese

There are parties left out. If we showed this to attick, what would happen? A blink?

If we laid it out there on aki …what response would the land show?

There are pivotal parties left out…

Andrew Harper Memorial Gospel Jamboree

Keewaywin First Nation,

July 2-4th, 2010

 Special Guests:  Darius Ferris, Calstock ON

                              Sharon Thomas, Winnipeg MB

                              Gospel Harmony, Garden Hill MB

AFN press release

AFN National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo Launches Call to Action on First Nations Education

NIPISSING FIRST NATION, ON, June 9 - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo today launched a broad call to action on First Nations education, highlighting the importance of reconciliation and effective partnerships in ensuring equitable education opportunities for First Nations.

AFN press release

AFN National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo Statement on the 2nd Anniversary of Apology to Residential School Survivors

OTTAWA, June 11 /CNW Telbec/ - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo issued the following statement today to mark the second anniversary of the Government of Canada's Apology for the Indian Residential Schools:

From the Toronto Star

The Ontario no G20 or G8 leader will see

In northern First Nations communities, poverty, joblessness and despair are everywhere, yet these issues are left off summit agenda

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By TANYA TALAGA/TORONTO STAR