Archive - 2013

May 19th

Elijah Harper honoured as body lying in state at Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg

From TheProvince.com

Manitoba government says Elijah Harper's body will lie in state at legislature

 BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MAY 18, 2013 

May 17th

2 Summer Student Positions at KO Thunder Bay

The 2 student placements will work together to coordinate online Lands and Resources workshops and complete project reports. The interns are to maintain a training website and support video conferencing workshops. These positions are training and work experience programs funded in part by HRSDC.

International group delivers scathing report of RCMP policing of Aboriginal women and First Nations

From the GlobeandMail.com

RCMP under review over native women after scathing report

KIM MACKRAEL - May. 16 2013

Government withheld documents about their funding for First Nation children from court case

From the GlobeandMail.com

Harper government withheld documents in indigenous human-rights case

GLORIA GALLOWAY - May. 17 2013

May 16th

Schools in First Nations require immediate government action and equitable funding

From GlobeandMail.com

Aboriginal education vexes Canada (and Paul Martin)

JEFFREY SIMPSON - May. 15 2013

May 15th

Matawa First Nations working with Bob Rae to negotiate with governments and mining industry

Press Release

MATAWA CHIEFS COUNCIL MAKE IT OFFICIAL
BOB RAE TO BE FIRST NATIONS' NEGOTIATOR FOR RING OF FIRE
NEGOTIATIONS WITH ONTARIO

Thunder Bay, May 10, 2013 - The Matawa Chiefs Council announced today that the Honourable Bob Rae, former federal leader of the Liberal Party and former Premier of Ontario, will be Chief Negotiator for Matawa First Nations during regional strategy negotiations with the Province of Ontario.

Land stolen from First Nations in US should be returned says United Nations

From the Guardian.co.uk

US should return stolen land to Indian tribes, says United Nations

UN's correspondent on indigenous peoples urges government to act to combat 'racial discrimination' felt by Native Americans

4 May 2012

May 14th

First Nations in Manitoba take back control of Tribal Councils Investment Group

From FirstPerspective.ca

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

CEO, execs terminated at TCIG - Forensic audit ordered due to lavish expenses

By: Martin Cash - Winnipeg Free Press

The former CEO of Tribal Councils Investment Group Inc., Allan McLeod, and five senior executives have been terminated and the new board, led by chairman Glenn Hudson, chief of Peguis First Nation, is in the middle of an extensive review of the company's operations.