Archive - Oct 3, 2014

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Dennis Franklin Cromarty trades school to expand options for First Nation students

From CBC.ca

Dennis Franklin Cromarty trades school to expand options for students

First Nations education officials want to provide more career opportunities to youth

Posted: Oct 02, 2014

"Canada cannot associate itself with the elements contained in UN outcome document related to free, prior and informed consent"

From HuffingtonPost.ca

Canada Is The Only UN Member To Reject Landmark Indigenous Rights Document

By Zi-Ann Lum - Posted: 10/02/2014

Canada singled itself out as the only country to raise objections over a landmark United Nations document re-establishing the protection of the rights of indigenous people last week. It was a gesture one prominent First Nation leader called "saddening, surprising."