Archive - Aug 22, 2014

Forty years after Anicinabe Park armed stand-off and First Nations are still fighting to protect their lands

From CBC.ca

Anicinabe Park Occupation observed in Kenora, 40 years later

Aug 22, 2014

Louis Cameron (centre) and the Ojibway Warrior Society occupy the Anicinabe Park, Kenora, Ont., July 1974.

Assembly of First Nations' Acting National Chief challenges government and media to be open and honest

From theGlobeandMail.com

It's Ottawa's turn to be transparent

GHISLAIN PICARD, CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Published Aug. 22 2014

Ghislain Picard: Chiefs and councillors in First Nations communities have difficult, complex and time-consuming jobs. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)