Archive - 2014
March 18th
First Nations activitist Leanne Simpson named recipient of inaugural RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award
March 18, 2014 - 1:26pm | by brianbeatonPress release
Writer, scholar, storyteller and First Nations activist Leanne Simpson named recipient of inaugural RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award
TORONTO, March 17, 2014
More organizations and Canadians calling for national inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women
March 18, 2014 - 1:18pm | by brianbeatonPressure mounts for national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women
By CHRIS PLECASH |
Published: Monday, 03/17/2014 12:00 am EDT
March 17th
Cultural appropriation and racist behaviour raises its ugly head at University of Regina
March 17, 2014 - 8:46pm | by brianbeatonHockey Tournament live online streaming by K-Net Services wrap-up
March 17, 2014 - 5:29pm | by AnonymousOn behalf of the staff at K-Net Services we would like to thank the people who came to play at the hockey tournaments last week. We hope you enjoyed the live stream that was done of the games. Hopefully we will be able to stream more events to share as the communities migrate onto the fiber optic network. We hope people travel back safely to their communities and had a good time while at the tournaments.
TRC looking for songs and poetry from the Indian Residential School legacy
March 17, 2014 - 9:26am | by brianbeatonA TRC initiative
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March 16th
First Nations in Quebec will decide their own future when it comes to discussions of sovereignty
March 16, 2014 - 2:14pm | by AnonymousPress release
Quebec sovereignty: First Nations will decide their future
WENDAKE, QC, March 14, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - "After the declarations made by political parties on another potential referendum on Quebec sovereignty, it is the time to set things straight. First Nations members are not Quebecers and are able to decide their own future", declared Ghislain Picard, Chief of the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL). "The same applies to the State we want to maintain relationships with. It will be our decision."
March 15th
Supreme Court's work to focus ever more on Aboriginal treaties and conflict
March 15, 2014 - 9:09am | by brianbeaton'Reconciliation' with First Nations, not the Charter of Rights & Freedoms, will define the Supreme Court in coming years, Chief Justice says
Joseph Brean | March 13, 2014
March 13th
Former residential school sites across Canada to receive commemorative marker
March 13, 2014 - 2:08pm | by brianbeatonMonument coming to former residential school sites across Canada
Commemorative marker unveiled at Ottawa's Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health
CBC News Posted: Mar 13, 2014 9:31 AM ET Last Updated: Mar 13, 2014 9:31 AM ET
March 12th
BC First Nation continues land claims fight after Specific Claims Tribunal rules against AANDC
March 12, 2014 - 8:07pm | by brianbeatonTribunal sides with B.C. First Nation in historic land claims fight
VANCOUVER - An federal tribunal has ruled much of a city in British Columbia's Interior was wrongfully taken by settlers from a local First Nation 150 years ago.