Archive - 2014
March 9th
First Nations dealing with racism in Thunder Bay from former provincial conservative candidate
March 10, 2014 - 3:40am | by brianbeatonTamara Johnson is producing a lot of hateful messages in the past couple of weeks on social media along with receiving a lot of publicity from the mainstream media about what she describes as unfair competition for First Nation businesses on the Fort William First Nation. As a result of her first facebook message about this subject she was removed from the Conservative party candidancy for the Thunder Bay riding. This action seems to have given her an even bigger hammer to swing as she blames First Nations for business failures in Thunder Bay.
Indian Residential Schools survivors continue to struggle to access government held information
March 9, 2014 - 10:07am | by brianbeaton"We Were Just Children Undergoing Torture...Nothing Has Changed"
Charlie Angus, MP, Timmins-James Bay - Posted: 03/07/2014
March 8th
First Nations and human rights defended by Dr. John Borrows on CBC's Ideas program
March 8, 2014 - 12:55pm | by brianbeatonFragile Freedoms - First Nations and human rights
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
John Borrows
International Women's Day protests near Tyendinaga First Nation has OPP out in force
March 8, 2014 - 12:24pm | by brianbeatonINTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - March 8, 2014
Ontario response to a peaceful demonstration calling for a national inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous women near Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.
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March 7th
Government report on Missing and Murdered women and girls avoids taking meaningful action
March 7, 2014 - 3:41pm | by brianbeatonParliamentary committee's report on violence against Indigenous women ‘sanitized'
07. MAR, 2014 BY APTN NATIONAL NEWS
OTTAWA-The Conservative MPs on the House of Commons special committee on violence against Indigenous women refused to add calls for a public inquiry as part of the main recommendations in the committee's report tabled Friday in Parliament.
Our-Story.ca writing and art competition for Aboriginal youth deadline of March 31
March 7, 2014 - 3:06pm | by brianbeatonMarch 6th
Concerns about First Nations Controlled, First Nations Education Act continue to be presented
March 6, 2014 - 8:37pm | by brianbeatonFrom Indigenousnationhood.blogspot.ca
First Nations Controlled, First Nations Education Act: Standardizing "the Indian in the child"
Posted by Pam Palmater on March 6, 2014
March 5th
Appeal for more support and resources as Mishkeegogamang First Nation declares state of emergency
March 5, 2014 - 9:06am | by brianbeatonMishkeegogamang First Nation Struggles After Fire
Posted 4 March 2014
Mishkeegogamang Ojibway First Nation is in mourning and shock following a fire
March 4th
Aboriginal rights based on treaties influencing Canada's resource development agenda
March 4, 2014 - 3:47pm | by brianbeatonAboriginal rights a threat to Canada's resource agenda, documents reveal
Posted by Martin Lukacs and Shiri Pasternak - Tuesday 4 March 2014
Canadian government closely monitoring how legal rulings and aboriginal protest pose an increasing 'risk' for multi-billion dollar oil and mining plans
NAN Mining Strategy Environmental and Economic Forum March 12-13, 2014
March 4, 2014 - 12:17pm | by AnonymousNAN Mining Strategy - AGENDA
Objective of Forum:
• To enable First Nations and Tribal Councils to meet and share information regarding their issues/concerns regarding the environment as well as their existing environmental monitoring and protection programs.
• To identify additional needs of First Nations regarding environmental protection and to discuss concepts, roles and responsibilities for a NAN wide Regional Environmental Agency acceptable to First Nations and Tribal Councils.Morning: