Archive - 2014
October 15th
New "deal" on polar bear hunt for Hudson Bay coastal communities includes Ontario First Nations
October 15, 2014 - 1:31pm | by brianbeatonOctober 14, 2014
Governments, aboriginal groups strike deal on south Hudson Bay polar bears
Annual harvest set at 45 bears, 15 fewer than in recent years
NUNATSIAQ NEWS
October 14th
Auditor General of Canada investigates health services in remote northern Ontario First Nations
October 14, 2014 - 6:44pm | by brianbeatonAuditor General of Canada investigates health services on reserves
Nishnawbe Aski Nation leader says two children died this year of the same, highly treatable infection
By Jody Porter, Oct 09, 2014
October 13th
indigenous socialism under Bolivian President Morales given another 5 year term by the people
October 13, 2014 - 2:31pm | by brianbeatonBolivia's Morales claims re-election victory
Mon Oct 13, 2014
By Enrique Andres Pretel
October 11th
KI First Nation taking a new approach to treaty land entitlement claim due to time taken
October 11, 2014 - 11:44am | by brianbeatonKI First Nations drops treaty land entitlement claim
The Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation has abandoned its treaty land entitlement claim.
KI Chief Donny Morris says the decision to drop the claim is in response to a process that was taking too long.
Health Canada studies from 10 years ago show PTSD in First Nations at alarming rates
October 11, 2014 - 11:11am | by brianbeatonPTSD 'epidemic' in aboriginal communities
Residential school survivors among the many with common symptoms linked to the disorder
BY TYLER HOOPER, SPECIAL TO THE SUN OCTOBER 11, 2014
New policing policy for missing persons after report on murdered and missing Aboriginal women
October 11, 2014 - 11:05am | by brianbeatonRCMP revamp national missing persons policy in wake of report
KATHRYN BLAZE CARLSON - OTTAWA - Oct. 10 2014
October 3rd
Dennis Franklin Cromarty trades school to expand options for First Nation students
October 3, 2014 - 7:37am | by brianbeatonDennis 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"
October 3, 2014 - 7:29am | by brianbeatonCanada 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."
September 24th
UN's World Conference on Indigenous Peoples receives Canada's government criticism
September 24, 2014 - 6:18pm | by brianbeatonOttawa buries official statement criticizing UN conference for giving Indigenous people too much power
By Jorge Barrera - 24. SEP, 2014
September 21st
Providing an equitable and quality education for First Nation youth makes economic and moral sense
September 21, 2014 - 6:35am | by brianbeaton'Dumb as anything' not to better educate aboriginal youth: Paul Martin
By Doug Lett Global News, September 19, 2014
SASKATOON - Former prime minister Paul Martin says it is crucial to Canada's future to do a better job of educating First Nations and Metis youth.