Archive - Mar 2015
March 10th
First Nations negotiating directly with industry towards free, prior, and informed consent
March 10, 2015 - 3:47pm | by brianbeatonFirst Nations should focus on industry
Pacific Future Energy plans to build world's greenest refinery in B.C.
BY OVIDE MERCREDI, SPECIAL TO THE VANCOUVER SUN JANUARY 24, 2015
March 8th
Canadian government claims 90% of cases murdered and missing Aboriginal women are solved at UN
March 8, 2015 - 9:37am | by brianbeatonInternational Women's Day: Indigenous women still not equal in Canada
By Pamela Palmater, for CBC News Posted: Mar 07, 2015
March 4th
"First Nations ready to be partners in development" - NAN Grand Chief Harvey Yesno tells mining gathering
March 4, 2015 - 8:14pm | by brianbeatonMarch 3rd
Report from AANDC-AFN Working Group on Natural Resource Development online
March 3, 2015 - 4:41pm | by brianbeatonAFN Press Release
National Chief Acknowledges Final Report by Working Group on Natural Resource Development
March 3, 2015
(Ottawa, ON) - Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde today acknowledged the final report by the Working Group on Natural Resources Development, Advancing Positive, Impactful Change. The report was publicly released today by members of the Working Group.
Canadian government pushing First Nations to give up land rights for resource development profits
March 3, 2015 - 4:06pm | by brianbeatonCanadian government pushing First Nations to give up land rights for oil and gas profits
Harper government organized private meetings between oil firms and Indigenous chiefs to try and gain support for oil and gas pipelines and other investments located on their lands, documents reveal
March 1st
Governments invest in First Nation all-weather road study for east-west corridor route to Ring of Fire
March 1, 2015 - 5:34pm | by brianbeaton
Eating indigenously changes diets and lives of Native Americans
March 1, 2015 - 10:01am | by brianbeatonWorking together to prevent and address violence against Indigenous women and girls
March 1, 2015 - 8:47am | by brianbeatonPress Release
Working Together to Prevent and Address Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls
Issued on behalf of parties named below
OTTAWA, Feb. 28, 2015 - Indigenous families and leaders, Premiers, provincial and territorial Ministers and representatives and Ministers from the Government of Canada met yesterday in Ottawa on needed action to prevent and address violence against Indigenous women and girls.