TRC looking for songs and poetry from the Indian Residential School legacy
March 17, 2014 - 9:26am | by brianbeatonA TRC initiative
Heather Frayne
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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For the child taken, for the parent left behind.
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."
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
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
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.
First Nations in Saskatchewan rejecting unilateral federal cuts to programs and forming alliance
March 10, 2014 - 12:08pm | by brianbeatonFirst 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
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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