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NAN press release ... 

NAN Calls on Province and Feds to Address Policing Crisis

THUNDER BAY, ON, Feb. 1 - Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy supports yesterday's decision to partially close the Kasabonika Lake First Nation Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service detachment, calling on provincial Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services Rick Bartolucci and federal Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day to address the growing policing crisis in NAN territory.

UPCOMING AFN GATHERINGS ... 

Implementing The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

On September 13, 2007, the United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the Declaration).  The Declaration establishes a universal framework of minimum standards for the survival, dignity, well-being and rights of the world's indigenous peoples.  Canada was one of only four nations to vote against it. 

From the Timmins Daily Press ...

Ignoring Native schools abhorrent

Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus is mad as hell and who can blame him. Angus told the House of Commons Thursday he's launching a national campaign to raise cash for First Nation schools in Canada, stating the federal government has failed miserably to provide adequate funding to upgrade current schools or build new ones.

Angus described many First Nation schools as being in "Third World" condition.

From the Treaty #3 Education office ...

ISSUE

INAC has a 2% cap on annual funding for First Nation schools since 1996 which ignores the increasing costs of delivering education to a growing First Nation population and ignores the provincial investments and initiatives in education.

From National Post

Rethinking the reserve: Problems of governance

Kevin Libin, February 02, 2008

A girl plays next to a broken-down school bus at the Kashechewan reserve. Problems at reserves like Kashechewan point to a system of governance that needs fixing.Tyler Anderson/National PostA girl plays next to a broken-down school bus at the Kashechewan reserve. Problems at reserves like Kashechewan point to a system of governance that needs fixing.

Press Release  

Fix the Foundation, says the Health Council of Canada in its New Report on Primary Health Care and Home Care

TORONTO, Jan. 30 - The vast majority of Canadians (96 per cent) report having either a regular medical doctor (86 per cent), or regular place they go for primary health care (10 per cent). Those numbers may sound comforting, but the Health Council's latest report reveals that care is not always well coordinated, comprehensive, or available when needed.

NAN press release ...

NAN Youth Host 3rd Annual Strength Building Conference

THUNDER BAY, ON Wednesday January 30, 2008: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Decade for Youth and Development together with NAN Decade for Youth Council (http://www.nandecade.ca) kicked off the 3rd Annual Seven Sacred Teachings Youth Gathering on Thursday evening with the lighting of a sacred fire at 7:00p.m. at Thunder Bay’s Best Western Nor’Wester Hotel.

From the National Post

The native education gap

John Richards, January 30, 2008

Among Pierre Trudeau’s first initiatives as prime minister was his 1969 “white paper” on Aboriginal policy. Its prescription was straightforward: eliminate reserves, and treat “registered Indians” as individuals with rights and obligations identical to those of other Canadians.

The following three stories highlight the struggle facing First Nation post-secondary institutions. Please consider writing to your MP and MPP about this injustice and signing their online petition available at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/FNTI/index.html

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