Understanding racist history towards First Nations is one step to changing oneself
August 23, 2013 - 9:58am | by brianbeatonI Admit It: I Hold Racist Views About Native People In Canada
By: Lou James (a pseudonym) - Posted: 08/22/2013
I admit it. I have deep-rooted and ugly prejudices about native people in Canada. When I think of native people, I immediately think of alcoholic, jobless and homeless people who abuse themselves and others in every imaginable way. For all of my life I have seen these images and I continue to see native people this way.
Attawapiskat First Nation working to address De Beers diamond mines further development
August 22, 2013 - 7:35am | by brianbeatonDe Beers Press Release
De Beers Canada Looking Into Victor Mine Expansion
(August 19, '13, 4:06 Albert Robinson)
Keeping First Nation women and children safe with poverty and housing shortages creating problems
August 21, 2013 - 9:35am | by brianbeatonLac Seul First Nation and Goldcorp Inc. Sign Collaboration Agreement for mining development
August 20, 2013 - 2:05pm | by brianbeatonGoldcorp Press Release
Lac Seul First Nation and Goldcorp Inc. Sign Collaboration Agreement
RED LAKE, ON, Aug. 19, 2013 /CNW/ - GOLDCORP INC. (NYSE: GG) (TSX: G) ("Goldcorp") and Lac Seul First Nation have signed Obishikokaang Collaboration Agreement setting a framework for continued consultation and support for current and future operations of Red Lake Gold Mines and defining the long-term benefits for the First Nation. A signing ceremony was held Friday, August 16, in the Municipality of Red Lake, Ontario.
Small BC First Nation fighting secretive Canada-China investment deal in court
August 19, 2013 - 10:38am | by brianbeatonHupacasath First Nation shines light on secretive Canada-China investment deal
BY MARK TALIANO | AUGUST 19, 2013
Racism results in Aboriginal people being over represented in Ontario's youth and adult jails
August 19, 2013 - 8:14am | by brianbeatonConcerns about the management at Wasaya Airways being expressed by former President and CEO
August 18, 2013 - 7:45am | by brianbeatonMessage from Chief Bart Meekis, Chair Wasaya Group Inc Board
20 August 2013 By James Murray
THUNDER BAY - The Wasaya Group wishes to inform our membership, our employees and our customers of some recent changes in our leadership.
First Nations chiefs worried about west-east pipeline on local economy and environment
August 17, 2013 - 5:45am | by brianbeatonWhy aren't we asking what's in our pipelines?
BY ELIZABETH MAY | AUGUST 20, 2013
Elizabeth May is the Leader of the Green Party of Canada and one of our country's most respected environmentalists. She is a prominent lawyer, an author, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a loving mother and grandmother.
AANDC meetings on First Nation Education Act considered "consultations" for government agenda
August 16, 2013 - 6:59am | by brianbeatonAANDC Press Release
Consultations for Development of a First Nation Education Act: Update on Progress
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (August 14, 2013) - The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, provided an update today on the proposed First Nation Education Act:
Memorial site for survivors opened at C.J. residential school site in Kenora
August 15, 2013 - 8:39am | by brianbeatonDedication to a better future at C.J.
Written by Mike Aiken on Wednesday, 14 August 2013
