Pelican Falls

8th Annual Volleyball Tournament

Mens and Womens Divsions

Feb 12th

$150.00 per team

first 8 teams to pay per division will enter

contact Duane Ogemah 582-3908 home

From a message dated December 29, 2010

Congratulations!

Honor the Earth’s board of advisors has selected Fort Severn Cree First Nation to receive funding through our Building Resilience in Indigenous Communities Initiative.  The grant amount is $5,000 and is to be used for Fort Severn Wind Power Project.

Little Bands Native Youth Hockey Tournament 2011

February 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 2011

Sioux Lookout Arena

5 Divisions

1. Novice - 5, 6, 7 years old

2. Atoms - 7, 8, 9 years old

3. Peewees - 9, 10, 11, 12 years old

4. Bantams - 12, 13, 14, 15 years old

From the Globe and Mail

A case study on first nations poverty

CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD - Dec. 30, 2010

In the court case of Pikangikum v Nault is a glimpse of an answer to the age-old Canadian question of how so many first nation communities in this country continue to suffer appalling conditions and ruinous poverty even as Ottawa throws millions and millions and millions of dollars at impoverished reserves.

As part of his GLOBAL HEALTH: EMBEDDED LEARNING EXPERIENCE, Michael submitted his final 74 page report reflecting on his three month placement (Sept 8 to Dec 13) at KO-KNET in Sioux Lookout. He titled the report "THE NATION WITHIN OUR OWN: THE JOURNEY WITH REMOTE AND RURAL FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES IN ONTARIO".

Press Release

Government of Canada Renews Support for Aboriginal Languages Across the Country

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - December 20, 2010

The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, today announced a three-year renewal of the Aboriginal Languages Initiative, as well as a new formula for First Nations languages that distributes funding according to the regional realities of languages across Canada.

Luke Sainnawap is providing online updates about Santa Claus' efforts to bring good cheer to everyone in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (Big Trout Lake First Nation) in Northwestern Ontario ...

Winnipeg Free Press Online

Ottawa underfunding aboriginal schools, former PM Martin accuses

By: Larry Kusch - 15/12/2010

A former prime minister says it is "unforgivable" that Ottawa is short-changing the funding of aboriginal education.

From CBC.ca

U.S. net neutrality rules approved

December 21, 2010 - The Associated Press

A divided U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules meant to prohibit broadband companies from interfering with internet traffic flowing to their customers.

The 3-2 vote Tuesday marks a major victory for FCC chair Julius Genachowski, who has spent more than a year trying to craft a compromise.