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March 21 - International day for the elimination of racism - the struggle continues in Canada
March 21, 2014 - 11:36am | by brianbeatonDeer Lake First Nation installs solar panels to serve elementary school supporting community growth
March 20, 2014 - 11:31am | by brianbeaton"Aboriginal Power: Clean Energy and the Future of Canada's First Nations" - book supported by AFN
March 19, 2014 - 9:09am | by brianbeatonPress release
Aboriginal Power: Clean Energy and the Future of Canada's First Peoples
OTTAWA, March 19, 2014 /CNW/ - Images of placard-waving protesters and angry blockades often spring to mind when Canadians think of energy projects and Aboriginal peoples. However, in Canada's clean energy sector, Aboriginal peoples are beating their drums in celebration, not in protest. And the sector is booming.
First Nations activitist Leanne Simpson named recipient of inaugural RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award
March 18, 2014 - 1:26pm | by brianbeatonPress release
Writer, scholar, storyteller and First Nations activist Leanne Simpson named recipient of inaugural RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award
TORONTO, March 17, 2014
More organizations and Canadians calling for national inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women
March 18, 2014 - 1:18pm | by brianbeatonPressure mounts for national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women
By CHRIS PLECASH |
Published: Monday, 03/17/2014 12:00 am EDT
Cultural appropriation and racist behaviour raises its ugly head at University of Regina
March 17, 2014 - 8:46pm | by brianbeatonTRC looking for songs and poetry from the Indian Residential School legacy
March 17, 2014 - 9:26am | by brianbeatonA TRC initiative
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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
