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A National Day of Action in Support of First Nations –

May 29, 2008

The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and First Nations people across the country are calling on all Canadians to join with us for a National Day of Action on May 29th.

We are calling on the Government of Canada to work with First Nations to protect our children, invest in our future and respect our responsibility to one another.

KI Youth Support Rally & Open Forum

Theme: We talk, You Listen!
 
May 19, 2008
Thunder Bay, ON

May 5th, 2008

To: All First Nation Organizations Ontario First Nations Chiefs & Councils

Subject: KI Youth Rally Invitation Greetings!

This letter will serve as Notice that a Youth Rally has been organized for the KI Youth. The purpose of the Rally is to show support for the incarcerated Youth Member of the KI Council, Darryl Sainnawap.

BDC press release ...

Over 200 Aboriginal Student Entrepreneurs from Across the Country Get Ready to Showcase their Best Projects in Regina for the 2008 E-Spirit Business Plan Competition

BDC's E-Spirit promotes entrepreneurship to Aboriginal youth in Canada

2008 May Report of the Auditor General of Canada

Chapter 4—First Nations Child and Family Services Program—Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

Some highlights from the report ...

Federal government press release ...

Open Letter - UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Canada Needs to Implement This New Human Rights Instrument

May 1, 2008
Open Letter

On September 13, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by an overwhelming vote of 144-4. The UN Secretary-General, other prominent international leaders, and human rights experts hailed this historic event as a victory for the human rights of the world’s most disadvantaged and victimized peoples.

Press Release ...

Bridging the cultural gap through dance, music and film - Show brings First Nations youth from isolated reserve to share experiences

Toronto (ONTARIO) May 6th, 2008 – Bridging the cultural gap through dance, music and film Show brings First Nations youth from isolated reserve to share experiences

As the following three stories show, getting to the truth about residential schools is going to be a long and difficult road for all Canadians to take ...

From the Globe and Mail

Residential school payouts spark pain and death

UNNATI GANDHI - May 1, 2008

From Rabble.ca 

Canada's Tibet(s) 

by Martin Lukacs - May 2, 2008

In this small, impoverished northern village, people eke out a miserable existence. One of the world's most powerful countries occupies their land, plunders their resources, interferes with their governance and seems intent on assimilating them into wider society.