Community News
Urban-based "think tank" authors another report about the disadvantages of living in a First Nations
April 13, 2008 - 9:50pm | by brianbeatonPeople living in urban centres continue to promote their life choices by producing reports, while those who choose to live and work in remote and rural communities continue to be dismissed by those who are dependent upon these communities ...
Leaving reserve is key to aboriginal success: think tank
April 11, 2008
Keewaytinook Okimakanak receives $75,000 for youth / elder wilderness adventure programs
April 12, 2008 - 7:46am | by brianbeatonLocations of some of the mass grave sites of children attending residential schools across Canada
April 11, 2008 - 6:58am | by brianbeatonFrom The Dominion - News from the Grassroots
April 10, 2008
Tribunal reveals locations of mass graves of residential school children at sites across Canada
At a public ceremony and press conference held today in Vancouver, the Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared (FRD) released a list of twenty eight mass graves across Canada holding the remains of aboriginal children who died in Indian Residential Schools.
K-Net multi-media team produces short video about speech-language research in remote First Nations
April 11, 2008 - 6:44am | by brianbeatonAs a follow up to last week's visit to Lac Seul First Nation by Dr. Alice Eriks-Brophy, the K-Net Multi-media team produced a 3 minute video about the research work she is undertaking in partnership with the Keewaytinook Okimakanak team.
Click here to watch the video
This research is examining the use of videoconferencing in Speech Language Pathology assessment for First Nations children residing in remote communities of Ontario.
The research objectives include:
KI leaders provide clear directions to Ontario government on their requirements
April 11, 2008 - 6:31am | by brianbeatonKI-6 Leader's Ledger: Why We Are In Jail
KITCHENUHMAYKOOSIB INNINUWUG
April 9, 2008
To Our Allies, Friends and Supporters
From the Chief and Council of KI:
Why We Are In Jail
Parliament votes to endorse the UN's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
April 10, 2008 - 5:22am | by brianbeatonPress release ...
Canada and Ontario jailing First Nation leaders for protecting their lands and waters
April 10, 2008 - 5:09am | by brianbeatonRallys and Protests over KI-6 Continue -- Ontario Impact Internationally Uncertain
09 April 2008
"These conflicts could have been avoided, if the McGuinty government had listened to Aboriginal people and removed these lands from mining."
New web site from NAHO deals with the tough issues of suicide by celebrating Aboriginal youth
April 10, 2008 - 3:25am | by brianbeatonNAHO and Health Canada press release ...
First Nation unrest is "hot" topic in Ottawa as Senate Committee studies Kelowna Accord bill
April 9, 2008 - 7:51am | by brianbeatonTory approach to natives could mean protests, Martin says
BILL CURRY - April 8, 2008
OTTAWA — The Conservative government's “too bad, so sad” approach to Canadian aboriginals will be to blame if natives increasingly turn to confrontation and protest, former prime minister Paul Martin warned yesterday.
Ontario Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI) 2008 - 2009 - Call for Proposals
April 8, 2008 - 9:07pm | by brianbeaton
Sweetgrass First Nations Language Council Inc.
in partnership with Department of Canadian Heritage
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Backgrounder
ONTARIO ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES INITIATIVE (ALI) 2008 - 2009
Background
This ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES INITIATIVE program has been in place since 1998.
The Sweetgrass First Nations Language Council Inc. has been designated to deliver the ALI program as the Ontario Regional Delivery for the same time period.
