Community News
First Nations films a hit at Toronto film festival
September 2, 2013 - 1:03pm | by brianbeatonCBC Radio interviews three former Indian Affairs ministers discussing Idle No More movement
September 1, 2013 - 4:57pm | by brianbeatonINDIGENOUS ISSUES writes ... Former Ministers of Indian Affairs admit that they had to learn on the job the history of the treaty process in Canada. What is worse one of these former ministers actually suggests that in Canada there is the need to understand Indigenous Nations not as sovereign but rather at "domestic dependent nations" as has happened in the United States. This interview by Michael Enright is telling of Canada's ignorance about decolonization, self-governance, First Nations ...
Environmental process forces individual First Nations to fight against corporations and governments
August 30, 2013 - 5:09am | by brianbeatonBeaver Lake Cree Case Reveals Flaws in Environmental Review Process
Posted: 08/28/2013 -David Suzuki, Scientifique et auteur, co-fondateur de la Fondation David Suzuki
Sun News attacks First Nation member of Manitoba legislature for "do-good white people" comment
August 28, 2013 - 5:49am | by brianbeatonSEE THE WINNIPEG PRESS ARTICLE BELOW FOR A BALANCED UNDERSTANDING countering the racist Sun News account
From SunNewsNetwork.com
Manitoba deputy premier 'entitled' to make racist comments? Despicable
STRAIGHT TALK - TOM BRODBECK - August 27th, 2013
Government requesting research blaming First Nations for murdered, missing and traded Indigenous Women
August 27, 2013 - 5:57am | by brianbeatonUnderstanding 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
