What does Ottawa really want when it calls for transparency?
The First Nation’s Transparency Act, which was passed into legislation in November 2011, has been met with varying opinions and a mixture of words that…
Politics
The obvious need for a National Public Inquiry on missing and murdered Aboriginal women
August 19, 2014 (Ottawa, ON) – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is once again extremely disheartened and discouraged to learn that the wrapped…
Chief Clarence Louie: The key to the future is building a strong economy
Osoyoos, in the southern part of beautiful British Columbia, is quickly becoming Canada’s most popular tourist destination. Nestled in the valley of the Okanagan, a…
Court rules gov’t violated its duty to consult Taku River Tlinget about Tulsequah Chief Mine
ATLIN, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – July 24, 2014) – The Honourable Justice George Macintosh has ruled that the BC Government breached its duty to consult the Taku…
First Nation seeks declaration of Aboriginal Title in challenge to Northern Gateway Pipeline
HARTLEY BAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – July 14, 2014) – The Gitga’at First Nation has launched a court challenge of the federal cabinet’s decision to approve the…
Treaty 8 Chiefs of Alberta Re-Elect Grand Chief Richard Kappo
At this year’s Treaty 8 Honouring our Treaty Gathering, on July 11, the time came for the Chiefs of Treaty No. 8 [Alberta] to elect…
AFN announces National Chief election set for Winnipeg December 2014
HALIFAX, July 17, 2014 /CNW/ – The 35th Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Annual General Assembly (AGA) concluded today in Mi’kmaq territory Halifax, Nova Scotia,…
Wab Kinew: A man with a vision
A young man from Winnipeg is garnering national attention with his efforts to improve the lives of Aboriginal people in Canada. And recently there has…
BC First Nations pledge to continue fight against Northern Gateway Pipeline
On December 19, 2013 the Joint Review Process released its report on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project which included 209 recommended requirements for approval of the…
Canada needs to take concrete action to address violence against Indigenous women
The shocking rate of violence faced by First Nations, Inuit and Métis women and girls in Canada is nothing less than a national human rights…