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Talking Points: Modernizing Treaty Annuities [CREE both in roman orthography and cree syllabic] mâmiskôcikewin: anohch ekwa tipahamâtowi-sôniyâw ka ohtinamakehk wehcihôpayiw mâmiskôcikewin ayeseyenowak ka penâtohtahkwaw asici nêhiyawascikêwin ekwa itwêstamâkêwin...
Talks about Western separation and the release of the well-timed Buffalo Declaration should be leveraged by marginalized northern regions in the West to place their issues front and centre in the national conversation. Within the wider discourse of Western alienation...
The federal government has a mixed record on helping Indigenous communities deal with pandemics and other outbreaks. In the case of COVID-19, Ottawa must ensure it gets it right. For many reasons, Indigenous communities are a perfect storm for this kind of outbreak. ...
In a recent article about climate change, Seth Borenstein, a science writer with the Associated Press, gave us a master class on how to sell the results of a computer model as if it represents reality. In the Borenstein world, a group of scientists can take a...
A year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, the only thing keeping Air Canada alive is the federal-government bailouts. They are delaying the inevitable and sensible way out: cutting travel restrictions, encouraging tourism by ensuring effective containment and...
A Saskatchewan native community is acting as a trailblazer by adopting new technology to curb voter fraud. This move can hopefully inspire more communities to do likewise.
The discourse is declining on Aboriginal issues when the debates are characterized by noise and disruption, rather than calm discussion.
Pickets and sit-ins by First Nations members are increasingly becoming a preferred way to handle issues surrounding lack of transparency or accountability. One example is the Acadia First Nation near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Band members picketed the office today....
The 2013 federal budget is good news for First Nations as it earmarks funds towards bands seeking to enter the First Nations Land Management Act (FNLMA). The FNLMA is a proven path towards First Nations improvement.
A Winnipeg chapter of the American Indian Movement will be formally organized on Saturday with Nelson, the former head of the Roseau River reserve, announcing Tuesday that three of 20 positions on the Grand Governing Council will be filled in a ceremony at Thunderbird House. Nelson said the Idle No More movement has engaged aboriginals.
Figures on aboriginal population from the 2011 census are not yet available, but the 2006 census showed nearly 1.2 million Canadians — about 4 per cent of the population — claim to be aboriginal. Of these, fewer than a quarter (under 400,000) live on reserves.
A new study confirming the failure of state-led economic development on American Indian reservations can provide insights to the Idle No More movement, as well as the federal government, as it seeks to help improve First Nations economies.
Chief Big Bear, a Cree leader during the Northwest Rebellion, died today and is noted for his life of resistance to dependency. Big Bear opposed the reserve system and held out on Treaty 6 because of the effects he believed they would have on his people.
The country’s most famous hunger striker has declined to declare victory and moved the aspirational goal posts after successfully hijacking the Prime Minister’s schedule. Canadians are divided as to whether she is a Northern Ontario Mother Teresa or an incompetent small town administrator on a highly publicized weight loss program.