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Aboriginal Spiritual Journey: Veterans Question Government's Sincerity
During the Aboriginal Spiritual Journey to France, First Nations veteran, Howard Anderson discusses how unfulfilled veterans’ benefits continue to be a source of contention between First Nations veterans and the federal government.
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Accountability Rules Old Hat to First Nations
Adhesion to Canadian Indian Treaties and the Lubicon Lake Dispute
Allmand Says White Bear Must Await Court Decision
Band Government
Band Members Have Role to Play in Governance
Buchanan Says His Gov't Has Done Most for Indians
Chiefs Reject Executive-Negotiated Governance Plan
Reports on the varied reasons why First Nations chiefs rejected the Indian Affairs Minister’s proposed joint governance consultation process to change the Indian Act.
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Chiefs Right to Reject CAP as a Legitimate Voice
Church Woes in US Could Help Lawsuits in Canada
Discusses whether the federal government will choose to initiate alternative dispute resolution as opposed to litigation in resolving the 700 Indian Residential school lawsuits in British Columbia.
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Churches Join First Nation in Push for Water Policy
Closing the Gaps in Aboriginal Health
Courts Poor Venue to Resolve Treaty Land Claims
DNA Testing to Prove Indian Status Limited
Even with the amendments made to the Indian Act in 1985, complexities continue to surround Aboriginal people's attempts to regain their legal status.
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Draft Agreement on Governance Ready for Chiefs to Consider [Amendments to Indian Act]
Viewpoint of National Chief Matthew Coon Come as he lobbies to have Assembly of First Nations issues included in the federal government's First Nations Governance draft agreement.
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Dysfunctional Governance: Eleven Barriers to Progress Among Canada’s First Nations
The Edwin Brooks Letters: Part III
Brooks moved from eastern Canada to what is now Indian Head in the spring of 1882; went into partnership in with George P. Murray to form Murray and Brooks, General Merchants, 1883. In 1885 he sat on the jury that found Louis Riel Guilty of High Treason. Letters contain some commentary on local Indigenous peoples, events and settler-Indigenous and government-Indigenous relations. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 67.
Equality Rights Proponent Was an Accomplished Artisan
Chronicles the life and works of Horton First Nation Chief Rita Smith.
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F.S.I.'s Bellegarde and Sanderson Expose Fraud and Corruption in Turn of the Century Land Surrenders
Federal Court Tactics Abused the Abused
Contends that the federal government's residential school Alternative Dispute Resolution process is inadequate and problematic to First Nations survivors.
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Feds to Abandon 30 Negotiation Tables: Minister Robert Nault Encourages Lively Debate on Proposed Legislation
Focuses on Minister of Indian Affairs’ decision to end ongoing negotiations with First Nations leaders largely due to time already spent and the inability to reach an agreement.
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First Nations as Diverse as Europe or Africa
The Government of Canada and Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation Take Steps to Create a New National Park on East Arm of Great Slave Lake
Government Refuse Support of UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights
Profiles the ongoing refusal of Canada to accept the United Nations Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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Government Setting a Trap, Says Professor [First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act]
Analyses of the federal government's draft proposal of an act, seen by some, as an attempt to fore-go some fiduciary responsibilities by giving First Nations governments the right to employ taxation to their members.
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Government Stalling First Nation
White River First Nation, located in the Yukon, suggest the Federal Conservative government is thwarting their efforts to become fiscally responsible.
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Group Rights of First Nations Need Protection, too
In Memory of Mary Rose (Pritchard) Sayers: The Last Witness
Indian Protest against Starvation: The Yellow Calf Incident of 1884
Indian Treaty No. 5 and the Pas Agency, Saskatchewan, N.W.T.
Investment to Strengthen Family Units Welcome
Land Claims in the Prince Albert Settlement
The Legacy of Inadequate Housing
Uses federal legal ownership of on-reserve housing plus local band level politics as reasons why housing projects continue to be inferior in comparison to off-reserve housing.
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Liberal MP to Propose FNGA Amendment
Member of Parliament, Rick Laliberte, proposes to amend the First Nations governance act (FNGA) by including, in the definition, all the Indigenous nations names.
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Little Pine Chief Eli Bear
Making It Better: Colonialism and the Economic Development of First Nations in Canada
Manitoba Hydro: How to Build a Legacy of Hatred
Martin Says All the Right Things to Chiefs [AFN Annual General Assembly]
Comments that Paul Martin’s speech in 2002 was met with interest and approval when he hinted at criticism of his own government's approach to issues regarding treaties and self-government, but with far less enthusiasm when he mentioned the First Nations governance act.
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Minister Accused of Abuse of Power
Contends that the Indian Affairs Minister, Robert Nault, has dealt punitively with First Nations chiefs that have not agreed with his proposals and so the chiefs will be taking their complaints to the ethics commissioner, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Auditor General of Canada and the Prime Minister.
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Mohawk Family Hopes To Reclaim Identity in Canadian Court
Native Bands Owe More Audits: Only Three-Quarters of Required Documents Have Been Submitted to a New Government Web Site That Will Track Billions in Spending
New Deal Rumored for Off-Reserve People
Outlines the federal government's political stance on Aboriginal issues as Prime Minister, Jean Chretien, hands over the reins to Paul Martin.
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North-West Rebellion 1885: Recollections, Reflections and Items from the Diary of Captain (now Lt. Col.) A. Hamlyn Todd who Commanded the Guards Company of Sharpshooters in that Expedition
Page 5 Chatter
Article presents three different news reports: A television series for the Aboriginal People's Television Network (APTN), Native American veterans who were illegally taxed, and the latest proroguing of the federal government causing concerns for registration as status Indians.
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PM's Committee Ponders $11b Proposal
Describes the strategies employed by First Nations National Chief Matthew Coon Come as he seeks to ensure First Nations issues be included in the federal government's upcoming Throne Speech.
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Prairie Fires in the North-West
Racism Against First Nations People and First Nations Humour as a Coping Mechanism
Saskatchewan Veterans Reach Out to Country
Presents the views held by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs regarding unfulfilled veterans’ benefits. The feeling is that First Nations veterans need to get organized, on a national level, to lobby the federal government in order to be heard.
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