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Every year, lists of under-reported stories come out. They are stories that made the back pages of newspapers or newscasts somewhere, but were overlooked or ignored by the major news media. Either way, someone decided that these under-reported stories needed more attention. Some lists, however, highlight serious gaps in news coverage. They identify the under-reported tragedy experienced by millions of refugees in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Occasionally, they include stories about Aboriginal peoples.

Indigenous nations across British Columbia rushed as one to file statements of claim related to Aboriginal title. Word was out that the province would attempt to extinguish outstanding Aboriginal title claims by invoking the statute of limitations on the Delgamuukw decision of 1997. December 11, 2003 was the sixth anniversary of the decision in which the Supreme Court of Canada acknowledged Aboriginal title to unseeded land in the province. By December 10, 2003 a flurry of court documents were filed for title claims that remained unresolved, in case a court somewhere bought into the government's strategy.

The article discusses about the organization, Assembly of First Nations. The organization is designed to present the views of First Nations people through their leaders in the areas of Aboriginal and treaty rights, economic development, education, languages and literacy, health, housing, social development, justice, taxation, land claims and environment. Phil Fontaine counts among the milestones of his leadership at the community level the first First Nation locally controlled education system in Canada, the first First Nation locally controlled child and family services system in Canada and the first First Nation alcohol treatment facility in Canada.

Presents the list of aboriginal scholarships and bursaries across Canada. The Arts Apprenticeship Program; Program – Xerox Canada; CN Scholarship For Women.

Annual Windspeaker Insert--May Check online for complete listings at www.ammsa.com NATIONAL CFUW Aboriginal Women's Award (AWA). The application deadline is November 1, 2016. In March 2015, the Education Council-Wolfville transferred [...]

Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture MacKenzie Art Gallery Regina July 5-Sept. 7, 2014 The MacKenzie Art Gallery will be hosting Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal [...]

This article focuses on Ron Martin, a dentist. A member of the Fond-Du-Lac Denesuline First Nation, Martin was the first First Nations student to graduate from the University in Saskatchewan. After doing some research in careers in health sciences and talking to other students, Martin found that a career in dentistry was attractive in many ways. Martin was one of the few Aboriginal students in university at the time. Ron Martin credits his parents for much of his success because of the importance they put on education.

Despite hours of coverage by major news networks and thousands of words in newspapers and magazines, chances are one is confused by that conflict at Kanehsatake Mohawk Territory near Montreal in January. Half the band council had discovered that the other half, a faction led by Chief James Gabriel, had arranged to replace the territory's chief of police with someone who had previously held the position, and bring in 50 or so Native "police" in order to rid the area of drug dealers and organized crime. Nothing, that is, until government came in offering Chief James Gabriel and company a bagful of money, $900,000, to hire, house, feed and pay a new "police" force, and the only thing that was required in return was to shut down those smoke shops. What this community needs is a Mohawk police force removed from all interference by the band office and placed under control of the community-appointed police commission.

There were a few new faces in the crowd on February 17 as the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business (CCAB) recognized the commitment of companies registered in the Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) program. Circle for 2015 is another CCAB program, designed to make corporate Canada more aware of the capabilities of Aboriginal individuals and businesses. There are currently five companies sitting at the gold achievement level, including one newcomer to the PAR program-BMO Financial Group. Also at the gold achievement level are mining giant Cameco Corp., Winnipeg's Place Riel All-Suite Hotel, the remote sites division of food services and facility management provider Sodexho, and Syncrude Canada Ltd., the world's largest producer of crude oil from oil sands.

Cultural appropriation in the arts has been a bug-a-boo in many bonnets for the last 15 years or so. The idea that somebody from one culture should be allowed to tell the story of another culture has been discussed argued and fought over on a number of occasions. The argument drifts from whether non-native people should be allowed to write native stories to whether men should write about female concerns. More recently, there's been a new development in the cultural appropriation discussion deep in the heart of the native community.

When the list of recipients of the 2004 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards was announced on January 13, 2004, research associate Lee Wilson became the latest in a long line of award winners with a Saskatchewan connection. He will receive the award in science and technology category. Wilson said he felt quite surprised and honored when he found out he had been chosen to receive a National Aboriginal Achievement Award. Then, after thinking about it for a while, he also began feeling a bit intimidated, because of the stature of the people who had received the award in the past.

The article present some concerns identified by Aboriginal radio broadcasters when dealing with Aboriginal music and musicians. Iqaluit network broadcasts up to 50 communities in the Inuktitut language. Typically, a one-hour talk show would air about four songs selected by the individual announcers. CBC North will air any and all Inuit music provided it is well recorded. Gospel music is the preferred genre, followed by country, translated and performed in Inuktitut. Language preservation is paramount.

A half dozen or more high profile Aboriginal people have announced they intend to run for the federal liberals in the next election, expected this spring. Assembly of First Nations Ontario vice-chief Charles Fox has now officially thrown his hat into the ring in the Kenora riding. Prime Minister Paul Martin let it be known he wants more Aboriginal candidates for his party and many Aboriginal people are now working to give the new prime minister what he wants. Native and non-Native people alike are enthusiastic about the change in liberal leadership.

The article focuses on the work of organizations that support the creation and continuation of Aboriginal business ventures. The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Corporate Circle has been working in partnership with business to improve employment and training opportunities for First Nations people. The National Aboriginal Business Association works to help organize local Aboriginal business associations across the country. The federal government works to support new and existing Aboriginal businesses through Aboriginal Business Canada, a branch of Industry Canada. The focus of the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers has been providing professional development and networking opportunities for Aboriginal economic development officers.

This article focuses on the status and publication of the journal Windspeaker. A lot has changed in 20 years back from 2003 since Windspeaker published its first issue. Back then in March 1983 the paper was published as Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta and came out every week covering news and events affecting Aboriginal people in Northern Alberta. The name change to Windspeaker came with the paper's third anniversary. Publication of the paper relied heavily on funding from the federal government through the Native Communications Program. Windspeaker changed its publication schedule to every second week and streamlined operations in order to survive.

Many companies are focusing on the here and now, working to increase the number of Aboriginal people currently in their employ. A growing number of industry professionals, however, are looking [...]

The article discusses comments from Office of Child and Youth (OCYA) Advocate Del Graff regarding suicide prevention recommendations that have been repeatedly ignored by provincial governments. It mentions the investigative reports into the deaths of two young people including Onessa released by OCYA and "Toward a Better Tomorrow" by OCYA. It include comments from Minister of Human Services Irfan Sabir, regarding report on Onessa.

The article reports on a man named Brett Merchant who walked along the Highway of Tears in British Columbia, the message delivered by both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal leaders about the concern over issue of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls at the highway and support for him.

The article offers news briefs in Alberta as of September 2016. It mentions the 21st Annual Alberta Aboriginal Role Model Awards which recognizes Aboriginal achievers, acknowledging their contributions to their communities. The advocacy of Alberta for changes at the federal level has seen results as Health Canada is moving forward on restricting six chemicals used in the production of fentanyl. The concern of the Municipal District of Opportunity saying that its files were hacked is cited.

The article focuses on the meetings hosted by the National Chief of the Indigenous Peoples Assembly of Canada (IPAC) which aims to inform people about the organization and to get feedback about their local issues and concerns. According to IPAC chief Dwight Dorey, they fought for people to regain their status and their rights. It adds that reports will be compiled by IPAC for government funders containing the priorities identified by the communities.

EDMONTON Elizabeth Letendre could be delivering a message this weekend that academics from across the country won't be pleased to hear: reconciliation goes beyond archiving Indigenous languages. Reconciliation, she will [...]

EDMONTON A week after the province announced it will be developing new curriculum and a day after National Aboriginal Day, the government has signed an agreement committing to providing extensive [...]

BLACKFALDS, ALTA. An Indigenous oversight committee must drive the repatriation of Indigenous sacred ceremonial objects, says archaeologist and historian Joe Fromhold and CEO of the Mountain Cree Band. Last Thursday, [...]

The article reports on a series of protests and rallies conducted across Canada on April 2, 2015 in response to the March 18, 2015 acquittal of trucker Bradley Barton who is charged with the 2011 murder of aboriginal sex worker Cindy Gladue. Topics include the rally organized by lawyer Christa Big Canoe in Toronto, Ontario in honor of Gladue, and Big Canoe's criticism of the Canadian legal system for failing to adequately look at or address Indigenous perspectives, protocols and concerns.

This section offers news briefs related to the Aboriginal communities (ACs) in Saskatchewan as of March 2015. Topics discussed include the selection of Kendall Netmaker as recipient of the National Youth Aboriginal Entrepreneur Award, approval of a resolution by the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association to investigate the cases of missing or murdered women from ACs and compensation of trappers affected by the power lines in Key Lake and Island Falls.

Premier Christy Clark announced 82 million to encourage more Aboriginal students to pursue masters and doctoral level degrees at public universities in British Columbia. 'Aboriginal people are a vital part [...]

The Assembly of First Nations and Congress of Aboriginal Peoples are encouraging Indigenous people to exercise their sovereign right and vote. But not all Indigenous people believe that the way [...]

Aboriginal post-secondary education got a two-fold boost recently from the province. In the budget, the government announced an additional $5 million in funding through the Post-secondary Education Fund for Aboriginal [...]

EDMONTON Need to look up a word in the Plains Cree language? There's an app for that. Well, not quite, but there will be a software package available in the [...]

The article features Métis artist and educator Jaime Koebel in Ottawa, Canada in 2014. Topics discussed include her Indigenous Walks fledgling company in which she leads group tours that explore local social, political and cultural issues from an Indigenous perspective, and such tour stops as the Joseph Brant statue and the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights monument. Also mentioned is the creation of Aboriginal-themed lesson plans across the curriculum by teachers in one group tour.

The article offers Indigenous People-related news briefs in British Columbia (BC) and Yukon as of December 2014. BC has developed an online tool for business generation opportunities to be driven by the Liquefied National Gas industry. A New Brunswick First Nation's 500,000-dollar request for road repairs seems to have fallen on deaf ears. First Nations have challenged the Site C dam project in Alberta for not considering its effect on treaty rights.

This section offers news briefs concerning Aboriginals in Ontario as of October 2014. Tautology by 2013 Sobey Art Award winner Duane Linklater was unveiled at the MacLaren Art Centre on September 25, 2014 through the 2014 York Wilson Prize. Saugeen Ojibway Nations opposes a nuclear waste storage proposal near Kincardine and mentions the Ontario Power Generation. The Canadian government has released details on the Aboriginal Economic Development Fund.

The article profiles Darwin Douglas, a 41-year-old member of the Sto:lo Nation and a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) expert. Topics discussed include he and his wife Francine owning the Four Directions Martial Arts Academy in Chilliwack, British Columbia (BC), spearheading an MMA Youth Leadership Program in various Aboriginal communities and establishment of the Cheam Trading Inc. salmon and seafood company.

The article discusses the partnership between Correctional Service Canada (CSC) and First Nation communities to help alleviate housing shortages. Topics discussed include the 2011 National Household Survey which showed that the Indigenous population grew by 20 percent since 2006, prison inmates' construction of houses for the First Nations communities and the benefits of the house building partnership to the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation.

The article discusses recommendations of lawyer Douglas Eyford issued in his report "Forging Partnerships, Building Relationships: Aboriginal Canadians and Energy Development" released on December 5, 2013 such as increased consultations with First Nations and industry by the Canadian federal government for energy projects at least 100 billion U.S. dollars. It assesses the reaction of the First Nations Summit represented by Grand Chief Ed John.

Prince Albert Food Bank Executive Director Wes Clark, Prince Albert Grand Council Grand Chief Ron Michel, Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) wants their [...]

CALGARY With the federal governments approval of two major pipeline projects, the time is now for the petroleum producing companies to talk with Indigenous communities about views on the United [...]

VANCOUVER The answer to lateral violence lies is 'lateral kindness', according to the First Nations Health Authority of British Columbia. The authority has bunched a project to back that conviction [...]

GATINEAU Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has committed his government to working with Indigenous peoples in creating and enacting an Indigenous Languages Act. Speaking Tuesday on the opening day of the [...]

SQUAMISH NATION Beverly Jacobs knows what it would mean to end violence-against Aboriginal women, but it's too late to bring back her murdered niece. On June 13, Jacobs was a [...]

OTTAWA When anti-apartheid fighter Nelson Mandela was laid to rest on Dec. 15, South Africa's revered -first black president was accompanied by a symbol of leadership for many Indigenous peoples [...]

The province of Quebec boasts many destinations for the traveler wanting to learn more about the region's 11 Aboriginal nations. One such destination is the Shaputuan Musee, located on the [...]

Aboriginal art and culture will be showcased and celebrated at the Dalhousie Arts Centre in Halifax at the end of July, as artists from across the country show their works [...]

There are lots of ways to immerse yourself in the heroic of the American West at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. With four museums and an art gallery, as well [...]

The author discusses the attack of the Harper Conservatives on the interests of the Aboriginal people. He says that the government is planning to cut funding of tribal councils and other organizations connected with the grassroots people. He also cites the honor received by Dr. Harold Cardinal at the 2012 Assembly of First Nations annual general meeting in Toronto, Ontario for creating the rebuttal to the White Paper with Citizen's Plus.

The article reports that historian Stanley Knowlton's findings on a glacial rock which allegedly has Aboriginal markings is being questioned by the archaeological community.

The article deals with the campaign launched by Ian Campeau, a Nippissing Ojibwe and member of the band A Tribe Called Red, to convince Ottawa, Ontario's minor league football team Nepean Redskins to change its name to something that is not a derogatory description of the indigenous people of North America. Ottawa city councillor Jan Harder refused to support Campeau, arguing that the rebranding of the team would be too expensive.

The article reports that the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, has alienated indigenous population in Canada by ordering them that they had no place on national hunting and fishing advisory panel. Ernie Crey, from Tribal Council on Fraser River says that the minister is taking serious step in light of the progress created in recent years. Environment Minister Peter Kent notes that the panel was struck to create dialogue with the population who have previously been under-consulted.