Aboriginal Affairs
AFN national chief Shawn Atleo to launch re-election bid
By May 24, 2012 09:56 am 1 commentsTORONTO - The current national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Shawn Atleo, is going to officially launch his campaign for re-election in Vancouver later today. Read more…
Filed inOttawa offers help to suicide-pained Vancouver Island First Nation
By May 15, 2012 12:50 pm 4 commentsVICTORIA - The federal government is preparing to put together a relief plan for a B.C. First Nation that has declared a state of emergency over a disturbing spike in suicides and attempted suicides. Read more…
Fifty people still need safe housing in Attawapiskat: Chief Spence
By May 14, 2012 08:45 am 2 commentsWhile 22 new mobile homes are now occupied, some 50 members of the Attawapiskat First Nation urgently need safe housing, and 23 others are in temporary housing, Chief Theresa Spence said in a May 11 news release. Read more…
Filed inFirst Nations set to protest Enbridge shareholder meeting over pipeline
By May 9, 2012 08:52 am 2 commentsWest Coast First Nations are planning to protest today at Enbridge's annual meeting of shareholders in Toronto. The Yinka Dene Alliance and supporters oppose a proposed pipeline that would cross their territory. Read more…
Filed inBC bands bogged down in treaty talks: report
By May 7, 2012 01:10 pm 6 commentsOttawa needs to consider a flexible exit strategy for British Columbia First Nations frustrated and debt-challenged by slow-moving treaty negotiations, says a special report prepared for federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan. Read more…
Filed inEnbridge risks squandering reputation on Gateway: mutual fund company
By May 1, 2012 12:24 pm 13 commentsFirst Nations opposition to Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline has become so entrenched that the firm's entire corporate reputation could be at risk, says a Toronto-based mutual fund company. Read more…
Taseko asked Minister Kent to restrict First Nations' role in mine review
By May 1, 2012 10:51 am 5 commentsThe president and CEO of Taseko Mines Ltd. wrote to Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent asking the federal government to limit First Nations participation in the review of Prosperity Mine, a project opposed by the Tsilhqot'in National Government. Read more…
Federal cuts to health groups hurt marginalized women, say critics
By April 24, 2012 04:30 pm 3 commentsThe recent federal budget cuts will take a toll on the health of women across Canada, say the leaders of a number of women's health organizations who've recently had their funding slashed. Read more…
UBC Indigenous reporting class tackles Aboriginal health
By April 23, 2012 04:26 pmCanada's first Indigenous reporting class at the University of British Columbia has set out to prove the story of Aboriginal health issues in Canada isn't all doom and gloom with the release feature stories on Aboriginal health issues--and solutions--and a series of radio stories running on CBC this week. Read more…
Filed inWoman who survived Pickton attack decides not to testify at inquiry
By April 10, 2012 02:30 pm 3 commentsA former sex worker who survived an attack on serial killer Robert Pickton's farm five years before his arrest, only to see charges against him dropped, has decided against testifying at the public inquiry into the case. Read more…
Filed inGroups boycott Missing Women's Inquiry's second phase
By April 10, 2012 12:55 pmFifteen groups originally granted standing with the Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry are boycotting the second phase, and are hoping to spark an international inquiry into what they say is a flawed inquiry. Read more…
Oliver comfortable with pipeline timelines; Aboriginals consider lawsuit
By April 9, 2012 08:15 am 6 commentsThe federal government's decision to put a cap on how long environmental assessment hearings can drag on isn't expected to affect the Northern Gateway pipeline project, but Aboriginal reaction to the change probably will. Read more…
Attawapiskat welcomes withdrawal of third-party manager
By April 7, 2012 11:10 am 3 commentsThe Attawapiskat First Nation has welcomed the withdrawal of the third-party manager imposed by Ottawa last fall. But it doesn't agree with Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan about the manager's effectiveness. Read more…
Filed inNorthern Gateway pipeline hearings begin in Bella Bella, 1.5-days late
By April 3, 2012 10:31 am 2 commentsBELLA BELLA, B.C. - The Heiltsuk First Nation on B.C.'s central coast says the joint review panel considering the Northern Gateway pipeline project will begin hearings in Bella Bella at 1 p.m. this afternoon. Read more…
Heiltsuk statement: Protest in Bella Bella was 'very respectful'
By April 2, 2012 04:40 pm 12 commentsThe Tyee received this afternoon an emailed press release from the Heiltsuk Tribal Council in Bella Bella responding to the Northern Gateway Project Joint Review Panel's cancellation of the day's hearings in the community. According to press reports, the JRP cancelled the hearings because of security and logistical concerns, after protesters greeted their arrival at the airport. Read more…
Northern Gateway panel scrubs first of four hearings in Bella Bella
By April 2, 2012 11:34 am 6 commentsBELLA BELLA, B.C. - The first day of a planned four-day hearing by the joint review panel examining the Enbridge (TSX:ENB) Northern Gateway Pipeline project was cancelled in Bella Bella, British Columbia. Read more…
Jumbo Glacier ski resort likely to fail, says NDP's MacDonald
By March 20, 2012 03:20 pm 4 commentsDespite the British Columbia government's approval of the Jumbo Glacier ski resort, the project is unlikely to happen anytime soon, said New Democratic Party MLA Norm MacDonald. Read more…
Controversial Jumbo Glacier ski resort can go ahead: BC minister
By March 20, 2012 01:16 pm 7 commentsThe British Columbia government has approved a controversial plan to build Jumbo Glacier ski resort in the southeast of the province. Read more…
Five arrested at Lakota oil sands blockade
By March 7, 2012 09:57 am 6 commentsFive Lakota peoples were arrested Tuesday at an oil sands blockade in North Dakota, including two who The Tyee spent time with last September. Read more…
Filed inMissing Women's Commission avoiding lack of Aboriginal representation: lawyer
By March 6, 2012 12:58 pm 4 commentsThe former independent counsel* for Aboriginal interests at the Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry says Commissioner Wally Oppal and the council for the commission are opting to personally attack her instead of addressing the lack of Aboriginal witnesses at the inquiry. Read more…
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BC First Nations angry as tankers win bureaucratic nod to ply coastal waters
Truth and Reconciliation Commission to release interim report
Squamish Nation and BC Parks sign land management deal
New jail unlikely to reduce Aboriginal incarceration: criminologist
UBC profs say Aboriginal oral history misunderstood
Attawapiskat third party manager will stay: Federal Court judge
Youth reps: Canada needs national strategy for Aboriginal children
Attawapiskat seeks injunction against third-party manager
New funding partnership for First Nations schools 'significant': FNESC
Martin to Harper: Stop imposing your will on First Nations
Chief to Harper: Address native concerns or face 'aboriginal uprising'
Harper, chiefs at odds over fate of the Indian Act
First Nations chiefs prepare for landmark meeting with Harper
Northern Gateway hearings start in Kitimat on $5.5 billion oil pipeline proposal
UN criticizes conditions in Attawapiskat
DTES tenants being squeezed by gentrification, says new report
Attawapiskat: Duncan says Spence accepts third-party management; Spence says "it's a lie"
Attawapiskat must pay Ottawa appointee $1,300 a day to run its finances
Appointed third-party manager kicked out of Attawapiskat
BC First Nations community split over Northern Gateway pipeline
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Indigenous leaders to pressure Obama on Keystone XL
More action wanted on premier's aboriginal action plan promise
Organizations agree to work together on aboriginal social services
Agreement reached on new B.C. First Nations health plan
First day of missing women hearings marred by protests, more withdrawals
Clark rejects request to 'fix' Missing Women Inquiry
Williams Lake RCMP officer accused of beating teenage girl
Summit to save BC herring draws First Nations, other experts
New UBC course takes on representation of Aboriginals in media
Missing women inquiry dates announced for northern B.C.
B.C. First Nations prepare for trade and relations with China
UBC Inuit youth research project garners international attention
Ottawa failing First Nations education: child advocate
Historic cannery demolished in North Delta
First Nations gain ability to confront local governments over human rights
BC First Nations aren’t dupes of US green movement: Chiefs
Point missed giving royal assent for trip to Williams Lake, not Europe
Pacific Gateway highway expansion hits two roadblocks
Stó:lō disappointed after meeting minister about Yale treaty
B.C. gov't denies funding for sex workers, aboriginal groups at Pickton inquiry
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