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Why won’t Ottawa honour its First Nations treaties?
NationalPost.com – Opinion/Full Comment – Why won’t Ottawa honour its First Nations treaties?
Posted: March 23, 2009. Nelson Leeson and James Eetoolook, of the Land Claims Agreements Coalition
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Nation of lost souls [stripped of their aboriginal identity by being placed in non-native foster/adoptive homes]
TheStar.com – Canada – Nation of lost souls
March 16, 2009. Linda Diebel, NATIONAL AFFAIRS WRITER
TIMMINS – The last time Marcia Martel saw her mother at home, it was late summer and she was a chubby little Indian kid of 4. She doesn’t remember much because she was crying and clutching the tall grass as strange people pulled her away. She was scared of the police and didn’t understand why she was being taken from Beaverhouse First Nation on Lake Misema in northeastern Ontario.
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Aboriginals less reliant on federal transfers
TheGlobeandMail.com – National – Aboriginals less reliant on federal transfers
March 9, 2009. BILL CURRY
OTTAWA — A new report argues Canada’s native population has shown steady economic improvement over the past 40 years as communities reduce their dependence on federal transfers by learning skilled trades and starting successful tourism projects.
But the report, done for the Assembly of First Nations, also warns the aboriginal success stories are fragile.
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Equal pay is not negotiable
Rabble.ca – Equal pay is not negotiable
Publish Date: March 3, 2009. Pat Armstrong, Paul Durber and Rosemary Morgan
We may have to erect a tombstone on Parliament Hill and inscribe it “Here lies pay equity,” if Canada’s MPs support the Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act, buried deep in C-10, the Conservatives’ Budget Implementation Act.
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Secret documents reveal sweeping new rules for natives
TheGlobeandMail.com – National – Secret documents reveal sweeping new rules for natives: Native leaders warned Ottawa not to re-open the governance file unless it’s willing to hold wide-ranging consultations but classified papers show government moving ahead
March 3, 2009. BILL CURRY
OTTAWA — The federal government is secretly planning an overhaul of the rules governing Canada’s reserves that is far more sweeping than what Ottawa is telling Canada’s chiefs and native leaders.
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Race and poverty matter as early as Grade 3
TheStar.com – ParentCentral.ca – Race and poverty matter as early as Grade 3
February 28, 2009. Kristin Rushowy, EDUCATION REPORTER
Students who live in poverty or come from certain racial backgrounds are falling behind in school as early as Grade 3, says a groundbreaking survey of Toronto’s public elementary schools.
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Sentencing circles for aboriginals: Good justice?
NationalPost.com – News – Sentencing circles for aboriginals: Good justice?
Published: Friday, February 27, 2009. Kevin Libin, National Post
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