Author: Michael Murphy

26 Aug Brazil Signs Contracts for Controversial Amazon Dam (Latin American Herald Tribune)

Posted at 08:34h in News, Posts

BRASILIA – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed on Thursday the main contract for construction of a massive new hydroelectric dam in Brazil’s Amazon region, a project opponents say will displace some 50,000 Indians. “What is happening here is a thing believed impossible...

26 Aug Calls for more Indigenous involvement (ABC News)

Posted at 08:26h in News, Posts

The West Australian Chief Justice says Indigenous people need to be more actively involved in keeping Aborginal juveniles out of the criminal justice system. Chief Justice Wayne Martin told a Curtin University forum that Aboriginal children made up about 68 per cent of juveniles...

25 Aug B.C. strikes mining deal with first nation (Vancouver Sun)

Posted at 08:42h in News, Posts

The B.C. government signed an agreement on Tuesday that will see it share tax revenue from the mining industry with the Stk'emlupsemc of the Secwepemc Nation, whose people live in the south-central area of the province. The agreement was welcomed by the industry, which...