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Aboriginal groups lobbying for better deal on underfunded education (The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA - Native leaders are urging MPs to back efforts to improve aboriginal education programs. They say native schools are short-changed by the federal government, with per-capita spending well below provincial levels. The gap between what Ottawa spends and what is needed runs into hundreds of millions...

21 September, 2010

How we fail aboriginal students (Calgary Herald)

Lack of funds and support for reserve schools jeopardize the futures of First Nations kids, national chief says BROKEN PENCILS - Twenty years of local control hasn't fixed First Nations education, and 9,000 students risk being marginalized the rest of their lives. In a four-part series,...

17 September, 2010

Rainbow nation offers clues for Australia’s indigenous healing (Sydney Morning Herald)

The current political situation might provide motivation for advancing some critical indigenous issues. Photo: Michael Mucci PERHAPS one of the most promising commitments to emerge from the extended political negotiations to establish minority government was the agreement that our indigenous nations be recognised in the constitution. Constitutional...

14 September, 2010