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Major aboriginal pact to be signed Saturday (The Guardian)

An agreement described as historic by P.E.I.’s First Nations will be signed between Ottawa, the provincial government and the Mi’kmaq of Prince Edward Island Saturday. Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl, who is also the federal interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians, will be on the...

16 January, 2010

Tribals make poor progress, stay at bottom of heap (The Times of India)

The first ever UN State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples Report (2010) finds that indigenous people across the world suffer disproportionately high levels of poverty, illiteracy, poor health and human rights abuse. The poverty levels of India’s tribals have remained persistent over time and are...

16 January, 2010

Ninety Mile Beach makes up centrepiece of $120m Treaty deal (The New Zealand Herald)

Ninety Mile Beach forms the cornerstone of a $120 million Treaty deal which is being signed today between five Far North iwi. The iwi, who have 40,000 members and are part of the Te Hiku Forum, are Ngati Kuri, Te Aupouri, Ngai Takoto, Te Rarawa...

16 January, 2010