Author: Michael Murphy

06 Oct Indigenous land return ‘ends shame’ (Sydney Morning Herald)

Posted at 07:30h in News, Posts

Petrina Berry AAP Queensland will return thousands of hectares of national park on Cape York Peninsula to its indigenous owners. Premier Anna Bligh on Wednesday told parliament more than 75,000 hectares of national park, known as Archer Bend, would be revoked and returned to the...

05 Oct Breakthrough in treaty process predicted (Globe and Mail)

Posted at 07:28h in News, Posts

With the groundbreaking Nisga’a agreement under attack in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and with more than 100 bands in the province still making little progress in treaty negotiations, Sophie Pierre admits to feeling frustrated at times. But Ms. Pierre, chief commissioner of the B.C....

04 Oct AFN and AFN Women’s Council Support Call for National Action Plan to End Violence Against Indigenous Women (CNW)

Posted at 15:05h in News, Posts

OTTAWA, Oct 4 /CNW/ - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo and AFN Women's Council Chair Kathleen McHugh today expressed continued support for the leadership and efforts of the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) through the Sisters in Spirit campaign in...