Author: Michael Murphy

07 Aug Long-standing First Nations claim settled (The Intelligencer)

Posted at 08:33h in News, Posts

A Belleville land claim by the Alderville First Nation has been settled 190 years after the first agreement was signed. The settlement of the Thurlow Purchase Specific Claim was announced officially Friday with a ceremony at Jane Forrester Park at Meyers Pier. A...

06 Aug B.C. First Nations leader has demand for new federal Indian affairs minister (Straight)

Posted at 08:34h in News, Posts

The newly appointed federal minister of Indian affairs needs to convince Prime Minister Stephen Harper to fully endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, says the president of the B.C. Union of Indian Chiefs. “At this point the Harper government...

04 Aug Abbott banking on indigenous candidate for key to Lodge (Sydney Morning Herald)

Posted at 08:20h in News, Posts

The marginal seat stands on the precipice of history, writes Peter Ker. SUPPORTERS of all political persuasions pass through the Derbarl Yerrigan Aboriginal health centre in the Perth suburb of Maddington, but clinic worker Rex Harradine reckons there might be one common thread. ''Most...