Author: Michael Murphy

17 Feb Olympics have returned aboriginals to rightful place, says leader (The Vancouver Sun)

Posted at 14:12h in News, Posts

The partnership of the Four Host First Nations in the Winter Games illustrates what the new relationship between Canada and its aboriginal people should be, the national leader of the Assembly of First Nations said Tuesday. Shawn Atleo said in an interview that the opening...

15 Feb Native university pulled back from brink (The Globe and Mail)

Posted at 17:05h in News, Posts

Aboriginal and government leaders are pulling Saskatchewan's one-of-a-kind aboriginal university back from the brink one week after its closing appeared imminent. The provincial Advanced Education Minister spent Family Day in Vancouver discussing ways of salvaging the beleaguered First Nations University of Canada with federal Indian...

11 Feb Who will own the foreshore? (The New Zealand Herald)

Posted at 17:07h in News, Posts

Neither the Government nor Maori would own the nation's beaches under a proposal to settle the dispute over laws governing the foreshore and seabed. The proposal is one of several on the table, the Government told the Iwi Leaders Forum at Waitangi. It is understood...