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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...

01 Oct Wild Rivers: environmental colonization (ABC)

Posted at 15:04h in News, Posts

In all of the current debate on the Queensland Government's Wild Rivers laws, one major matter is being completely missed. That matter is the process of contemporary environmental colonisation of Cape York. Where once Indigenous rights in land were taken by colonialists for economic gain,...