Michael Murphy

09 Feb Kahnawake band council meddles in people’s love lives, critics charge: Mohawk bloodline is at stake, spokesperson says (The Gazette)

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Love is a victim of the initiative by Kahnawake authorities to expel some non-natives from the Montreal-area reserve, say critics of the move within the local Mohawk community who call it heartless and misguided. “The real crux of the issue is whether a Mohawk can...

06 Feb Aboriginal groups divided on whether to support Olympics: 80 of B.C.’s 203 bands refuse to participate because government and Vanoc ignore ‘horrific levels of poverty,’ their leader says (The Vancouver Sun)

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The head of the Four Host First Nations, Tewanee Joseph, has been criss-crossing the country since 2003 selling the Olympics to first nations communities. He's achieved signed agreements with more than a dozen provincial and national aboriginal groups setting out their involvement with the 2010...

05 Feb Aboriginal university’s federal funding hangs in the balance: Days after Saskatchewan withdrew funds, there’s little hope First Nations University will get $7.3-million from Ottawa, minister says (The Globe and Mail)

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The fate of millions of dollars in federal funding for the beleaguered First Nations University will be decided within days, and Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Chuck Strahl is offering little hope that it might continue. The government of Saskatchewan earlier this week pulled...