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14 Dec Crown accused of fuelling tribal tensions (The New Zealand Herald)

Posted at 09:41h in News, Posts

The Crown came under a stinging attack for allegedly fuelling tribal tensions, when East Coast Maori met at a special Waitangi Tribunal hearing Wellington today. The Crown has been accused of ignoring the rights of other groups by granting Te Runanga o Ngati Porou the...

13 Dec Inuit leaders at odds over oil and gas emissions: Greenland wants more development of carbon-spewing industries (Nunatsiaq Online)

Posted at 09:44h in News, Posts

A big rift has emerged among Inuit leaders attending the COP15 climate change conference in Copenhagen over greenhouse gas emissions from northern oil and gas development and other industrial projects. Jimmy Stotts, the president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, told CBC radio reporter Patricia Bell...

12 Dec B.C. renames Queen Charlotte Islands (The Globe and Mail)

Posted at 09:48h in News, Posts

The Queen Charlotte Islands will soon be no more. The archipelago will be officially renamed Haida Gwaii, Premier Gordon Campbell announced yesterday at the signing of a reconciliation protocol. The traditional name, whose English translation is "islands of the people," will now appear on all...