In a modern-day proverbial David-versus-Goliath victory, tiny Beaver Lake Cree Nation has persevered in its attempt to sue both the Alberta and Canadian governments for damages stemming from 15 years of oil sands development that it was never consulted on….
April 12, 2012
Beaver Lake Cree Nation Allowed to Continue Lawsuit Against Province and Feds
April 10, 2012
NAHO Snuffed in Fed Funding Cuts, Amid Governance Issues
Amid talk of governance issues, the closure of the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) by virtue of $200 million in Health Canada cuts is causing consternation among First Nations, Métis and Inuit alike, even though the main groups representing them…
Miss Universe Allows Transgenders in, Jenna Talackova Says She’ll Compete
It’s official: The Miss Universe pageant has decreed that transgender women can compete. Moreover, Jenna Talackova has announced, via her appearance on The View, that she will do so. She had not said previously that a global rule change would…
April 9, 2012
AFN National Chief Atleo Dissects Canada’s 2012 Federal Budget
First Nations and other aboriginal groups are affected in various ways by Canada’s 2012 federal budget, released on March 29. Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo said, “It’s not all we hoped for, but it leaves room…
April 8, 2012
Jenna Talackova Appears Live on The View on April 9
Beauty queen Jenna Talackova, kicked out of the Miss Universe Canada pageant for being transgender and then reinstated, will discuss her story live on The View on ABC on April 9. Talackova, whose family hails from the aboriginal Babine Lake…
April 7, 2012
Aboriginal Jenna Talackova Speaks to Barbara Walters—and the World—on 20/20
For millennia life was fairly simple for the Lake Babine Nation’s members, who lived peaceably along the shores of Babine Lake and the river of the same name, living mainly on wild salmon they caught with highly technological weirs. Over…
April 6, 2012
U.S. Coast Guard Sinks Japanese Tsunami Ghost Ship
The so-called ghost ship debris from last year’s Japanese tsunami that was spotted off the coast of Haida Gwaii territory on March 28 has been consigned to a watery grave: The U.S. Coast Guard sank it with machine-gun fire off…
Jenna Talackova on 20/20 Tonight, April 6
Beauty queen Jenna Talackova will be interviewed and profiled on ABC’s 20/20 tonight at 10 p.m. Eastern Time. Talackova, whose family hails from Babine Lake Nation, the third-largest aboriginal group in British Columbia, has been fighting for her right to…
A Chat With Environmental Indspire Winner Richard Stewart Hardy
Richard Stewart Hardy’s Pentlatch Seafoods Ltd. has been working diligently for seven years with Canadian agencies such as Environment Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Department of Fisheries & Oceans to develop an environmental stewardship program which has…
Cheyenne River Welcomes Worldwide Participants to Anti-Pipeline Hunger Strike
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation was recently the site of a two-day hunger strike, lasting from the evening of April 1 to the evening of April 3. Several dozen people camped and fasted in solidarity with the children of Heiltsuk First…
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