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By Ryan Paul • Dec 10th, 2009 • Category: Canada • No Comments »
COPENHAGEN — Indigenous leaders from the Arctic, Africa and small island nations are using International Human Rights Day to call for human rights t...
By Ryan Paul • Dec 10th, 2009 • Category: Canada • 1 Comment »
The federal government on Thursday introduced legislation with the potential to kick start $7 billion worth of real estate development on the Squamish...
By Ryan Paul • Dec 10th, 2009 • Category: Canada • 1 Comment »
VANCOUVER, B.C. – The B.C. government has signed a wide-ranging agreement with six coastal First Nations to promote economic development on the ...
By Ryan Paul • Dec 9th, 2009 • Category: Canada, South America, United States • No Comments »
CARBONDALE, Colorado — Humankind can take one of two trains, says Dr. Ramon Nenadich, organizer of this past weekend’s gathering of indigenous...
By Ryan Paul • Dec 9th, 2009 • Category: Canada • No Comments »
First Nations, Inuit and Métis people display higher rates of volunteerism and informal learning — participation in clubs, sports, arts and music â...
By Ryan Paul • Dec 8th, 2009 • Category: United States • 1 Comment »
The US government has agreed to pay $3.4bn to settle a long-running case over Native American land. The Cobell case, filed in 1996, alleged the govern...
By Ryan Paul • Dec 8th, 2009 • Category: Australia • No Comments »
STATE governments unable to deliver value for money in building houses in remote indigenous areas will face the prospect of losing future funding. The...
By Ryan Paul • Dec 8th, 2009 • Category: Canada • No Comments »
The Vancouver Olympic organizing committee agreed to drop the usual RCMP escort for the Olympic flame as it passed through a Mohawk reserve Tuesday in...
By Ryan Paul • Dec 8th, 2009 • Category: Canada • No Comments »
Thousands of aboriginal people with diabetes undergo unnecessary foot amputations because the federal government won’t pay for them to have prop...
By Ryan Paul • Dec 7th, 2009 • Category: Canada • No Comments »
No more dime-store Indians. The assertive message from native leaders echoed clearly through the frosty air Monday as they provided an advance look at...