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Construction begins on a new school for the Wabaseemoong first nation in Ontario

By Ryan Paul • Oct 15th, 2009 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

WHITEDOG, ON – The construction of a new school at the Wabaseemoong First Nation has begun thanks to funding provided through Canada’s Economi...

Deaths at Sweat Lodge Bring Soul-Searching

By Ryan Paul • Oct 15th, 2009 • Category: United States2 Comments »

SEDONA, Ariz. — Tucked into stunning red rock formations and canyons punctuated with splashes of green junipers, this town of about 11,500 has long ...

Chief escorted out of INAC by police

By Ryan Paul • Sep 27th, 2009 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

After a meeting that was less than satisfying, Mosakahiken Cree Nation Chief Jim Tobacco and his council refused to leave Indian and Northern Affairs ...

Lac Seul and Government of Canada open new bridge

By Ryan Paul • Sep 25th, 2009 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

Member of Parliament for Kenora, Greg Rickford, on behalf of the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs announced Sept. 25, in partnershi...

Labrador Inuit, Innu to get flu vaccine first

By Ryan Paul • Sep 25th, 2009 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

Aboriginal people in Labrador will be given the H1N1 vaccine before other area residents, says a provincial health official. Medical Officer of Health...

RCMP to dig on Sask reserve in 1970s cold case

By Ryan Paul • Sep 25th, 2009 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

RCMP investigators and a forensic anthropologist will excavate four new search sites this fall in a 1970s missing person case. Norman Wayne Louison of...

Aglukkaq wants answers on body bag shipments

By Ryan Paul • Sep 25th, 2009 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

Canada’s health minister still doesn’t know why dozens of body bags were sent to remote Manitoba First Nations a week ago in preparation f...

Stakeholders disagree on value of new supports for First Nations students

By Ryan Paul • Sep 24th, 2009 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

A three-party agreement signed last year to improve the public education system for First Nations students is receiving mixed reviews. As new aborigin...

Ont. aboriginal leaders demand exemption from HST

By Ryan Paul • Sep 23rd, 2009 • Category: Canada7 Comments »

Some Ontario First Nations leaders are urging the federal government to take their treaty rights into account when implementing the harmonized sales t...

Swine flu outbreak hits Vancouver Island First Nations

By Ryan Paul • Sep 18th, 2009 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

More than 100 people in an aboriginal community north of Tofino, B.C., have reportedly fallen ill with swine flu, in what’s being described as t...