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Housing Crisis on the Rez: Why Haul a Run-Down Shack from the Plains to DC?

INTERNATIONAL

Tribal leaders trucked the battered old home to Washington to show the nation’s leaders what the housing crisis on reservations looks like in person.

by Mark Andrew Boyer

YES! Magazine

Last month, a new building joined the Washington Monument and the Capitol building on the National Mall. The small, run-down shack had previously housed 13 people, and it was brought to Washington, D.C., from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota to raise awareness about the critical need for housing on reservations around the country.

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We don’t waste resources. Why squander native talent?

THE EXECUTIVE

PAUL TSAPARIS

Special to The Globe and Mail

Canadians should thank the Idle No More movement for bringing critically important social justice, environmental and economic issues to our collective attention. To borrow the words of an Idle No More protester: “These aren’t aboriginal issues, these are Canadian issues.”

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First Nations residents forced out due to flooding

Hundreds flee swollen rivers and sewer backups in Northern Ontario

CBC News

For the second straight day, residents from First Nations communities in Northern Ontario are being relocated as rising water and extensive flooding continues to threaten those living near James Bay.

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First Nations don't count in Harper's Canada

BY DANIEL WILSON (blog)

rabble.ca

One way to make a problem go away -- at least temporarily -- is to ignore it. It's also the way to make problems grow over time.

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Bob Rae to lead First Nations in Ring of Fire negotiations

CBC News

Former federal Liberal leader Bob Rae will be the chief negotiator for First Nations in talks with the Ontario government about development of the Ring of Fire.

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Death of former First Nations grand chief prompts criticism of Canada’s search-and-rescue efforts

Aly Thomson, Canadian Press

The death of a former grand chief of the Innu Nation while hunting in Labrador has renewed calls to improve Canada’s search-and-rescue protocols, a provincial politician said Saturday.

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First Nations woman running for Edmonton school trustee for first time

By Annalise Klingbeil

Metro Edmonton

For what is believed to be the first time, a First Nations person is running for school board trustee in Edmonton.

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Grand Chief calls Liberal Sullivan's comments on First Nations 'totally out of touch'

By TOM SANDBORN

The Tyee.ca (BC online publication)

Calling them "bright shining stars" and "good, prosperous tribes," Liberal MLA candidate and former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan praised First Nations in Osoyoos and Kamloops for the way they are "joining in the economy."

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Yukon court orders new trial for First Nation land claim case

Ross River Dena Council says Canada must keep promises made more than 100 years ago

CBC News

The Court of Appeal for Yukon has overturned a territorial Supreme Court's land claim case ruling that courts do not have the authority to enforce promises made by the Crown more than 100 years ago.

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