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Judge rules Henry is Roseau River chief

Winnipeg Free Press

By: Alexandra Pauls

A judge has ruled Ken Henry is the rightful chief of Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation.

 

UN holds private meeting with native youth

Toronto Star

Tanya Talaga Queen’s Park Bureau

Chelsea Edwards used to watch mice scamper across the floor while she attended classes in a mouldy Attawapiskat portable.

 

Top dentists grossing $1-million a year on First Nation reserves

National Post

Tom Blackwell

Treating impoverished First Nations patients is a surprisingly lucrative enterprise for the country’s dentists, with the six highest-billing practitioners receiving more than $1-million a year from Health Canada, according to government figures the National Post obtained.

B.C. asks Ottawa to help fund ‘pre-treaty’ agreements with First Nations

National Post

By Peter O’Neil

OTTAWA — The B.C. government is pushing the Harper government to participate in, and contribute money to, “pre-treaty” agreements as a way to revive a stalled treaty process that has produced a paltry three final agreements over two decades.

First Nation protests Gateway with concert

By Morgan Modjeski

Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline is getting more friction from B.C.’s coastal First Nation communities as the Gitga’at First Nation is holding a concert to protest the pipeline and subsequent tanker traffic, saying it poses a threat to their livelihood and way of life.

First Nations children face crisis, advocates to tell UN

By Lindsay Kines, Times Colonist

An alliance of child advocates from across Canada will brief the United Nations next week on the crisis facing aboriginal children.

Letter to the Editor

February 1 2012

Re: Supply management

Dear Editor

Baa Baa Black Sheep have you any wool? ... I will get back to that nursery rhyme at the end of the letter.

Providing First Nation Schools with an Equitable Education in Canada: The Low Quality Education in Attawapiskat

Renata Karapanceva, Social Science Honours student at York University.

Canada has failed to provide equitable education for Indigenous students. Other Canadian Children in Ontario that go to provincial and federal schools have better opportunities to succeed with their education and future because they receive a superior education.

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