by Xavier Kataquapit
www.underthenorthernsky.com
I sure am a lucky guy. Most of the time I take my life and all that I enjoy for granted but every once in a while I pause to think of so much I have to be grateful for. Stopping to remember to feel gratitude has helped keep me grounded and positive.
By Krystalline Kraus | February 17, 2012 | www.rabble.ca
The basics of colonization:
To destroy a culture, you must destroy the children. You destroy the children by taking their mothers.
But NDP MP Joe Comartin says the Conservatives are trying to portray Public Safety Minister Vic Toews as a victim to deflect attention away from Bill C-30.
By TIM NAUMETZ | The Hill Times
Published: Tuesday, 02/21/2012 6:08 pm EST
PARLIAMENT HILL—Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says he was attacked on two internet fronts from inside the House of Commons last week and says in a letter to the House Speaker that one of the assaults—the short-lived Vikileaks Twitter account spreading details of his divorce—was an attempt to “anonymously degrade” his reputation.
Gloria Galloway
OTTAWA— From Wednesday's Globe and Mail
Manitoba chiefs have joined those in Saskatchewan in condemning an action plan to improve the lives of native people, saying it was crafted without their input by the Assembly of First Nations and the federal government.
By Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun
Switching the end point of the $5.5-billion Northern Gateway pipe-line to Prince Rupert will not win support among first nations already opposed to the pipeline, says Coastal First Nations executive director Art Sterritt.
CBC News
A new survey has revealed that while the majority of people in Regina are satisfied with the city's police force, First Nations and Métis are far less likely to trust the police.
By Angela Cooper, Times Colonist February 22, 2012 2:31 AM
Re: "Don't change nature of Central Saanich," Feb. 17.
This letter disgusts me as a First Nations person.
The heads of the largest native tribe in Canada, the First Nations, visited Israel’s Knesset and met with Deputy Minister Ayoob Kara.
By Elad Benari & Hezki Ezra
The heads of the largest native tribe in Canada, the First Nations, visited Israel’s Knesset on Tuesday. They were led by Grand Chief David Harper from the province of Manitoba, who personally heads the Cree tribal nation, and the purpose of the group’s visit was to express support for Israel.
