Indian Affairs doing little for flood devastated community
Kingcome Inlet has been flooded and uninhabitable for eleven days, and all Indian Affairs will offer is an advance on money the community would already be getting.
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Mohawks sentenced for 2008 blockade
Six Mohawks from Tyendinaga involved in a 2008 blockade have escaped jail time.
Conservatives vague on ‘Sisters in Spirit’ promise
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson remained vague Tuesday on his government’s plans to deliver on a promise to create a $10 million strategy to deal with the “disturbing number” of murdered and missing First Nations, Metis and Inuit women across the country.
Curb provincial power over army, says ex-senior bureaucrat
The federal government should dilute the existing and unbridled power held by provinces to call in the military during times of domestic turmoil, says a former Indian Affairs deputy minister who held the post during the Oka crisis.
Ousted Mi’kmaq chief blames Indian Affairs
A Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq chief ousted by Indian Affairs over findings of corruption in the election that put him in office says the department is trying to cover up its own misdeeds.
Tensions rising over Prosperity gold mine
Inflammatory remarks from a respected Williams Lake, B.C.,businessman highlight the growing tension between the town’s people and the Tsilhqot’in nation which opposes a gold and copper mine that would drain a sacred lake.
‘I wish you were still here’
Holding large portrait photographs, the families of missing and murdered First Nations, Metis and Inuit women called out to the rest of the country to help preserve the memories of their loved ones and join their fight for justice.
Videos show RCMP treatment of FNs men
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has released video of three Aboriginal men who they say were abused by RCMP officers while in police custody in Williams Lake, B.C.
On-reserve election reform launched
The federal government took its first steps Friday toward overhauling on-reserve elections.