Video: National Chief Shawn Atleo resigns Friday in Ottawa
APTN National News Reaction is still coming in from across the country regarding the resignation…
Education
Atleo faces questions over Harper government’s FN education bill
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo was in the Yukon this week.
InFocus: First Nation education and Canadian citizenship
InFocus sharpens its lens on a new bill for First Nation education and overhauls to immigration.
Bulk of new education cash contingent on passage of First Nation education bill
The federal government is offering little for education in the 2014-2015 federal budget, but has dangled a $1.9 billion carrot to get First Nations chiefs to support proposed legislation to govern the operation of on-reserve schools.
FN Education Council: AFN-Ottawa deal carries ‘assimilating and paternalistic nature’
The proposed First Nation education bill partly unveiled this past Friday will still retain the “assimilating and paternalistic nature” of its previous incarnation, according to a Quebec First Nation education organization.
Mulcair challenges Harper to close education funding gap
APTN National News On the eve of the prime minister’s announcement, First Nation education made…
Residential school survivors can now receive cash for an education
APTN National News If you went to a residential school and received the common experience…
Saskatchewan pumps $3 million into FN education
The Saskatchewan government is trying to make up some of the shortfall in funding for Aboriginal education.
PEI artist honours deceased Cree activist
New work by a stained glass artist will honour a young Cree activist who died in 2010.
Shannen Koostachin fought for a new school to be built on her remote First Nation in northern Ontario.
Koostachin was killed in a car accident at age 15.