A long list of Canadian musicians have issued a statement of solidarity in support of the Idle No More movement including the Weakerthans, Feist, Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip and Stephen Page formally of Barenaked Ladies.
Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence has signed off on her will and is prepared for death, APTN National News has been told.
Winnipeg played host to another Idle No More round dance this week.
Dakota Barnaby has been chopping a lot of wood lately.
Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence will not attend Friday’s “working meeting” between the prime minister and First Nations leaders if the governor general sticks to his decision not to attend.
If police had served an emergency court order against the Mohawks of Tyendinaga Saturday, when they blocked the Via Rail main line for seven hours, the protestors would have made a point of staying longer.
Idle No More founder Nina Wilson speaks with APTN National News anchor Michael Hutchinson about the Jan. 11 meeting and shy repealing Bill C-45 should be on the table.
There was an air of victory on Victoria Island Friday afternoon on day 25 of Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence’s hunger strike after it was announced Prime Minister Stephen Harper would meet with First Nations leaders next Friday.
People from Maliseet communities across New Brunswick gathered beside a busy highway near Fredericton Friday, hoping to draw attention to calls for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to meet with First Nation leaders.
