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“The pattern of unilateral application of business practices and of laws and regulations in our territories is a practice that has to stop” National Chief Shawn Atleo, Calgary Alberta Chamber of Commerce, March 1, 2012. PIPE DREAMS Canada is at an interesting point in...

(At 4:02 in the video, Atleo makes the announcement that he is resigning as National Chief) Atleo’s Resignation – Result of Divisions Among First Nations: Bill’s Right On Blog (Opinion) With the resignation of Shawn Atleo today we may have lost one of the most...

Regina, SK – Earlier this week at the University of Regina, about 30 students and guests attended a book lecture and reading by Radio Host and Author, John Gormley. Everything seemed to be going fine until a group of protesters with hand drums including a man in a mask with...

When Prime-Minister Stephen Harper announced $1.9 billion dollars in new funding to improve First Nations Education as per the renamed FNCFNEA (First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act) he may have thought First Nations people across Canada would take to the streets...

Everyone has an opinion on the recently announced, First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act (FNCFNEA) formally known as First Nations Education Act, and here is mine. Let’s begin with The Indian Act, which was implemented without our consent. Sometimes I think...

The Feds announced a bunch of $ for First Nations education on Feb 7, 2014: 1.9 billion additional funding (to start in 2015) $1.25 billion over 3 years for aboriginal schools across Canada beginning in 2016 — an amount that would increase by 4.5 % each year after $160 million...

On Monday, the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) gave a 9-week notice to 66 employees who will be laid off come march 31st and it’s all due to Government cutbacks. The 66 employees make up almost all of FSIN’s staff and some have in directly aired out...

Last week, around 80 people held a peaceful protest at the RCMP Barracks to protest the RCMP Raid on fracking protesters that happened in Elsipogtog, NB. Jay Bird was the organizer of the event, which had speakers like Wendy Lynn Lerat, Sue Deranger and Rodger Ross speak out...

Check out this new Public Service Announcement (PSA) for the grassroots movement, Idle No More (INM).  The clip features a variety of Aboriginal celebrities professing their support for INM encouraging people to, “stand up and protect it (mother earth)” along with...