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Leanne Simpson: Restoring The Original Name Of Mount Douglas

2013-05-23T12:36:20Z

I know intimately the importance of standing in one's territory, freely practicing our ceremonies at our sacred places, harvesting our foods, and telling our children their stories of creation in the exact spot creation happened and is happening. I know that living as Anishinaabe is one of the most important things we can do, on reserve, off reserve, in the middle of the bush or in the middle of the city. So I know that the reclamation of PKOLS is an extraordinarily important act for the SȾÁUTW, Songhees and the WSÁNEĆ because it physically connects them to a powerful place, alive with story, and breathing with history.

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Craig and Marc Kielburger: First Nations Youth Walk For Clean Water

2013-05-22T17:43:16Z

Acadia Solomon just wanted to swim with her friends. Unfortunately the signs posted last year at her favourite swimming spot were clear: it was not safe to swim in or drink the water. So when she heard about a group of First Nations youth walking from Winnipeg to Ottawa to speak out about the "killing" of our nation's lakes and rivers, no power in the world was going to stop her from joining them.

Read more: Volunteering, Water, Activism, Local Issues, First Nations, Canada First Nations, Clean Water, Idle No More, Canada Impact News

Jacob Devaney: Sovereign Nations Walk Out of Meeting With U.S. State Department Unanimously Rejecting Keystone XL Pipeline

2013-05-17T07:21:46Z

The State Department, still with "egg on its face" from its statement that Keystone XL would have little impact on climate change, sunk a little lower today as the most respected elders, and chiefs of 10 sovereign nations turned their backs on State Department representatives and walked out during a meeting.

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Diane Weber Bederman: First Nations and the Jews: A Common History

2013-05-15T12:30:24Z

Think of the many cultures throughout history that have disappeared, some for which we've no account, and others now only known by artifacts or bits and pieces of written history. Rather than focus on the cultures that have been lost, First Nations can focus on the one that has survived thousands of years,

Read more: Acculteration, Irwin Cotler, Jews, Judaism, First Nations, Holocaust, Osoyoos Band, Assimilation, Chief Clarence Louie, Diaspora, Residential Schools, First Nation Reservations, Idle No More, Canada News

3 Aboriginal Millennials To Watch

2013-05-10T07:23:00Z

Much of the news reporting on Canada’s aboriginal community highlights the challenges indigenous people face: violence, barriers to receiving decent...

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Highway Blockade Threatened Near Lillooet

2013-05-10T04:00:11Z

VANCOUVER - Southwestern British Columbia's St'at'imc Chiefs Council is threatening to block a highway and rail line and "embarrass" private companies...

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Amy MacPherson: David Suzuki Empowers 8,000 Youth to Wake Up Canada!

2013-05-05T22:16:20Z

On April 25, 2013, renowned scientist Dr. David Suzuki attended the WFCU Centre to empower the crowd with his Wake Up Canada call. It's a campaign organized by the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition to support a day of action, encouraging kids to advocate for their environmental future through the very media that overlooked them this time around.

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Jarrah Hodge: Where Is The Love In Social Struggle?

2013-05-02T12:51:08Z

When B.C. filmmaker Velcrow Ripper started making Occupy Love in 2009, some of his activist friends weren't sure what to make of his questions. How can the crises we're facing socially, economically and environmentally become - of all things - a love story? But as he continued to film social movements from the Arab Spring to the European Summer, Occupy Wall Street and environmental movements, he started seeing a shift, with more and more people responding: "Of course it's a love story."

Read more: Environmentalism, Documentary, Filmmaking, Bc, Velcrow Ripper, Fierce Light Trilogy, Occupy Love, Protest, Environment, Social Activism, Idle No More, Video, Canada British Columbia News

Jacob Devaney: Occupy Love : Film Explores The Heart of Occupy Movement

2013-04-30T14:19:19Z

Though the peaceful occupation at Zucotti Park has ended, The Occupy Love film documents how the seeds of The Occupy Movement have sprouted and converged into a Global Super Movement.

Read more: Film, 350.Org, Activism, Anonymous, Occupy Wall Street, Idle No More, Video, Impact News

Hassan Arif: Why Going Green Could Put Trudeau In Power

2013-04-28T19:01:13Z

Justin Trudeau can present a Liberal party that is stridently progressive on environmental and social policy, and on human rights and multiculturalism, while maintaining a strong commitment to entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic growth.

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Now We're Talking..

2013-04-10T13:30:31Z

OTTAWA - Forget the spotlights, the pageantry on Parliament Hill and the perpetual confrontation that confounds so many attempts to find a grand solut...

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Aboriginal Leader Ends Hunger Strike After 5 Days

2013-04-09T17:43:14Z

Manitoba aboriginal leader Raymond Robinson has called off a complete hunger strike after five days without food or water.

Robinson, a Grand Elder ...

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Paul Martin Slams Harper's 'Immoral' First Nations Policies

2013-04-06T14:38:00Z

Former prime minister Paul Martin blasted Stephen Harper's First Nations policies at the Liberal leadership mini-convention on Saturday.

"The Conse...

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Nanaimo Leaders Strike Back Against Racism

2013-04-03T20:42:42Z

Community leaders in Nanaimo hope to turn a bad news story into something positive with the creation of a working group to combat racism.
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Another Hunger Strike

2013-04-03T16:55:39Z

MONTREAL - An aboriginal leader from Manitoba says he has begun yet another hunger protest in an effort to stop changes to federal funding for First N...

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Backlash As Harper Visits Pandas Rather Than Cree Youth

2013-03-25T16:34:31Z

Two months and 1,600 kilometres later, a group of Cree youth arrived in Ottawa today, completing their trek from Northern Quebec in support of Idle No...

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Marathon Idle No More Trek Gets Results

2013-03-25T13:05:56Z

OTTAWA - Wrapped in ceremonial white, hooded jackets, nearly 300 young people arrived Monday on Parliament Hill to cap off a marathon winter trek thro...

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Samuel Mosonyi: Tom Flanagan and the Decline of Academic Freedom in Canada

2013-03-21T17:00:23Z

After Tom Flanagan, a professor at the University of Calgary, remarked at a University of Lethbridge lecture that he had grave doubts for jailing thos...

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Jacob Devaney: 1 Billion Still Rising

2013-03-08T08:04:49Z

The struggle to prevent violence, to stop destructive environmental practices and bring healing needs your support. Every positive action makes a difference.

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Will Braun: The Aboriginal Movement That Trumps Idle No More

2013-03-06T23:31:29Z

Like Idle No More, the Keystone pipeline battle is a gut-level expression of Aboriginal determination. Unlike Idle No More, it is tightly organized and well defined, with proven staying power and a simple focus: to prevent construction of the $6.5-billion project.

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Lisa Bui: Apalling Statements Catch Up With Former Political Strategist Tom Flanagan

2013-03-05T02:47:20Z

This is not the first time Flanagan's remarks have caused a public outcry and stirred considerable controversy, after he called for the murder of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, on the CBC.

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Gina Athena Ulysse: Encuentro: A Space for Artistic Collaboration and Experimentation

2013-02-27T15:37:38Z

As the Oscar-nominated film No continues to stir controversy in Chile, Chilean performance artists collaborated at the Encuentro in São Paulo.

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Sarah van Gelder: Speaking With the Founders of Idle No More

2013-02-21T17:41:28Z

The four founders of Idle No More didn't start out famous. Until flash-mob round dances, prayer circles, and blockades spread across Canada, few people knew Jessica Gordon, Sylvia McAdam, Sheelah McLean, and Nina Wilson. But today, Idle No More is emerging as a powerful movement for the rights of native peoples to protect the lands and waters.

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Twitter Wonders About The Friday Afternoon Timing

2013-02-15T16:53:15Z

John Duncan resigned as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development on Friday and Twitter, predictably, went nuts.

Many users were quic...

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Aboriginal Affairs Minister Quits

2013-02-15T16:29:48Z

OTTAWA - A rough week for the governing Conservatives got rougher late Friday with the surprise resignation of Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan...

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