News

Climate Change

Apr 20 2010 Bolivian community sees its future melt

Dec 17 2009 Impacts and Opportunities for Indigenous Peoples:

Dec 14 2009 Evo Morales Says He Will Speak for Indians at Copenhagen

Dec 14 2009 Canadian First Nations at COP 15 Roll Out the Welcome Mat for Stephen Harper in Rally at Canadian Embassy

Dec 14 2009 Aboriginal leader joins Copenhagen protests

Dec 10 2009 UNFCCC, COP15: Indigenous Delegates at Climate Conference "REDD Not Fixable Nor Reformable - Don’t Greenwash REDD"

Dec 7 2009 North American Indigenous Peoples Call for Strong Climate Action in Copenhagen

Dec 7 2009 Web Resources - CBD for Climage Change Talks

Sep 23 2008 Climate change fuels fiercer storms

Sep 12 2008 Climate Change Resources for B.C. Planners


CSTC News

Nov 3 2010 Metal Mining Effluent Regulation (Schedule 2) still an issue with First

Oct 28 2010 Top Court closes door on native group's claim on B.C. Hydro, Rio Tinto Alcan deal

Oct 28 2010 Supreme Court of Canada Rules in Alcan Case That CSTC Must Sue for Damages

Oct 13 2010 Meeting Announcement: The Canadian Boreal – Our Home

Oct 13 2010 CSTC Demands External Review of Prince George RCMP

Oct 1 2010 First Nations in BC Call for Resignation of Junior Mines Minister Hawes

Sep 21 2010 CSTC Supports a Full Transparent Inquiry into the Pickton Murder Cases

Sep 10 2010 Once you let Big Oil in ...

Sep 10 2010 Memorial for Jackie Murdock

Sep 10 2010 Another Enbridge Pipeline Leak: Enbridge Credibility Busted


Energy and Mining

Oct 28 2010 Open Letter: Objection to Comments by Minister of State for Mining

Sep 9 2010 Assembly of First Nations Supports the Positions of First Nations Meeting with U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi

Sep 9 2010 Greenpeace report challenges Canada's need for dirty, risky fossil fuels

Sep 2 2010 Fight against mine could be a bloody affair

Apr 20 2010 Liberals commit to building Site C dam

Apr 20 2010 Despite hoopla, Site C will be a tough sell

Apr 19 2010 Council of Treaty 8 Chiefs Extremely Frustrated with British Columbia’s Decision to Move Forward with Site C

Mar 28 2010 CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVE: Benefits and impact agreements becoming the norm


General First Nations News

Sep 10 2010 Pickton police investigation to be probed

Sep 9 2010 Families relieved at news of Pickton enquiry

May 20 2010 Squamish have power to radically change city skyline

May 19 2010 Ahousaht First Nation Demands Respect for its Sovereignty and Decision-Making Process

May 4 2010 Nature Conservancy of Canada joins forces with Enbridge to protect Canada’s natural treasures

Apr 20 2010 Landowner charged $35,000 by archeologists

Mar 16 2010 Free guide will help natives strike deals with resource companies

Jan 28 2010 AFN National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo welcomes the re-election of Quebec-Labrador Regional Chief

Jan 28 2010 AFN National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo welcomes the re-election of Quebec-Labrador Regional Chief

Jan 28 2010 Aboriginal school project taking off in Prince George


Indian Residential Schools

Oct 15 2009 National Chief Atleo welcomes involvement of Governor General in Truth and Reconciliation Process

Oct 14 2009 Former national chief shares abuse experience with Cornwall

Jun 11 2009 Ceremony marks 1st anniversary of residential school apology

Jun 10 2009 Minister Strahl Announces Appointment of New Chairperson and Commissioners for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Jun 10 2009 Revamped truth forum finally underway having already cost $3 million

Jun 10 2009 Students Support First Nations Day of Reconciliation

Jun 10 2009 AFN National Chief Welcomes Appointments to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Jun 10 2009 NAN, Windigo bring motion for recognition of two residential high schools as "Indian Residential Schools"

Jun 10 2009 Chief Littlechild will step down as Regional Chief of Treaties 6, 7 and 8 (Alberta) effective June 30th

Feb 1 2009 Residential school payouts gambled away


International News (Indigenous Issues)

May 20 2010 Govt warned UN declaration could influence courts

Apr 20 2010 National Govt to support UN rights declaration

Dec 2 2009 International Human Rights Commission Admits Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group Case

Nov 29 2009 UK taxpayers are funding the destruction of my homeland

Oct 16 2009 Joseph Quesnel: Don't give in to UN group-think

Sep 13 2009 AFFIRMING HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Sep 13 2009 2nd anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Canada is still not on board!

Sep 12 2009 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Canadian government isolated as global implementation moves ahead

Sep 11 2009 Assembly of First Nations Marks Second Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Aug 10 2009 Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Second session, Geneva


Natural Resources News

May 20 2010 NAN SAYS NEW NATIONAL BOREAL FOREST AGREEMENT DISRESPECTS FIRST NATIONS RIGHTS

May 20 2010 Government of British Columbia: B.C. And Treaty 8 First Nations Sign Five Agreements

May 20 2010 AFNQL welcomes the agreement to protect the Boreal forest and reaffirm the rights of First Nations on the territory

Dec 7 2009 Northern Gateway Pipeline Project Joint Review Panel Agreement Issued

Dec 1 2009 New book on use and occupancy map surveys

Oct 18 2009 Tribe teams with Google to make stand in Amazon

Oct 17 2009 Hundreds of Humboldt squid wash up on Port Hardy shore

Oct 16 2009 Proposed B.C. mine faces landmark decision over environmental review

Oct 16 2009 Pipelines and Salmon in Northern British Columbia: Potential Impacts

Oct 14 2009 It's one of the worst years in history for salmon, and we're still killing them


Pipelines

Sep 9 2010 Hundreds stroll to Civic Centre carrying protest signs bashing Enbridge proposal

Sep 9 2010 Embattled Enbridge suffers another pipeline breach

Sep 9 2010 Enbridge shuts down another leaky pipeline in U.S. Midwest

Sep 9 2010 Pelosi hears oil sands concerns

Sep 8 2010 Hundreds Rally Against Pipeline Proposal

May 4 2010 Enbridge oil pipeline faces uphill battle


Recognition Legislation

Oct 15 2009 Government drops the ball

Sep 13 2009 Recognition act dead, relationship lives on

Jul 14 2009 UPDATE: Recognition and Reconciliation Initiative

Jun 12 2009 UPDATE: Regional Sessions on the proposed Recognition and Reconciliation Legislation

Jun 12 2009 He's just not that into you, Mr. Prime Minister

Jun 10 2009 Federal official scolds B.C. for native-rights bill

Jun 10 2009 Native rights top priority for new B.C. cabinet

Jun 9 2009 First Nations threaten to snub bill Some bills to pass now; others to wait

Jun 8 2009 Excuse me, Premier, but how would it work?

Jun 8 2009 Back on the road to recognition


Treaty News

Jan 19 2010 A modest proposal: turn all Aboriginal lands into the 11th province

Dec 7 2009 First Nations chiefs focus on self-government, treaties

Oct 18 2009 B.C. Treaty negotiations 'incredibly fragile,' native leaders say

Oct 16 2009 Complacency has set in after 16 years of the treaty process

Oct 15 2009 Federal government dragging its feet on native fishery issues

Oct 14 2009 SAYS TREATY COMMISSION IN 16TH ANNUAL REPORT Make treaty completion a priority

Oct 14 2009 B.C. treaty commission asks PM to intervene

Sep 14 2009 Treaty talk

Sep 13 2009 Nunavut judge heads south after 20 years in North; says system lacks resources

Sep 11 2009 Ray Bobb: Treaties are not the way to indigenous self-determination in Canada