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Residents in the Mohawk community of Kanesatake are not happy ...

(CBC) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:05:34 GMT

(CBC) - Residents in the Mohawk community of Kanesatake are not happy with how Quebec police are patrolling their territory, and want a new Native force to target criminal activity, according to a report obtained by CBC's French-language service.

Canadian native indians in Caledonia, Ontario. Canadian aboriginal ...

(AFP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - Canadian native indians in Caledonia, Ontario. Canadian aboriginal children are being raised in 'extreme poverty,' the nation's top chief lamented Monday, two decades after parliament voted unanimously to eradicate child poverty. Photo:Geoff Robins/AFP

Old cars sit in a flooded yard at the corner of Samuel Road ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:10:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Old cars sit in a flooded yard at the corner of Samuel Road and Tzouhalem Road near Cowichan Bay, on the Cowichan First Nation Reserve, Saturday Nov. 21, 2009, the day after a state of emergency was called due to the flooding, in Duncan, BC. THE CANADIAN PRESS- Deddeda Stemler

Wearing hip-waders, Eric Jones and Phillip Joe wade through ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:38:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Wearing hip-waders, Eric Jones and Phillip Joe wade through the lake that has flooded their front yard with a wheel barrow to collect sand bags on the Cowichan First Nation Reserve along Tzouhalem Road, Saturday Nov. 21, 2009, the day after a state of emergency was called due to the flooding, in Duncan, BC. THE CANADIAN PRESS- Deddeda Stemler

First Nations stores selling cigarettes and other products tax-free ...

(CBC) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:55:34 GMT

(CBC) - First Nations stores selling cigarettes and other products tax-free creates an uneven playing field for competing businesses, the Saskatchewan branch of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation says.

Hundreds of people protest and wave Canadian flags before marching ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:51:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Hundreds of people protest and wave Canadian flags before marching to the location where Six Nation natives occupied a housing development site on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006 in Caledonia, Ont., near Hamilton. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)

A group of students from different faculties at the University ...

(CBC) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:20:39 GMT

(CBC) - A group of students from different faculties at the University of Alberta has received $137,000 over two years from Health Canada for a smoking prevention program aimed at aboriginal youth.

Prince Charles wears a traditional Coast Salish First Nation ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:40:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Prince Charles wears a traditional Coast Salish First Nation cedar headband he received from British Columbia Lt-Gov. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Britain's Duchess of Cornwall Camilla, wife of Prince Charles, ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Britain's Duchess of Cornwall Camilla, wife of Prince Charles, is given a Coast Salish First Nation Band blanket by British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell presented by British Columbia Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point (2nd R) during a dinner in Victoria, British Columbia November 7, 2009. Lieutenant-Governor Point is a member of the Coast Salish First Nation Band and presented the Prince and Duchess of Cornwall with traditional gifts. REUTERS/Andy Clark (CANADA ROYALS POLITICS)

Britain's Prince Charles wears a Coast Salish First Nation Band ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:18:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles wears a Coast Salish First Nation Band cedar wreath and blanket presented by Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point during a dinner in Victoria, British Columbia November 7, 2009. Point is a member of the Coast Salish First Nation Band and presented the traditional gifts to the prince and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. Nancy Campbell (R), wife of provincial Premier Gordon Campbell, stands behind Prince Charles. REUTERS/Andy Clark (CANADA ROYALS)

Britain's Duchess of Cornwall Camilla, wife of Prince Charles, ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:11:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Britain's Duchess of Cornwall Camilla, wife of Prince Charles, wears a Coast Salish First Nation Band cedar wreath and a blanket presented by Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia Steven Point during a dinner in Victoria, British Columbia November 7, 2009. Lieutenant-Governor Point is a member of the Coast Salish First Nation Band and presented the Prince and Duchess of Cornwall traditional gifts. REUTERS/Andy Clark (CANADA ROYALS POLITICS)

Britain's Prince Charles meets with members of the Squamish ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:49:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles meets with members of the Squamish First Nation Band while visiting the Athlete's Village for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Andy Clark (CANADA ROYALS POLITICS SPORT OLYMPICS)

Britain's Prince Charles listens to members of the Squamish ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:35:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles listens to members of the Squamish First Nation Band perform while visiting the Athlete's Village for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Andy Clark (CANADA ROYALS POLITICS SPORT OLYMPICS SOCIETY)

Britain's Prince Charles chats with Wade Baker, a member of ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles chats with Wade Baker, a member of the Salish First Nation Band, while visiting the Athlete's Village for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia November 7, 2009. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, visited the village that athletes will use during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. REUTERS/Andy Clark (CANADA ROYALS POLITICS SPORT OLYMPICS)

British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell (L) speaks with Prince ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell (L) speaks with Prince Charles (C) as he and his wife Camilla (2nd R), Duchess of Cornwall, are greeted by members of the Esquimalt First Nation Band upon their arrival at the legislature in Victoria, British Columbia November 6, 2009. The British royal couple are on the west coast as part of their Canadian tour. REUTERS/Andy Clark (CANADA ROYALS POLITICS)

Some First Nations governments near the Dempster Highway are ...

(CBC) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:38:23 GMT

(CBC) - Some First Nations governments near the Dempster Highway are unhappy with the Yukon government's new hunting restrictions for the Porcupine caribou herd, which include a ban on hunting female caribou and a limit of only one bull per hunter.

Not all residents of an isolated Manitoba First Nations community ...

(CBC) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:17:43 GMT

(CBC) - Not all residents of an isolated Manitoba First Nations community hit hard by the first wave of the H1N1 flu are eager to be vaccinated against an expected second outbreak of the virus.

Aboriginal people are a priority to be vaccinated against swine ...

(CBC) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:52:54 GMT

(CBC) - Aboriginal people are a priority to be vaccinated against swine flu, but this could be a challenge in northern Manitoba where reserves are spread far and wide.

Minister of Health Leona Aglukkaq speaks during question period ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:21:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Minister of Health Leona Aglukkaq speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ont., Thursday October 8, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

The Cowessess First Nation east of Regina says it has a plan ...

(CBC) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:18:11 GMT

(CBC) - The Cowessess First Nation east of Regina says it has a plan in place for dealing with any outbreak of flu. The reserve is being hailed as a model for others.

Normee Ekoomiak, one of Canada's most successful Inuit artists, ...

(CBC) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:36:23 GMT

(CBC) - Normee Ekoomiak, one of Canada's most successful Inuit artists, died on Monday in Ottawa at the age of 61.

A member of a local Coastal Salish First Nations (R) and Mayor ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A member of a local Coastal Salish First Nations (R) and Mayor Gregor Robertson (C) lead diplomats and past athletes on walk through the Olympic Athletes' Village in Vancouver, British Columbia October 8, 2009. Foreign ambassadors posted to Canada were invited to view the almost completed village to be used to house athletes during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. REUTERS/Andy Clark (CANADA SPORT OLYMPICS)

A member of the Cree tribe wears traditionak Inuit clothing. ...

(AFP) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:15:00 GMT

(AFP) - A member of the Cree tribe wears traditionak Inuit clothing. Swapping skin drums for synthesizers and replacing throat singing with slam poetry, young Canadian aboriginals are reinventing traditional North American native music in a bid to bridge two cultures. Photo:/AFP

A member of the Cree tribe wears traditional Inuit clothing. ...

(AFP) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:15:00 GMT

(AFP) - A member of the Cree tribe wears traditional Inuit clothing. Swapping skin drums for synthesizers and replacing throat singing with slam poetry, young Canadian aboriginals are reinventing traditional North American native music in a bid to bridge two cultures. Photo:/AFP

Members of the Cowichan First Nation on Vancouver Island say ...

(CBC) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:49:06 GMT

(CBC) - Members of the Cowichan First Nation on Vancouver Island say the Hudson's Bay Company ripped-off their design for one of the most sought-after pieces of Canada's Olympic uniforms.

Customers are being squeezed out of an Ottawa shopping plaza ...

(CBC) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:02:07 GMT

(CBC) - Customers are being squeezed out of an Ottawa shopping plaza parking lot by Algonquin College students who are parking there, says the manager of the plaza.

In this photo courtesy of the Nicholas Metivier Gallery and ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:28:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this photo courtesy of the Nicholas Metivier Gallery and provided by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the photo 'SOCAR Oil Fields #3, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006', by Edward Burtynsky is seen. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery)

The B.C. Assembly of First Nations has elected a new chief. ...

(CBC) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:46:00 GMT

(CBC) - The B.C. Assembly of First Nations has elected a new chief. Jody Wilson-Raybould was sworn in Thursday after taking 91 or 54 per cent of the 169 votes cast on the third ballot at the assembly's annual general meeting in North Vancouver.

Inuit hunters and polar bear biologists remain at odds over ...

(CBC) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:04:03 GMT

(CBC) - Inuit hunters and polar bear biologists remain at odds over the true number of polar bears in Nunavut's Baffin Bay region, with opposing views at a public hearing on whether to cut hunting quotas.

Tom Rideout is chairing the Mi'kmaq group's membership committee, ...

(CBC) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:20:21 GMT

(CBC) - Tom Rideout is chairing the Mi'kmaq group's membership committee, which will decide who qualifies for membership in a new landless First Nation known as the Qalipu Band.

The Elsipogtog First Nation wants to crack down on crime in ...

(CBC) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:50:13 GMT

(CBC) - The Elsipogtog First Nation wants to crack down on crime in the eastern New Brunswick community by running background checks on non-aboriginal people looking to move onto the reserve.

The Elsipogtog First Nation is cracking down on crime in the ...

(CBC) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:50:13 GMT

(CBC) - The Elsipogtog First Nation is cracking down on crime in the eastern New Brunswick community by fingerprinting any non-aboriginal people looking to move onto the reserve.

New Commissioners for the Indian Residential Schools Truth and ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:59:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - New Commissioners for the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), is smoked in as Commissioner Marie Wilson, left, and Commissioner Chief Wilton Littlechild, right, look on as they take part in a ceremony in Gatineau, Quebec on July 16, 2009., to commemorate their appointments for the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Chief Jerry Knott, centre right, and Grand Chief Harper, centre ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:21:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Chief Jerry Knott, centre right, and Grand Chief Harper, centre left, hold body bags. Aboriginal leaders in Manitoba say they are horrified and want an explanation as to why some of the reserves received dozens of body bags from Health Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Manitoba Keewatin Okimakanak-HO

A First Nation in Yellowknife says it won't sponsor a traditional ...

(CBC) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:36:20 GMT

(CBC) - A First Nation in Yellowknife says it won't sponsor a traditional fall caribou hunt this year, in an effort to help protect the shrinking caribou herd.

A young Inuit boy takes part in ceremonies on Parliament Hill ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:44:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A young Inuit boy takes part in ceremonies on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday September 10, 2009 marking World Suicide Prevention Day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Swine flu hit First Nations in Manitoba especially hard in the ...

(CBC) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:56:01 GMT

(CBC) - Swine flu hit First Nations in Manitoba especially hard in the spring and leaders are upset they had to ask to be invited to an international conference in Winnipeg this week.

More than 400 people gathered on Big River First Nation to say ...

(CBC) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:15:52 GMT

(CBC) - More than 400 people gathered on Big River First Nation to say goodbye to Darby Morin, the soldier who died last month in Afghanistan while serving in the U.S. Army.

Royal Bank of Canada confirmed Wednesday that Phil Fontaine ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:29:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Royal Bank of Canada confirmed Wednesday that Phil Fontaine has been retained as a special adviser. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld/ file

An aboriginal dancer performs at the opening ceremonies for ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An aboriginal dancer performs at the opening ceremonies for the World Skills Competition in Calgary, September 1, 2009. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA POLITICS)

Construction of 16 nursing stations and health clinics in First ...

(CBC) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:13:55 GMT

(CBC) - Construction of 16 nursing stations and health clinics in First Nations communities is underway across Canada, thanks to $135 million in federal funding, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said Tuesday.

Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and a First Nations chief had ...

(CBC) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:50:40 GMT

(CBC) - Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and a First Nations chief had widely divergent views Friday on the state of flu pandemic preparedness plans for aboriginal communities.

The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is taking a spin ...

(CBC) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:21:52 GMT

(CBC) - The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is taking a spin on a potentially contentious idea it says it wants to keep all the profits from First Nations-run casinos.

Hillary Angel Wilson, 18, is shown in an undated photo from ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:35:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Hillary Angel Wilson, 18, is shown in an undated photo from a Facebook memorial to her friend Cherisse Houle, found dead off Sturgeon Road last month. Six weeks later, her body was found Thursday in East St. Paul. A growing chorus of voices are calling for a task force into missing aboriginal women in Manitoba after another young woman's body was discovered on the outskirts of Winnipeg. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO