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PETERBOROUGH - More than 200 people were lined up at the Curve Lake community centre waiting to get their portion of a $71M settlement the federal government paid to three First Nations communities. (QMI)
The financial crisis of the Natuashish Innu band in Labrador has been years in the making, according to financial audits obtained by CBC News. The band, which is $1.5M to $7M in debt, has been struggling to pay its employees since August. Spending began spiraling out of control 3 years ago which show the band's expenses rose 50% between the 2008 and 2011 fiscal years. (CBC)
OTTAWA - The Manitoba Metis Federation claims the federal government never lived up to its obligation to set aside thousands of kilometres of land - including all of present-day Winnipeg - for the children of the Metis. (CP) MORE: MMF have won SCC land claims case Metis win
OTTAWA - The Federal Court has ruled Metis and non-status Indians are indeed "Indians" under a section of the Constitution Act, and fall under federal jurisdiction. (CP) MORE: 2013 FC 6 Ruling could cost 'billions'
CALGARY - A CBC News investigation reveals alarming water test results in the Elbow River near where raw sewage is spilling onto the forest floor of Tsuu T'ina First Nation. (CBC) MORE: Spill caused by vandals
THUNDER BAY - 6 NW Ontario First Nations are preparing eviction notices for mining companies working in the Ring of Fire. (CBC)
GRASSY NARROWS - First Nations people from Grassy Narrows, ON, continue to suffer the effects of mercury poisoning more than 40 years after commercial fishing was closed, a new report shows. (CBC) MORE: Mercury poisoning effects linger Ontario Minamata disease
A UN committee ruled the territorial housing corporation discriminated against Cecilia Kell when they let her non-aboriginal, abusive husband claim their Behchoko. NWT, home. (CBC) JUDGMENT: CEDAW-C-51-D-19-2008 .pdf
DUNCAN - Leaders of a Vancouver Island First Nation have declared a state of emergency over a recent spate of suicides and attempted suicides. (CP)
TORONTO - An intensive review of Ontario records has so far turned up more than 100 possible cases of previously unidentified child and youth deaths linked to Indian residential schools, the province's chief coroner said Thursday. (CP) MORE: Inquest into deaths in Thunder Bay
PINE RIDGE - The Oglala Sioux Tribe at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is suing local alcohol distributors, and some of the nation’s largest beer manufacturers - including Anheuser-Busch, Miller, and Molson Coors - for $500M. (Epoch Times)
Native health officials face charges ROSE VALLEY - Three officials from the Yellow Quill First Nation in SK have been charged with theft, after RCMP investigated how money from the Aboriginal Healing Foundation was spent. (CBC) |
OTTAWA - The Canadian Taxpayers Federation wants First Nations chiefs to make their salary information available to the public online. (CTV) MORE: Time to shine light on politicians
Attempt to keep case out of courts OTTAWA - The federal government has been billed more than $3M for its unsuccessful attempts to keep a high-stakes battle over First Nations child welfare out of the courts. (CP) PREVIOUS: Allegations of phony claims RCMP asked to probe Policy strands patients Staff may have used emergency flights for shopping trips
KIMMIRUT - About 10 Kimmirut residents risked their lives in the early morning of July 28 to subdue an intoxicated 20-year-old man who, soon after the arrival of a big alcohol shipment, fired multiple rounds at the community’s RCMP detachment. (Nunatsiaq News) MORE: Officers shot at Mounties say they are 'under siege' Man charged RCMP blames booze, anger
Duane Antoine, who recently pleaded guilty to theft charges relating to band money, has been re-elected chief of the Poundmaker Cree First Nation. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Weakness in election laws Charges over treaty money Charges
FORT MCMURRAY - The Federal Court has stripped a long-serving chief of a northern Alberta reserve of his title due to voting irregularities. Jim Boucher, chief of the Fort McKay First Nation for close almost two decades, won the 2011 election by one vote. (CBC)
SASKATOON - A former chair of the Metis Addictions Council of Saskatchewan will plead guilty to defrauding the organization a decade ago, the Crown says. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Fraud charges laid
VANCOUVER - An aboriginal band has been granted an injunction preventing Taseko Mines from conducting exploration work around its proposed gold and copper mine in BC's central Interior. (CP) PREVIOUS: Seeking injunctions Mine or Lake Tsilhgot'in Nation
There are more First Nations children in care right now than at the height of the residential school system. (CBC)
OTTAWA - Millions of Casino Rama dollars meant to help lift First Nations out of poverty have been swallowed by legal fees, unexplained expenses and payments to at least one band that doesn't officially exist, suggest newly released audits. (Toronto Star) MORE: Probe urged in Rama payouts
Native housing association taken over EDMONTON - Three directors of an aboriginal housing association in Edmonton wrote cheques to themselves with public money worth nearly $700,000, court records suggest. (CBC)
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba native group misspent more than $6M in federal health-care funds on exotic trips and unjustified payments to the organization's CEO, a federal audit has revealed. (Toronto Star) |
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OTTAWA - The Conservative government has no plans to give in to pressure from First Nations groups to change two controversial pieces of legislation, saying the issue is closed and it's time to move on. (CTV) Focus more on the Indians and less on the Chiefs Atleo taking medical leave Shawn Atleo Audit: Attawapiskat First Nation Default prevention and management Attawapiskat's financial troubles Reporters barred from hunger strike site Native bands challenge omnibus budget bill in court 'We need to stop building crap' |
Successes and failures of self-governance Bridge protest not part of Idle No More Protests pose awkward questions Police turn to province for guidance First Nations leaders meet to clarify Movement grows too big to track Idle no more spreads beyond border |
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Attawapiskat won't drop legal action Spence says she can't sustain hunger strike |
Single letter helps change law Bill for accountability won't fix problems Judge rules for appointed manager |
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Feds aware of crisis for years |
Fixes to stop native teen suicides |
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RCMP will look into gambling website SASKATOON - A SK First Nations-owned gambling website went online for the first time prompting the province to respond by referring the matter to the RCMP. The Northern Bear Casino's presence at the White Bear First Nation is confined to the laptop computer of CEO Bernie Shepherd, who was chief when the band opened the first on-reserve casino in 1993. (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix) FSIN keeping eye on new online gambling site Reading this online may be illegal |
Court attack in smoke shop war Long fight ahead expect on tobacco 1st Nation sues over seized smokes Jurisdiction in question over seizure Alberta Gaming & Liquor Commission Native leader warns of confrontations |
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The Canadian Human Rights Commission has received more than 300 complaints from aboriginal people and First Nations groups since 2008, when legislation was changed to allow the commission to look at issues such as reserve housing and federal funding for reserve services. (CBC) MORE: First Nations' human rights complaints |
AKWESASNE - A Justice Department report said multiple tonnes of high-potency marijuana are smuggled through the St Regis Mohawk Reservation, located on the US side, each week by native American groups that are supplied by Canada-based gangs, an operation that also smuggles "multi-thousand tablet quantities" of ecstasy into the US. (CBC) |
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Commercial fishing not a right OTTAWA - A First Nation in BC lost its bid to gain widespread access to commercial fishing rights in a Supreme Court decision. (CBC) JUDGMENT: 2011 SCC 56 |
The federal government wants to hire a national detective service to streamline the way it investigates allegations of electoral impropriety in native communities. (CBC) |
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WINNIPEG - Since the South Beach Casino opened in 2005 on the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, it has paid more than $43M to Hemisphere Gaming MB Co and related companies. The ownership group has been paid $17M in profits since the casino opened. (CBC) |
CUT KNIFE - 9 people from a Saskatchewan First Nation are accused of theft and fraud involving treaty land entitlement money. The 9, all members of Poundmaker First Nation, are charged with fraud over $5,000 and theft over $5000. (CBC) |
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WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is under fire for requesting a $1.9M fee to hand over to the Winnipeg Free Press public documents concerning flood compensation paid to First Nations. (Toronto Star) |
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Government ordered to release documents OTTAWA - The government of Canada must collect millions of documents housed in its archives that relate to the experience of aboriginal children at church-run residential schools and turn them over to the commission it established to reveal the truth about the institutions. (Globe & Mail) |
New beginnings .pdf Aboriginal Canada and natural resources |
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Don't ask government for toilets Audit slams Roseau River 1st Nation Loan allegations Blott & Company First Nations summit in Ottawa BC 1stN’s students to get equal funding Canadian Indian residential school system History of residential schools |
Residents take on overpaid council RCMP 'herded' kids to residential schools Things to know about the paycheques |
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Band alleges century of neglect Housing project plagued by obstacles 'Too many chiefs, not enough Indians' Ottawa, leaders commit to overhaul Truth & Reconciliation Commission Truth and Reconciliation Commission Truth & Reconciliation Commission BC signs deal with 6 First Nations Native children flooding into aid Judge approves class-action suit |
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Chief defends salary Pay & perks Journey for truth hindered by egos OPP almost moved in on blockades |
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Council signs new bridge agreements Police dismantle native protest First Nations left off jury lists |
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Loan blacklist targets reserves Premier tells municipalities to ignore fee Air evacuation of Northern reserves Court rules proved title to land Judgement presents challenge to BC |
Taxes are fueling Organized Crime Nunavut & Ottawa share responsibility Delegation withdraws from treaties Mountie defends pepper-spraying Six Nations to issue building permits RCMP give Sechelt band apology letter |
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1st Nations vote for self-government Court dismisses Metis land claim Canadians wary of 'entitlements' |
Blockade organizer warns of actions Regina lawyer's fee: up to $40M Dispute delays payments to victimized natives Lawyers set to be paid $80M in abuse deal Cabinet approves $2B residential school deal Woodlands survivor calls cheque an insult Survivors wait while lawyers squabble This time, abusers are lawyers |
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Matawa First Nations leaders are proposing a $34M strategy to halt prescription drug abuse - a strategy that would fund addiction and mental health workers in 9 communities. (CBC) |
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SASKATOON - There should be no chiefs or politicians on the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority's board of directors, a former chair of the board says. (CBC) |
FSIN discusses Lerat role in casino agency |
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TORONTO - Residents and businesses affected by a lengthy and sometimes violent aboriginal land-claims dispute in Caledonia, Ont., will receive $20M in compensation as the result of a class-action settlement. (CTV) Charges laid against protesters Caledonia households get $430K Caledonia compensation offer insult Tensions flare after judge halts talks |
Caledonia family, OPP reach deal Report warned of potential violence |
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