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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)
OTTAWA - A group of Algonquins in West Quebec is preparing to launch what could be the largest land claim in Canada’s history - for a swath of territory covering 650,000 square kilometres across eastern Ontario and West Quebec. (PostMedia)
OTTAWA - The Harper government is fighting a class action lawsuit by aboriginal children who argue the loss of their culture in foster and adoptive care was a wrongful act - a case that could make western legal history. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: RCMP unaware RCMP 'herded' kids to residential schools Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada
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)
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)
John Beaucage, the First Nations leader was recently hired by the Ontario government to look into aboriginal child welfare and what he found - not just in Ontario, but across the country - was despair. There are more First Nations children in care right now than at the height of the residential school system. (CBC)
A complaint from a member of the Poundmaker First Nation in June 2004 has led to several charges being laid. The accused are charged with misspending treaty land entitlement funds. (APTN) |
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)
Treating impoverished First Nations patients is a surprisingly lucrative enterprise for the country's dentists, with the six highest-billing practitioners receiving more than $1M a year from Health Canada. (PostMedia)
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
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
SASKATOON - The assessment, which looked at 4,000 water and wastewater systems on 571 First Nations, also came back with an estimate that $4.7B should be spent during the next decade to service and improve on-reserve systems, including $680M in Saskatchewan alone. (PostMedia) MORE: 1st nations urged to fight for safe water Advisor's commission and the water deal
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)
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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OTTAWA - Two government audits show Ottawa is earmarking about a billion dollars a year to build and repair First Nations infrastructure, but its myriad of officials are not keeping proper tabs on how the money is spent. (CP) Where does the money really go? |
'We need to stop building crap' Attawapiskat financial statements |
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Feds aware of crisis for years |
Canada failing First Nations kids Fixes to stop native teen suicides |
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PIPESTONE - There was another raid at the Dakota Chundee Smoke Shop SW Manitoba. (CTV) Reading this online may be illegal |
Long fight ahead expect on tobacco 1st Nation sues over seized smokes Jurisdiction in question over seizure Alberta Gaming & Liquor Commission |
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Feds tie cash to financial disclosure OTTAWA - The First Nations Financial Transparency Act requires both a report on all salaries and expense claims paid to chiefs and councillors, as well as all audited financial statements for the band. (Winnipeg Free Press) |
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VANCOUVER - The residential school system constituted an assault on aboriginal children, families and culture, and Canadians have been denied a full and proper education about aboriginal societies, according to the TRC's interim report. (CBC) 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 1st Nations can confront government Band alleges century of neglect Housing project plagued by obstacles |
Court decision brings legal claims down to earth Just maybe things will improve Residential school claims soar Lawyers warned about ethics IAP Chief and council ordered removed Leaders give themselves 2 more years Don't ask government for toilets Audit slams Roseau River 1st Nation Residents take on overpaid council |
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Truth & Reconciliation Commission Truth and 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 |
Chiefs say release lacks context First Nations have been good for us Violent crime a state of emergency Legislation to unlock development |
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First Nation has been good for us Chief defends salary Pay & perks Board dissolved senior management Aboriginal policy gets common sense AFN chief must reform organization |
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Journey for truth hindered by egos TB explodes on northern reserves OPP almost moved in on blockades |
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Council signs new bridge agreements Police dismantle native protest Leaders condemn bridge protest First Nations left off jury lists Cash fight splits first nation |
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Loan blacklist targets reserves Natives want children's remains Reconciliation & 'truth' compatible? Brantford turns to courts for help Premier tells municipalities to ignore Six Nations development fee Suckered by politicians & lawyers |
Taxes are fueling Organized Crime Nunavut & Ottawa share responsibility |
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Number in crowded dwellings drops Court rules proved title to land Judgement presents challenge to BC Ontario returning Ipperwash to natives Inquiry faults police, Ont., Ottawa |
Mountie defends pepper-spraying Six Nations to issue building permits Chief condemns 'violent actions' RCMP give Sechelt band apology letter Truth a casualty of confrontation Report bolsters aboriginals' resolve 1st Nations vote for self-government Court dismisses Metis land claim Canadians wary of 'entitlements' |
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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 Barricade down, talks to resume Chiefs not happy with $125M offer Offer of $125M a 'slap in the face' $125M to end Caledonia dispute |
Caledonia family, OPP reach deal Report warned of potential violence |
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