A Voice from the Eastern Door
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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- When he was eight years old, Beynan Ransom protested with his parents at a General Motors plant that discharged waste into the St. Lawrence River near the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Territory, three hours from Syracuse. More than 10 years later, Ransom is still working to improve the Native American community across New York by working with the Onondaga Nation, this time on the removal of the Onondaga Creek dam. Now, his commitment is getting a boost from the University at Buffalo’s Wolf-Fire Scholarship offered through the U...
Ashley Callingbull in Miss World Canada Pageant On May 13 Ashley Callingbull of the Enoch Cree nation in Alberta will be competing in The Miss World Canada pageant and will simultaneously be in the running for the People’s Choice award. Ashley will likely share her experiences through Facebook posts and Twitter tweets. You can vote for Ashley at the official Miss World Canada site or on the Miss World Canada Facebook page. Abenaki Bands Get State Recognition Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law two bills that extend official state recognition t...
Smoke Traders World Premiere Smoke Traders World Premiere at Hot Docs 2012 on May 3rd at 9pm and on May 4th at 3:45pm. Put together by Rezolution Pictures Smoke Traders features Brian White from Akwesasne. Short Synopsis: For centuries, Europeans have run the North American tobacco trade; today the First Nations people are taking it back. But is the tobacco trade a road to independence or criminality for Native people? Smoke Traders tells the story of the contraband tobacco trade and the effect on individual lives and communities from a Native...
Peacekeepers Confirm Identity of Police Vessel The Kahnawake Peacekeepers have confirmed that the Zodiac-type vessel witnessed in the Seaway earlier this week was operated by the RCMP. The small vessel, manned by armed officers in tactical gear, was seen and photographed by local residents on Tuesday, April 17 just before noon. “This incident is an unacceptable breach of the Policing Protocol we have with outside law enforcement agencies,” said Peacekeeper Chief Dwayne Zacharie. “The Peacekeepers will be immediately addressing this issue with...
Ottawa, ON (April 13, 2012) – The Health Department of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) has worked tirelessly for over 30 years to address shameful inequities that continue to plague Aboriginal women’s health in Canada. Health Canada has advised NWAC today that it will not support its national innovative health programs or policy work, it decided to cut all funding for projects aimed at improving the health of Aboriginal women in Canada. Aboriginal women are the least healthy and suffer more chronic health conditions than any o...
CASINO IN KAHNAWAKE The Kahnawà:ke Casino Project Team of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke is pleased to announce the opening of a Casino Project Information Center for Kahnawa’kehró:non who wish to learn more about the project. The Information Center will be located at the former Environment Protection Office on the Old Malone Highway and will remain in operation until the referendum takes place. Community members will be able to drop in at their convenience to access information, ask questions and speak directly with members of the Casi...
Onondaga Nation seeks justice and honoring of treaties despite courts, Doctrine of Discovery. February 28, 2012 - Washington, D.C.—The Onondaga Nation’s lawyers filed the appeal of the 2010 dismissal of their Land Rights Action to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City today, but Onondaga and other Haudenosaunee leaders chose Washington D.C. to announce the filing, bringing with them the original wampum belt U.S. President George Washington commissioned for the Haudenosaunee in...
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada Students from across Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon are participating in Get Reel, a video campaign to create anti-tobacco ads, as part of this year’s pan-territorial Smoke Screening initiative. For the eighth year, the governments of Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon are promoting this educational anti-tobacco program for youth, Smoke Screening 8, which exposes students to international and local northern anti-tobacco messages through film and social media. A new hands-on component this year is the G...
Lake St. Martin, Manitoba, Canada Members of Lake St. Martin, a small Manitoba First Nation recently flooded, are divided over the choice of an interim village site as a temporary home while they await permanent relocation. Concerns were raised over a decision by the community’s chief to walk away from negotiations after the province refused to consider the involvement of a band-run business in the move. Some questioned the chief’s personal financial involvement in the venture, but some data shows most of the funds from the business go to the...
Maliseet First Nation, New Brunswick, Canada Young people from the Maliseet First Nation will have the opportunity to learn the Maliseet language, thanks to support from the Government of Canada. Funding was announced by Mike Allen, Member of Parliament (Tobique-Mactaquac), on behalf of the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages. The funding will enable the Tobique Wellness Centre to offer a 16-week Language Nest program for children and their parents, which will include teaching traditional cultural...
Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada Quebec’s Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Mr. Pierre Arcand with Mr. Germain Chevarie, Member of the National Assembly for Îles-de-la-Madeleine, announced an agreement to conduct a study on the creation of a marine protected area in Îles-de-la-Madeleine. In so doing, the governments of Canada and Quebec are acting on their mutual desire to further understanding of the unique biodiversity in Îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The announcement is part of the large...
Yukon, Canada Yukon youth are benefiting from a contribution of almost $53,000 towards 16 projects through the Youth Investment Fund. Projects include an after school sports program in Whitehorse, male and female high performance hockey camps in Haines Junction, a youth conference and job fair in Mayo, an art enrichment project in Dawson City, a youth-coached figure skating program, and group violin classes taught by youth. Sponsored by the departments of Education, Health and Social Services, Justice, and Community Services, the Youth...
Lake Whitney, Texas, United States Historic droughts in Texas are leaving water levels in the region’s lakes, many of which are manmade, more than a dozen feet below normal. These drops in water levels are uncovering ancient artifacts, and even a Native American skull. Looters are taking advantage of the dropping water levels at Lake Whitney, which is about 50 miles south of Forth Worth, by snatching up Native American fossils and tools that date back as far as eight thousand years ago. Thirty arrests have been made and violators were put on p...
Calgary, Alberta, Canada For the first time ever, a First Nation wholly owned Grain Company has opened up new offices in China. First Nation Grain Management celebrated this past week the Grand Opening of their office in Dalian, China. The project, which is being headed up by well renowned and respected First Nations leader, Dr. Victor S. Buffalo, O.C., A.O.E., is expected to export volumes of canola and other grains to the Chinese. From 2008 to 2010, First Nation Grain Management journeyed to Asia on very exciting and informative research...
Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards, Manitobe, Canada The 6th annual Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards were handed out at MTS Centre in Winnipeg tonight. Lorne Cardinal and Kyle Nobess hosted the spectacular show, which was televised live on APTN. Errol Ranville was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The audience of just over 4000 enjoyed performances by Derek Miller, Ghost Keeper, Elisapie Isaac, Kelly Daniels, Don Amero, Samian with Florent Vollant, Pacific Curls, and C-Weed Band with Ali Fontaine. Alaska, United States...
Island Lake Region, Manitoba, Canada First Nations leaders fear thousands of people in northern Manitoba will have to wait another year to get running water in their homes because governments have been dragging their feet and the brief period when pipes and other material can be trucked over winter roads is fast approaching. More than 40 per cent of the 1,880 first nations homes in Canada that still do not have water service are located in four communities in Island Lake region, about 500 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg on the Ontario border....
Grand Council of Crees, Quebec, Canada Geomega Resources Inc. is pleased to announce the Company has signed a Pre-Development Agreement for its Montviel Rare Earths Project with the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)/Cree Regional Authority and the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi. The PDA has been developed on the principle of mutual respect between the parties, and the interests of all stakeholders in seeing the establishment of a successful mining venture at Montviel. It provides for business and employment opportunities for the Crees...
Blackfeet Tribe, Montana, United States Elouise Cobell, an enrolled member of Montana’s Blackfeet Tribe who led a 16-year landmark legal fight to get the federal government to pay an estimated 500,000 Native Americans for mismanaging their trust accounts, died Sunday at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls, Mont. When news broke that Elouise Cobell, the embodiment of a 16-year battle with the United States government for Indian funds, died Sunday night, the outpouring of memories started to circulate. Comments have been made from President Barack O...
Nunavut, Canada The Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor) and Minister of Health announced a multi-year investment to develop the Nunavut tourism industry and promote Nunavut as a world-class tourist destination. Over four years, Nunavut Tourism will use this investment to support marketing related activities including a major tourism conference, research, visitor exit surveys, website development, and media and trade activities. Additional contributions will come from Nunavut Tourism, the Government of...
Iskatewizaagegan First Nation, Ontario, Canada Iskatewizaagegan (Shoal Lake) #39 First Nation as a delegation began a walk to Winnipeg to raise awareness and support for their water rights in their traditional territory on Oct. 3. Starting on the historic anniversary of the signing of Treaty #3, the delegation will began a four day walk of almost 300 kilometers from their community in Ontario to the Legislative Building in Winnipeg, MB. Yurok Tribe, California, United States The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded the Yurok Tribe a...
Navajo Nation, New Mexico, United States The leadership of the Navajo Nation recently hosted a delegation from the Oneida Indian Nation as the two nations continue to develop a vision to unify Indian country leadership and strengthen the sovereignty of all nations. It was the second such visit between leaders of the two nations, which are developing a unique friendship and partnership. In early July, Navajo Nation Vice President Rex Lee Jim led a delegation to Verona, New York, where they met with Ray Halbritter (Wolf Clan), Oneida Indian...
Tahltan Nation, British Columbia, Canada AltaGas Ltd. announced that it has received notification from the Tahltan Central Council that the Tahltan membership voted in favour of the Impact Benefit Agreements (IBAs) for its McLymont Creek and Volcano Creek run-of-river hydroelectric projects. These projects are located near AltaGas’ 195-MW Forrest Kerr project, currently under construction, approximately 1,000 km north of Vancouver, BC. AltaGas expects the Forrest Kerr project to come into service in 2014, followed by McLymont Creek in 2015 a...
Northern B.C. First Nations, British Columbia, Canada A key first nations group has rejected Enbridge’s offer to give aboriginal groups a 10-per-cent ownership stake in the proposed $5.5-billion Northern Gateway pipeline. The five northern B.C. first nations that make up the Yinka Dene Alliance claim traditional territory that covers 25 per cent of the pipeline route. First nations’ support is considered critical to the project because land claims have not been settled along most of the pipeline route through northern B.C. In its response to En...
Taykwa Tagamou First Nation/Temagami First Nation, Ontario, Canada Two First Nation communities are strengthening their economies through infrastructure improvements and planning activities, while creating new jobs. With support from the Province the Taykwa Tagamou First Nation will complete a feasibility study that will assess economic development opportunities and determine long-term sustainable job creation. The Temagami First Nation will complete the design of a new multi-use community building for council meetings, local gatherings and...
Nanoose First Nations, British Columbia, Canada On August 8 and 9, 2011 the Members of Nanoose First Nation cast their ballots to ratify their Land Code. By a majority of 90% of ballots cast, the Community gave a clear message to the Government of Canada that they were opting-out of parts of the Indian Act and reassuming authority and decision-making over their reserve lands and resources. Nanoose is the 35th First Nation to ratify the Framework Agreement on First Nations Land Management. Yakama Nation, Washinton, United States Indian Health...
