A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Wendake, Quebec, Canada The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, announces that the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Economic Development Commission (FNQLEDC) has been granted $98,201 in non-repayable funding for the establishment of First Nations young entrepreneur clubs. Allocated over a three-year period, this financial assistance will enable the FNQLEDC to hire a coordinator to organize a variety of activities fo...
British Columbia, Canada The BC First Nations Leadership Council announced a China strategy aimed at cultivating stronger relations with China and respond to growing commercial interest in British Columbia’s natural resources sector, the respective traditional territories of First Nations. The First Nations-China: Transforming Relationships strategy was launched in Vancouver at a press conference hosted jointly with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada as part of the Foundation’s new initiative called the National Conversation on Asia. Pas...
Kwakiutl First Nation, British Columbia, Canada Assembly of First Nations (AFN) British Columbia Regional Chief Jody Wilson-Raybould expressed support for Kwakiutl First Nation as they take action to create awareness about the need to uphold Aboriginal Title and rights, including treaty rights, to forest resources on their traditional territory. Kwakiutl First Nation is located on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island near Port Hardy and Port McNeil, B.C. The community held organized demonstrations on August 3 and 4 as a last resort attempt...
British Columbia, Canada The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously decided that if the tobacco industry is forced to pay damages to the BC government for tobacco-related health care costs, the federal government will not be required to reimburse the tobacco industry for those damages. The BC government has filed a lawsuit against the tobacco industry for billions of dollars in compensation for health care costs attributed to smoking. The tobacco industry countered by naming the federal government as a “third party defendant,” meaning the federal...
Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Alberta, Canada Beaver Lake Cree Nation is outraged by demands from Canada and Alberta to pay the government’s costs for BLCN’s application to have a free lawyer represent the band in a hotly contested lawsuit aimed at putting the brakes on the expansion of the tar sands industries. Both Canada and Alberta have demanded payment for their costs for winning the fight against allowing UK barrister Michael Mansfield QC from being allowed to represent BLCN in upcoming pre-trial motions this October. The bills total nea...
Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation, Ontario, Canada The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, together with the Honourable Chris Bentley, Ontario Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, congratulate Chief Paul Gladu and the Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation on the creation of their new reserve. This announcement recognizes several years of collaboration, which began in 1996, and will advance to the next phase as the First Nation develops its new community base. The Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek...
Deer Lake First Nation, Ontario, Canada On July 7 the following information was released - Forest fires are burning out of control 3.5 kilometres from Deer Lake, a remote northwest First Nations community in Northern Ontario and residents need your help in this time of emergency. Approximately 480 residents have been airlifted by Canadian Forces aircraft to Greenstone, Ontario. Keewaytinook Okimakanak is accepting donations on behalf of the Deer Lake First Nation who require food, clothing and supplies at this time of crisis. More information...
Confederate Salish and Kootenai of the Flathead Reservation, Montana, United States A 12-inch oil pipeline burst on July 1 contaminating the Yellowstone River within the traditional lands of the Confederate Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The owners of the pipeline, ExxonMobil Corp. are working to cleanup the oil spill, but rising water levels increase the difficulty of containing the spill. This pipeline was previously located directly across the Flathead Reservation and was moved in the 1990’s after the Tribes refused to allow them to r...
Nanatsiavut Inuit, Zoar, Labrador, Canada The remains of 22 Inuit that had been taken from marked graves over 80-years ago were repatriated to their former site at a Moravian mission site. The Nanatsiavut Government worked closely with the Field Museum who had possessed the remains to verify the origins of the remains. The participating parties acknowledge that this repatriation process was marked by mutual respect and cooperation. Colville Reservation, Washington, United States The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation have seen a...
M’Chigeeng First Nation, Manitoulin Island, Ontario The Mother Earth Renewable Energy (M.E.R.E.) wind project broke ground on Aboriginal Day, June 21. This project is Ontario’s first wind project entirely owned by a First Nations community and will generate 4 MW of power. This project is the first of 16 within First Nations communities in Ontario to take advantage of Ontario’s Green Energy & Economy Act. Seneca Nation of Indians, New York A New York State Appeals court has lifted the temporary order preventing NYS from collecting taxes on ci...
