Caldwell First Nation council removes chief and councillor following audit
Caldwell First Nation Chief Louise Hillier stands outside of a membership meeting in Leamington on Sept. 23, 2017. Members were discussing a forensic audit that found lax financial controls surrounding a 2016 powwow. (Dan Taekema/CBC News)
Chief Louise Hillier declined to speak with reporters as she walked into the meeting
By Dan Taekema, CBC News, September 23, 2017
The council of the Caldwell First Nation has removed Chief Louise Hillier and Councillor Lonnie Dodge from their positions in the wake of a forensic audit that found lax financial controls surrounding a 2016 powwow. Read the rest of this entry
Eight Mapuche Movement Leaders Arrested in “Operation Hurricane,” amidst Mapuche Hunger Strike
Women’s Coordinating Committee for a Free Wallmapu, September 23, 2017
Special Police Forces continue brutalization of Mapuche resistance in outrageous criminalizing spectacle during the ongoing Mapuche Hunger Strike.
WALLMAPU – This past Saturday, a series of violent raids and arrests against Mapuche movement leaders – dubbed “Operation Hurricane” by Chilean authorities – were carried out by Special Police Forces (PDI) throughout the regions of Bio-Bio, Arauco and Los Rios in southern Chile. Read the rest of this entry
Pipeline ‘man camps’ loom over B.C.’s Highway of Tears
An industry camp for workers on a pipeline near Rainbow Lake, Alta. is shown on Jan. 27, 2013. Photo by Jason Woodhead on Flickr Creative Commons
September 21, 2017
Nak’azdli Whut’en First Nation is nestled on the banks of Stuart Lake in north-central British Columbia, surrounded by rolling foothills and tall trees.
It is a relatively remote community, breathtaking in scenery and dependent on economic opportunities in forestry, mining, and pipeline development. It is a community bracing for major change. Read the rest of this entry
Moricetown band set to change name
Part of a mural in the Moricetown community hall.
Posted by Jacob LeBlanc, CFNR Radio, September 21, 2017
Moricetown band members will now get to say a familiar name as the village is changing their name.
Victor Jim is the newly elected chief and as one of his first acts in office was to return the name of their village to its original name, Witset. Read the rest of this entry
Residential school runaway remembers harrowing journey that killed his two friends
Bernard Andreason, then and now. Andreason, left, at 11 years old, when he attended Stringer Hall in Inuvik. He’s now 56, and lives in Vancouver (right). (CBC)
‘At the time, as young kids, it sounded good … like we were going to make it in a day or 2’
By Brandi Morin, CBC News, September 21, 2017
When the highway connecting Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk year-round finally opens in November, Bernard Andreason hopes to be there.
But it will be a celebration tinged with loss and regret. Read the rest of this entry
Families walk B.C. Highway of Tears to honour missing, murdered Indigenous women
Billboard warning girls not to hitchhike on the Highway of Tears (Highway 16) where many young women have gone missing. This is just north of Smithers. Steve Bosch / Vancouver Sun
by Laura Kane, Associated Press, September 20, 2017
When Gladys Radek walks the Highway of Tears, she says she can feel the spirits of women who are missing or have been murdered walking beside her.
Dozens have vanished or been killed along the notorious stretch of Highway 16 in central British Columbia. On Thursday, Radek will honour the 12th anniversary of the disappearance of her niece, Tamara Lynn Chipman, by walking the route once again. Read the rest of this entry
Keeseekoose First Nation elders spark RCMP investigation into band council
Flag of the Keeseekoose First Nation in Saskatchewan.
APTN National News, September 19, 2017
The RCMP has confirmed to APTN National News that it has launched an investigation on Keeseekoose First Nation in Saskatchewan after two elders came forward providing a stack of financial documents. Read the rest of this entry
Province apologizes after wildlife officers seize fish from northern Alberta Métis camp
A video still showing Alberta Fish and Wildlife officers seizing fish from a Métis camp outside Conklin, just south of Fort McMurray. (Roxy Power/ Submitted)
‘We will take steps to ensure this doesn’t happen again,’ Indigenous Relations Minister says
By David Thurton , CBC News, September 16, 2017
The Alberta government has apologized to a northern Alberta Métis community after wildlife officers confiscated 25 fish from a camp near Christina Lake on Friday.
“This was an unfortunate circumstance,” Indigenous Relations Minister Richard Feehan said in a media release Saturday. Read the rest of this entry
Indigenous elders at national gathering warn of dire need to react to environmental disasters
‘We want to practise our traditions but our medicines, the animals, the environment is affected,’ says elder
Rita and Tommy Monias travelled to the gathering from Cross Lake, Man. (Brandi Morin)
By Brandi Morin, CBC News, September 15, 2017
Some Indigenous elders who live traditional lifestyles that include hunting, fishing and trapping on lands and waters long utilized by their ancestors say they have noticed a rapid shift in the environment over the last several decades — a shift some attribute to climate change. Read the rest of this entry
Gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous inmates growing, latest statistics show
Ministers of justice and public safety say the government is not turning a ‘blind eye’ to the issue
By Alison Crawford, CBC News, September 15, 2017
There are more Indigenous offenders in Canada’s prisons and they serve more time before being released on parole than other prisoners, according to fresh statistics from the federal Department of Public Safety. Read the rest of this entry
