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Sunrise with coastal rocks; St. Anthony, Newfoundland

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Qalipu Mi'kmaq Enrolment Agreement Reached

The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, and Brendan Sheppard, President of the Federation of Newfoundland Indians (FNI), today announced a Supplemental Agreement that will address shared concerns...

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Twin Towers, New York

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Kahnawake Skywalkers: The Mohawk Steel Worker Tradition

Little Indian kids on a bridge up in Canada They can balance and they can climb Like their fathers before them They’ll walk the girders of the...

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The Duty to Consult—the Groundhog Day Conundrum

By Bruce McIvor, principal, First Peoples Law reprinted with kind permission from Bruce McIvor Case Comment on Adams Lake Indian Band v. British...

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fancy shawl dancer

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Indigenous Powwow Dances - #3 of 3 in the Powwow Series

This is the third in our three-part series on the Indigenous powwow. The first was A Primer on the Indigenous Powwow, the second was about the...

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powwow regalia

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Indigenous Powwow Protocol - #2 of 3 in the Powwow Series

This is the second in our three-part series on powwows. In the first part, A Primer on Indigenous Powwows, we covered a bit of the history. This...

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Chief Robert Joseph

Chief Dr. Robert Joseph - Q&A on Reconciliation and Forgiveness

In this segment from his presentation at the Expanding Our Knowledge Conference, Chief Dr. Joseph took questions from the audience on reconciliation...

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Métis artwork

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A Report on Métis Identity by Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee

Ottawa (June 6, 2013) – A report on Métis identity released today by the Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee calls on the federal government to...

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horse fence in low light. Photo: Unsplash

Aboriginal Relations - Perspectives From Both Sides of the Fence

Gordon Mohs, Aboriginal Relations Specialist, Eba Engineering, talks about his experience in Aboriginal Relations working for both First Nations...

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Photo: Patricia Graesser

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Aboriginal Enlistment in the Canadian Forces - Challenges

As June 5 is Canadian Forces Day we thought it would be timely to provide some history of Aboriginal enlistment in the Canadian Forces (CF) and why...

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First Nations Health Authority logo

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First Nations Health Authority: A new era of First Nations health in BC

British Columbia First Nations are making history by undertaking a transformative process to change the way health care is delivered to their...

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