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04/29/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/29/2021 15:31 Consult with Indigenous Peoples before Making Decisions That Affect Them, Speaker Tells States, as Permanent Forum Continues Session Indigenous peoples - guardians of nature - must be consulted before States greenlight development projects, members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues stressed today, as the body concluded a discussion on its six mandate areas - economic and social development, culture, environment, ed...

BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — Some Alaska residents in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have raised...

BETHEL, Alaska - Some Alaska residents in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have raised concerns that 15 days is not enough time to submit public comment on a d...

COVID-19 on P.E.I.: Whats happening Saturday, Feb. 13 P.E.I. has confirmed its first case of the B117 coronavirus variant that was first detected in the U.K. Social Sharing CBC News · Hand sanitizing is required at the lighthouse in Souris.(John Robertson/CBC) P.E.I. has confirmed its first case of the B117 coronavirus variant that was first detected in the U.K. Premier Dennis King and Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison made the announcement in an unscheduled briefing on Saturd...

Posted: Feb 11, 2021 2:02 PM AT | Last Updated: February 11 Having the vaccinations delivered in a group setting is important to Indigenous people living on the Island, says Wanda Lyall at the Native Council of P.E.I. (File photo from Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The Native Council of P.E.I.is working with Health PEI on a plan to administer a COVID-19 vaccine to as many as 1,500 Indigenous Islanders living off reserve. The council represents status and non-status Indigenous people who are not resi...

Pamela Palmater: For Indigenous peoples, it’s time to look within It’s time we finally got rid of what isn’t working for us—even if that means parting ways with long-established advocacy organizations or demanding better of our leaders by Staff on January 29th, 2021 at 9:00 AM 1 of 1 2 of 1 Excerpted from Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence (Fernwood Publishing),  a collection of essays by Pamela Palmater. I wish I didn’t have to write this. I wish I could say t...

First Nations groups, Charlottetown council differ on Sir John A. Macdonald statue Pedestrian walk past a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in Charlottetown on Monday, March 4, 2019. nbsp; THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan January 29, 2021 - 10:18 AM CHARLOTTETOWN - First Nations groups and Charlottetown city council are at odds over how to deal with a statue of Canadas first prime minister. Members of the Epekwitk Assembly of Councils — which represents the A...

"We understood when we were asked for input following the citys decision to keep the statue last summer, that we were to provide recommendations on how that statue could be offset to address the situation, in keeping with reconciliation objectives," says a letter signed by the chiefs of the two First Nations and sent to the city Thursday. The demands from the Prince Edward Island First Nations groups echo similar calls across the country for the removal of Macdonald statues because of his role ...

Credit Dean Swope / KYUK On Jan. 26, the Bethel City Council is expected to hire Tumak Enterprises, LLC as developers of Tanqik Subdivision. The already-approved subdivision will add 10 new lots to the city. It doesn’t sound like much. But between the other two subdivisions already underway, in a few short years the city could have over 100 new homes providing housing for hundreds of residents. Across the street from Tanqik is Blue Sky Subdivision. According to Bethel City Planning Director T...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Alan Small | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 Save to Read Later Dig into the life of Curtis Jonnie, the man behind Shingoose, the singer and songwriter, and you’ll discover the fascinating journey of a person who bristled at discrimination against Indigenous people and spent his life doing something about it. Dig into the life of Curtis Jonnie, the man behind Shingoose, the singer and songwriter, and you�...