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Quietly on Thursday the Harper Government cut funding to the National Aboriginal Health Organization. Canadian citizen tax dollars appear to be needed more for military expenditures than for one of the most important Aboriginal programs in the nation.
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Toronto -
Activists staged a panel discussion in Toronto on Tuesday concerning the Tar Sands, ethical oil, and First Nations land rights
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Edmonton -
A battle continues intensifying over Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline which would transport Alberta tar sands oil to the Pacific coast of British Columbia, with opponents of the project noting “it’s going to be war.”
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A huge rally took to the streets on Saturday in British Columbia’s Prince Rupert, opposing Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline which would transport Alberta tar sands to Kitimat, primary access point along the province’s northwest coast.
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More First Nation children are in foster care today than during the height of the residential school system during the 1960's, according to new reports.
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A new study that examined the impacts of tar sands operations on the Athabasca River and two aboriginal nations living downstream from those industries concluded oil sands operations are removing large amounts of water from the Athabasca River.
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Ottawa -
Canada has at long last signed on to the United Nations Declaration of Indigenous Rights. Adopted by many nations in 2007, but rejected by Canada, Canada's First Nations, Métis and Inuit have been urging the government to endorse the protocol.
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Seattle -
It was August 30, and a 50 year old Aboriginal artist was crossing a road in Seattle. Within a minute, all that changed after John T. Williams was shot four times by a police officer.
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First Nations are concerned that they will face aggression if they defend Tsilhqot'in rights, lands and waters in BC if the federal government does not stop the proposed Prosperity Mine.
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The Anishinabek leadership in the Northern Superior region were not notified by the Canadian government when over a thousand artifacts, estimated to be 9,000 years old, were excavated and shipped to Lakehead University.
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Painkiller addiction hits Canada's First Nations peoples
 A national panel on first nation elementary and secondary education released a long-awaited study Wednesday, saying there really is no national system for aboriginal education.
 First Nations in Northern Ontario say a severe nursing shortage is affecting the health of their community members.
 Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo says an "ambitious" approach is needed to tackle the issues facing Canada's aboriginal people.
 The current national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Shawn Atleo, will officially launch his campaign for re-election in Vancouver today.
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