Monthly Archives: September 2009

By Lloyd Dolha The Kwicksutainuk Ah-kwa-mish First Nation of Alert Bay is “appalled and bitterly disgusted” at the recent reported escape of 40,000 farmed Atlantic salmon from the Port Elizabeth fish farm in the Broughton Archipelago on October 25th. “It’s … Continue reading →

By Lloyd Dolha Chief Donny Morris of the Kitchennubmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation met with De Beers Canada president Jim Gowan for talks on possible exploration in their traditional territories on August 24, 2009, at the diamond giant’s downton Toronto … Continue reading →

By Lloyd Dolha The Algonquins of Barriere Lake in northern Quebec set up a blockade to prevent Abitibi-Bowater logging equipment and forestry workers from entering their traditional territory. Protesters peacefully lay down in front of trucks loaded with logging equipment … Continue reading →

By Clint Buehler Joane Cardinal-Schubert, B.F.A., LLB (Hon.), RCA (Blood) passed away in the early morning of September 16 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Although best known for her paintings and installations, Cardinal-Schubert, throughout her long and … Continue reading →

By Richard Wagamese I started to run again. It’s been twenty years or more since I ran anything further than a trip around the bases in a slow pitch rec league. Back then it was still possible for me to … Continue reading →

By Bernie Bates A car passes by and inside is a person who is completely unaware of my gaze, my intrusion or even of my own existence. And I ask myself: what are they thinking, where are they going, what’s … Continue reading →

By Jim Ada The evening that Dudley George was killed by the Ontario Provincial Police, (September 6, 1995), the Premiere Mike Harris happened to be celebrating his recent election victory at a gala event at the York Club. Peter Edwards … Continue reading →

By Lloyd Dolha The Alberta provincial government and Shell Canada filed motions in the Queen’s Court Bench on September 1st, requesting the dismissal of a case brought forward by the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) last year that could threaten … Continue reading →

By Jonina Kirton It has been said that you can feel the spirits of the murdered/missing Aboriginal women on the Highway of Tears, and many families and friends of the Aboriginal women who are murdered or missing across the country … Continue reading →

By Frank Larue The Wasagamack and God’s River First Nations in Manitoba received body bags in H1N1 Kits received from the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The kits also contained facemasks and hand sanitizer, and the body bags seemed like … Continue reading →