Monthly Archives: January 2011

By Lee Waters There has yet to be a Native actor who has really made it. Adam Beach and Tantoo Cardinal are in a class of their own, but let’s face it, there’s no Indian Marlon Brando taped inside our … Continue reading →

By Lloyd Dolha The Chiefs Council and BC Hydro initialed an historic final agreement on a compensation package over a long-standing grievance with the province regarding construction of a massive hydro-electric project St’at’imc traditional territory in the Lillooet area. “The … Continue reading →

By Frank Larue I thought you had to be really old or retired and rich to be in the Hall of Fame,” Clarence Louie told the Osoyoos Times, responding to the news that he had been inducted in the Aboriginal … Continue reading →

By Clint Buehler Carolyn Buffalo wants her cigarettes back . . . all 14 million of them. The Chief of the Montana First Nation here says 75 cartons of “contraband” cigarettes were illegally seized from a quonset hut on the … Continue reading →

By Lloyd Dolha The Kwicksutainueuk/Ah-Kwa-Mish First Nation (KAFN) expressed deep frustration and disappointment that appeals have been filed to overturn a provincial court ruling that supported KAFN’s bid for a class action lawsuit against the BC provincial government. The lawsuit … Continue reading →

Tiga Talk! is a unique television series on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) that entertains kids while teaching both Aboriginal and English language skills during the very formative childhood years (age 3-6). Aboriginal languages are being lost across Canada, … Continue reading →

By Kelly O’Connor A new year is the perfect time to turn over a new leaf, and most of us make a resolution to eat right and exercise. This time we mean it. The Cree Women of Eeyou Istchee Association … Continue reading →