Brian Lee Crowley
Troy Media
OTTAWA, ON, May. 13, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Probe the mind of the average Canadian and you’ll likely find a complex knot of feelings and thoughts about aboriginal Canadians, a mixture of guilt, admiration, resentment and frustration in roughly equal measure.
Write comment (0 Comments)Former military official says poverty and anger in indigenous communities mean conditions for an "insurgency" are ripe.
Chris Arsenault
Aljazeera
Living standards for indigenous people on par with "third world" countries, buttressed by a large population of unemployed young men in a "warrior cohort", and easy-to-target economic infrastructure, all mean Canada has conditions for a potential indigenous "insurgency".
Write comment (0 Comments)Child-welfare system working with families: official
By: Carol Sanders
Winnipeg Free Press
Close to 10,000 kids are in care in Manitoba but there are even more deemed safe at home receiving child-welfare services since the death of Phoenix Sinclair, a provincial inquiry heard Monday.
Write comment (0 Comments)By: Lindor Reynolds
Winnipeg Free Press
Calvin Nepinak has expensive proof his 13-year-old daughter was on a lengthy trip this spring: His Rogers cell phone bill was $1,970, the result of numerous father-daughter calls as the youngster walked from Winnipeg to Ottawa.
Write comment (0 Comments)By Keven Drews, The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER – Southwestern British Columbia’s St’at’imc Chiefs Council is threatening to block a highway and rail line and “embarrass” private companies and the next provincial government over trespasses on its traditional territory.
Write comment (0 Comments)Forensic audit ordered due to lavish expenses
By: Martin Cash
Winnipeg Free Press
The former CEO of Tribal Councils Investment Group Inc., Allan McLeod, and five senior executives have been terminated and the new board, led by chairman Glenn Hudson, chief of Peguis First Nation, is in the middle of an extensive review of the company's operations.
Write comment (0 Comments)Families of slain, missing women show solidarity
By: Matt Preprost
Winnipeg Free Press
It was a day she never had the chance to enjoy.
Write comment (0 Comments)CBC News
Dozens of people gathered in Winnipeg for a special Mother's Day event Sunday, in honour of a woman who has been missing for two years.
Write comment (0 Comments)Posted by Kai in Historiography
“The first immigrants to Europe arrived thousands of years ago from central Asia. Most pre-contact Europeans lived together in small villages. Because the continent was very crowded, their lives were ruled by strict hierarchies within the family and outside it to control resources. Europe was highly multi-ethnic, and most tribes were ruled by hereditary leaders who commanded the majority “commoners.” These groups were engaged in near constant warfare.
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