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On March 31st, after two years of preparation by his extended family, Maxwxwadziy, Chief George Shaughnessy conducted a Kwixella to memorialize 5 family members and to name those born since his last potlatch in Alert Bay in 2006. The Kwixella, which...
Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?Jacob Pratt: I just appreciate friends that you, even if you don’t need them, they would be there if you ever needed them. Somebody who is trustworthy and loyal. A real friend is more like...
The four-prong approach to fiscal management and economic development created in the First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act of 2006 was reduced to three in the recent federal budget.
The 2012-2013 operating dollars for the First Nations...
The Heiltsuk First Nation is demanding that the National Energy Board’s Northern Gateway pipeline joint review panel return to the coastal community and give them back the day-and-a-half lost in hearings last month.
“Right now we are in discussions...
It seems to us that the Aboriginal Affairs ship being captained currently by MP John Duncan has been set adrift by its political master, Prime Minister Stephen Harper. It’s not only just off course; there seems to be no course charted at all, and...
The Supreme Court of Canada has called on the British Columbia Court of Appeal to reconsider its finding that five First Nations on Vancouver Island have a right to sell fish harvested in their traditional territories.
In a decision that has even...
Hope and hopelessness is what Cree Elder Lillian Shirt says came through as relatives of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls made dolls in memory of their loved ones.
“The hope that their loved ones are somewhere out there, that they...
Low membership numbers and no on-reserve businesses have made it possible for the Nekaneet First Nation to collect GST on business conducted on its land.
In the next month, chief and council will pass the necessary bylaw and by July or August, GST...
An overwhelming victory by Alison Redford and the Progressive Conservatives was a surprise, admits Driftpile Chief Rose Laboucan, who is hopeful it won’t mean the same old same old for First Nations.
“I’m hoping that the premier will have an open...
Local Aboriginal organizations aren’t reeling from federal budget cuts – but that could be because they don’t have all the details.
“We don’t know yet. We have to go on faith right now,” said Lee Anne Ireland, executive director with the Urban...
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