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Author: Rick Harp

A founder and president of the INDIGENA Creative Group, Rick offers 15 years-plus media experience in journalism and communication. A host/producer with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network for many years, Rick has also served as Artistic Director for the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival. He is a member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in northern Saskatchewan. Rick on the Web: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn

Duncan v. Duncan: Indian Affairs Minister eats his own words again

Posted on November 9, 2010November 18, 2010 by Rick Harp

Honestly, I don’t even go looking for this stuff. Once again, the federal Indian Affairs Minister John Duncan has pretty much recanted the thunderous pronouncements he made as a Reform party critic. He’s made it a habit. In the Nov. 8 Toronto Star article, “Minister downplays despair on reserves,” Duncan was pushed for a “comment […]

Do Chiefs belong on the boards of Child & Family Service agencies?

Posted on November 9, 2010November 9, 2010 by Rick Harp

Wanted to highlight a Nov. 6 Winnipeg Free Press column by Colleen Simard questioning the recent appointment of 7 Chiefs to the board of a southern Manitoba Child and Family Services (CFS) authority. According to the CBC, the southern CFS authority “oversees 10 child and family agencies… [with] 4,200 First Nations children in foster care.” […]

Youth more likely to see Aboriginal peoples as key founders of Canada: Poll

Posted on November 9, 2010November 9, 2010 by Rick Harp

The Association for Canadian Studies out of Montreal recently commissioned a poll asking 1,500 Canadians “Which of the following groups played the most important role in founding Canada” — the British, the French, or, as they write, “the Aboriginals”? Leaving to the side the annoying (if common) usage of the term ‘the Aboriginals’ to refer […]

WEBINAR: Native American post-mortem on US midterm elections

Posted on November 8, 2010November 8, 2010 by Rick Harp

Political junkies and technophiles alike might enjoy this archive of a recent webinar conducted by the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) as part of their ongoing campaign to promote Native American voter participation within mainstream US politics. Known as Native Vote, organizers regard Indian Country [as] … an increasingly powerful voting bloc. In recent […]

AUDIO: Ticket giveaway to ELECTRIC POWWOW DJ night in Winnipeg; the politics of potash and privatization

Posted on November 4, 2010November 4, 2010 by Rick Harp

On this week’s chat with THE WORD’s Lady V, we announced details of our ticket giveaway for the ELECTRIC POWWOW, happening tonight in Winnipeg as part of Aboriginal Music Week. (Psst! One ticket is still up for grabs as of 12:28 pm Winnipeg time)! We also quickly discuss our comparison of the politics of potash […]

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