Well, they’ve gone and chucked Strahl — critics of Indian Affairs will have to slam Duncan now. And as MP John Duncan busies himself printing new business cards, we want to gauge the waters of public opinion on this change-up in political personnel. What, if anything, could this ministerial switch mean in terms of possible […]
Canada’s political rumour mill has churned out correctly predicted the possibility that John Duncan will has become the next Indian and Northern Affairs Minister, thereby replacing fellow B.C. MP Chuck Strahl (who is in turn rumoured to has become the next Government House Leader Transport Minister). Should Since the speculation prove to be is now […]
Loving this short video from the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, a montage assembling moments from the 6 month carving process behind the Stillaguamish Tribe‘s first traditional canoe in 100 years. Made of 300-year-old cedar — a century of that spent hidden underwater — the creation of the shovel-nose canoe was headed up by Lummi Nation […]
Indian Country Today recently put out its first in a four-part series about the fight to “prevent the widespread violence against First Nations women and girls” in Canada. “Trafficking our children” begins with the harrowing description of how one 11-year-old was forced into the sex trade on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, an all-too-familiar example of how […]
The Tyee recently completed its 6-part series entitled “Native Youth, In Their Own Voices,” which explores many of the shared challenges and dreams of the roughly 75,000 Aboriginal youth in BC. The articles feature 14 young Aboriginal people from across the province, “from urban Vancouver, to smaller towns, and right through to remote reserves without […]
