In this installment of our weekly Tuesday sitdown on STREETZ 104.7 FM, Rick Harp and THE WORD host Lady V discuss the website “BEAT NATION” – home of hip-hop Indigenous-style – and touch on a debate over the appropriateness of hip-hop being used to share Aboriginal cultures. Rick also talks about Australia’s Desert Art Centre which uses YouTube […]
New Indian & Northern Affairs Minister John Duncan issued a formal apology to the descendants of 19 Inuit families who were forcibly relocated from Inukjuak and Pond Inlet to Grise Fiord and Resolute Bay in the High Arctic during the 1950’s. According to the full statement: “The Government of Canada apologizes for having relocated Inuit […]
It’s official: John Duncan has replaced Chuck Strahl as Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC). Duncan had previously served as Strahl’s parliamentary secretary at INAC. Strahl – who many had believed was going to be the new Government House Leader – has taken over John Baird’s spot as Minister of Transport (who in […]
Big news out of Ottawa. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to announce a mini-shuffle of his cabinet on Friday. According to a Globe & Mail report, John Duncan will replace Chuck Strahl as Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs. Strahl is rumoured to be moving up to Government House Leader, a position left open since […]
On July 22, mediaINDIGENA’s Rick Harp sat down with CBC Radio’s “Up to Speed” to discuss that much-hated piece of legislation, the Indian Act. In particular, AFN National Chief Shawn Atleo’s pledge to repeal and replace the Indian Act by 2015. Rick also shared some insights gleaned from our poll, “Should the Indian Act be […]
