How slow can it go?
Landmark landlease settlement fought for by Elouise Cobell stalls in Washington. Again.
Category: ISSUES+POLITICS
In the midst of ‘truth’ and ‘reconciliation,’ Canada fails to bring child abusers to justice
Alois Brunner, Dr. Aribert Heim, Ivan Demjanjuk — names of but a few of the most wanted war criminals named by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Los Angeles-based human rights advocacy group and well-known Nazi-hunting organization. According to the CBC, just this week, former Nazi death camp guard Samuel Kunz (3rd most wanted on the list) was […]
Why do most health and social services fail Aboriginal people?
An Australian research team will receive AUD$2.5 million (or apx CAD$2.3 million) over 5 years to explore the depressing question of why most health and social services continually fail to improve Aboriginal health. The research will take place under the auspices of the Perth Telethon Institute for Child Health Research project in Western Australia. It […]
mediaINDIGENA on STREETZ-FM’s “THE WORD”: July 27, 2010
Hot off the presses, here is Week 2 of mediaINDIGENA‘s weekly sit-down with ‘THE WORD’ on Winnipeg’s urban music station STREETZ 104.7 FM, heard live world-wide via their online webstream every Tuesday at 1 pm est, 10 am pst. Hosted by Lady V, THE WORD will feature a weekly discussion about the latest news and […]
mediaINDIGENA on CBC Radio re: Indian Act Repeal Poll
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 […]
