The following is the second half of my two-part interview with former Chief Marcel Balfour, who recently opted not to run for re-election in his home community of Norway House Cree Nation in northern Manitoba. In part one of our conversation, we discussed the realities and frustrations of working with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada […]
“Avatar” director accepts invitation from former Chief of the Mikisew Cree Nation George Poitras and the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) Clayton Thomas-Muller, an organizer with the IEN says he spoke with Cameron at a special screening of Avatar in NYC earlier today and that the director-turned-activist has agreed to take part in a “fact finding mission” […]
Reading about this incredible soon-to-be 100 year old Oneida language advocate, I have to ask: what excuses will you and I come up with today, tomorrow and the day after that for not doing all we can to revitalize our indigenous languages? Now a great-great-grandmother, [Maria] Hinton may be one of a few fluent Oneida speakers […]
Last month, the Chief of one of Canada’s largest First Nations opted not to run again after serving just one term. For 8 years, Marcel Balfour held political office with the Norway House Cree Nation (on-reserve population: 5,500), located about 850 km north of Winnipeg, MB. First voted in as Councillor in 2002, Balfour […]
Over the next 10 days, participants at the Ninth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will engage in important discussions related to this years special theme, ‘Indigenous peoples: development with culture and identity,’ areas associated with Articles 3 and 32 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous […]
