May 2007

CBC states that the report on the shooting death of Dudley George will be released today.

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Rod Mickleburgh of The Globe and Mail reports that children in foster and/or government care are doing much worse in school than other school children.

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Anne Kyle of the Leader Post reports that "a judge has upheld an arbitration decision that found the First Nations University of Canada violated the academic freedom of a prominent faculty member, Blair Stonechild".

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The Saskatoon StarPhoenix, of May 29, reports that five candidates are vying for the position of president of the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan.

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It is hoped that these new guidelines will give Aboriginal peoples a stronger voice in health research.

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CBC reports on Local 003, which has been approved by the union.

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Federation of Saskatchewan Indians (FSIN) begins kick-off of the Peacemakers Pedalling For Aboriginal People with Diabetes (PPAD).

(Saskatoon) FSIN Vice-Chief Guy Lonechild is linking up with many other community partners to kick off the Peacemakers Pedalling For Aboriginal People with Diabetes (PPAD) bike tour on May 22, 2007 in Saskatoon.

PPAD is a collaborative effort to raise awareness about Diabetes. The bicycle team is made up of four police officers from the Saskatoon Police Service, one rider from the Saskatoon Health Region and one staff member from the FSIN Health and Social Development Portfolio area.

The riders will hit the highway in Saskatoon on Tuesday, May 22, and will pass through Colonsay and Wynyard on their way to Yorkton for May 24. Their plan is to cycle through the Manitoba towns of Russell, Neepawa, Portage la Prairie and Brandon before getting into Winnipeg on May 28. The next leg of their trip will include Hadashville, Manitoba and then on to stops in Kenora, Dryden and Ignace, and Upsala be reaching their final destination of Thunder Bay on June 4.

The PPAD bikers will make presentations along the way for anyone who makes a request. You can call Saskatoon Police Service Cst. Keith Salzl on his cellular at (306) 220-6140 or Dwight Bird of FSIN Health and Social Development at (306) 281-7149 to make arrangements for presentations.

Traditionally, Aboriginal people led active lifestyles including eating healthy foods. But today, people aren't as active and their diet is influenced by fast food, and processed food. This has contributed to people from Aboriginal descent being at much higher risk for developing type 2 Diabetes - in fact, they are three to five times more likely to develop this disease.

Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness, lower limb amputation and of new kidney disease. It is also a leading cause of heart attack and stroke disease. Managing Diabetes properly can control many of these complications. So people face less risk if the are physically active, eat healthy and maintain a healthy body weight.

This is the third year the PPAD team has made a trek across the country to raise awareness about Diabetes. Fundrasing is no longer the sole focus of the trip but anyone interested if free to make a donation to the National Aboriginal Diabetes Association.

Partners in the ride include, the FSIN, the Saskatoon Indian & Metis Friendship Centre, the Saskatoon Indian Gaming Authority, SaskEnergy, AIDS Saskatoon, The City of Saskatoon-Community Development, Saskatoon Police Service, Eagle Feather News, Saskatoon Health Region - Primary Health, National Aboriginal Diabetes Association, Canadian Diabetes Association and the Saskatoon Tribal Council.

For more information, please contact FSIN Director of Communications Bonny Braden at (306) 956-1026

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Grand Chief Stan Beardy addresses the UN Conference, "Indigenous Peoples' Communication for Development", in streaming video for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.
(Thanks to KNET for this announcement).

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The Regina Leader Post reports that John Graham was released from custody yesterday. Lawyers argued about the reliability of evidence received from the United States.

"The U.S. claims that John Graham is actually John Boy Patton and that he shot Canadian Mi'kmaq activist Anna Mae Aquash in the head and left her to die in a South Dakota snowbank in December 1975."

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Shaun Polczer of the Calgary Herald reports that the "deal has been structured to allow the Deh Cho to sign on at a future date".

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Anglicans are to rebuild St. Jude's Cathedral in Iqaluit even though they are short $4.5 million. A groundbreaking service has been scheduled for June 3.

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North Bay, Ontario: May 31, 2007:

The Ontario First Nation Public Libraries Strategic Plan Implementation Committee will be launching their advocacy campaign to support the advancement of First Nation Public Libraries.

The launch will be held in North Bay, Ontario on Thursday, May 31st at the Conference for First Nation Librarians (PDF) there will be various dignitaries, librarians and a viewing of the DVD Making a Difference, narrated by Dr. Thomas King.

The contact person is Sheri Mishibinijima at 705-859-2692 or smish@amtelecom.net

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Jorge Barrena of the Edmonton Sun reports that Friends of the Disappeared is threating to escalate a campaign of civil disobedience

"to force the federal government into identifying and repatriating the bodies of 50,000 Native children who the group claims died in residential schools."

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Stolen Sisters is Amnesty's campaign website to stop violence against Aboriginal women.

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Lawsuit launched to recover costs associated with the blockade.

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"New regulations created under the First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act (FNCIDA) will allow on reserve oil sands development to occur at Fort McKay First Nation."

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Doug Cuthand, in a Leader Post article, looks at the cost of the residential school system which includes:

"welfare, the prison system, generations of dysfunctional families and lost potential."

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The Cree Dictionary (Nehiyaw Masinahikan) includes Cree syllabics, syllabic converter and provides the sound feedback for Cree words submitted.

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Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan and the Saskatoon Health Region have been awarded $805,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to study immunization rates of Aboriginal children in Saskatoon.

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The Globe and Mail reported that the B.C. Appeal Court said that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans was justified in infringing on Cheam First Nation's rights for conservation reasons.

The case is: 2007 BCCA 265 R. v. Douglas et al.

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Bill Curry of The Globe and Mail says that an apology will be issued this week.

"The motion comes on the heels of a investigative series by The Globe and Mail highlighting how federal officials ignored decades of internal warnings that children were dying in alarming numbers at the boarding schools due to unsanitary conditions."

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