Morning Star’s rise: Native leader fêted by royalty

Before he reached his teens, William Commanda embodied every terrible Indian stereotype: illiterate, impoverished, angry and drunk.
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Loss of Aboriginal culture root of violence against women

Ending violence against Aboriginal women has to come from outside society and from within the community, says the Ontario Native Women‘s Association.
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NARMP Role Model Inez wins four Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards

At the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards (APCMAs) in Winnipeg earlier this month, B.C.-based singer-songwriter Inez Jasper worked the stage with talent and poise. Clad in black and violet leather and backed by an impressively choreographed dance routine, she belted out her slinky dance-pop hit Breathe in front of an audience of about 4,000 people.
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Aboriginal-Rights Champion Cindy Blackstock Awarded Atkinson Fellowship

The three-year Fellowship will provide $100,000 annually for Ms. Blackstock's advocacy on behalf of First Nations children and communities.
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N.B. has let children suffer: youth advocate

New Brunswick has let many of its young people, particularly in First Nations communities, suffer in "shocking" conditions, the province's child and youth advocate says.
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A bridge to health care

Two dozen students from all around the province were the first to gain admission to SFU Surrey’s Aboriginal Pre-Health Program this fall.
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Residential school forum

Marie Wilson was attending university before she heard anything about Canada's troubled history of residential schools.
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Ex-PM funds First Nations students

Former prime minister Paul Martin is betting $70,000 that 22 aboriginal students at Scott Collegiate can beat the odds, graduate from high school and succeed in business.
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Fibre-optic cable connects remote reserves: Experts help communities with flu-fighting plans

Health directors on isolated reserves in northern Alberta credit kilometres of new fibre-optic cables for helping them prepare to fight the flu pandemic.
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First Nations children at risk: Madahbee

Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee along with other Chiefs of First Nations in Ontario are meeting with the Ministry of Children and Youth Services Minister Laurel Broten to discuss the funding cuts being imposed on a number of native mandated child protection agencies.
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HIV could devastate Sask. First Nations: Doctor

Drawing a startling comparison between Canadian native reserves and areas of sub-Saharan Africa, a Saskatchewan medical health officer is warning that HIV could kill up to 30 per cent of the province's aboriginal population over the next five to 10 years.
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Aboriginals want culture reflected in any renaming of Northwest Passage

Aaju Peter never imagined her chin tattoo would become the subject of a parliamentary debate about bolstering Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic.
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First Nations conference exposes 'hidden epidemic' of HIV

There are ancient songs First Nations women used to sing in the forest to heal their injured men, songs of anguish and of strength, set to the heartbeat rhythm of a healing drum.
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First Nations flu vaccinations half done

More than half the people living on First Nations reserves in Alberta have received a flu shot, protecting a group labelled high risk after the first wave of the H1N1 pandemic in April.
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Young aboriginal smokers target of new program

A group of students from different faculties at the University of Alberta has received $137,000 over two years from Health Canada for a smoking prevention program aimed at aboriginal youth.
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Native Canadians no longer 'Dime Store Indians'

They are Squamish, Lil'Wat, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh, Canada's native people whose embrace of the 2010 Winter Olympics is key to eradicating the problems faced by the First Nations.
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Medical establishment doesn't understand aboriginal diabetes dilemma: Doctor

After a three-hour, 1,100-kilometre morning commute, Dr. Karen Yeates climbs out of a water taxi at the south end of James Bay.
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NAHO Releases Final Agenda for 2009 National Conference

The National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) released the final agenda for its upcoming national conference entitled Our People, Our Health in Ottawa Nov. 24-26, 2009.
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Assembly of First Nations and Health Canada to Co-Host a Virtual Summit on H1N1 Preparedness November 10th, 2009

On November 10, 2009 at 12:00 noon EST Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Shawn Atleo will co-host a Virtual Summit on H1N1 preparedness for First Nations communities.
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Aboriginal transplant rates show 'two tiers' to health-care system: Experts

Peter Nakogee knows the chances are not good for aboriginals seeking transplants in Canada, but the gregarious father of four has reason to celebrate.
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Sault woman driven to help others realize their potential

If it can be done, Daphne Belleau can do it. Originally from Sault Ste. Marie and a member of Garden River first nations, this Sault College student makes things happen.
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Canada ranked 25th in world infant mortality

Fewer Canadian infants die before their first birthday compared with the Americans, but Canada ranked behind most European countries on the health-care indicator in a new report.
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Canada to Investigate Disappearing Pacific Salmon

Canada will launch an investigation into why far fewer sockeye salmon than scientists had predicted returned to the Fraser River on the Pacific Coast this summer.
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Millions of Canadians live in inadequate housing: report

An estimated 1.5 million needy households in Canada could have access to suitable, affordable housing for the cost of slightly more than $1 a day for every household in the country, a new report says.
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Loss of global languages threatens culture, history: Language expert

When the last native speaker of an endangered language dies, does that language die with them?
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Majority of those on hard-hit Manitoba reserves getting immunized against H1N1

Residents of northern Manitoba reserves who watched loved ones airlifted to hospital with swine flu in the spring aren't taking any chances as the second wave hits.
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Native reserves polluted due to gaps in rules: AG

Ottawa has failed to provide proper environmental protection for First Nations reserves and adequate warning for toxic substances in consumer products.
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First Nations reserves are toxic: Fraser

Canada’s First Nations reserves are filthy, environmentally toxic places and the federal government has done little to stop it, suggests Auditor General Sheila Fraser.
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