Rising numbers of Cdn. children diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes: report

What used to be known as adult-onset diabetes is showing up in more and more children, especially among aboriginals, says a recent study by the Manitoba Institute of Child Health.
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Aboriginal women's leadership conference seeks to learn from the past, shape the future

Historically, Aboriginal women held significant importance within their communities for their wisdom and knowledge of traditional ways.
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Back to Batoche marks milestone anniversary

The lineup of performers for this year's Back To Batoche celebration has been unveiled.
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First Nation community near Dorchester wants to strengthen ties to its past

Above the silt-laden banks of the Petitcodiac River in Beaumont there stands an old wooden church and an aboriginal burial ground where Mi'kmaq people have been laid to rest as far back as the 1800s.
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Aboriginal award winners

Saskatoon lawyer Donald Worme was among 14 recipients of National Aboriginal Achievement Awards on Friday at the Conexus Arts Centre.
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Think Indigenous expo returns to Port Perry High School

A collection of Port Perry High School students will revisit First Nations culture in Canada and explore our nation's aboriginal heroes on April 1[...]
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Johnny Yesno inspired generation of aboriginals to follow their dreams

First Nation actor, orator and residential school survivor Obediah (Johnny) Yesno helped inspire a generation of Aboriginal people to follow their dreams.
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Homeless aboriginals face health-care dilemma

Nearly one in four of the homeless aboriginal people eking out an existence on Montreal streets carries a dormant form of tuberculosis[...]
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"Forgotten" disease disproportionately affects First Nations, and Inuit communities

Tuberculosis (TB), considered by many Canadians to be a forgotten disease, is alive and well in high-risk aboriginal communities in Montreal.According to the work of researchers at McGill University, the prevalence of latent TB infection among this group is high, nearly 18 per cent as compared to 4.3 per cent in the rest of the population.
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Aboriginal poverty 'a black mark': [Phil] Fontaine lauded; Wins rights award, decries plight of aboriginals

Rampant aboriginal poverty will be the country's shame in the eyes of the world until it is resolved, says Phil Fontaine, Canada's foremost aboriginal leader of his generation.
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Elders' wisdom touted in debate over water use

As the world struggles with increasing water problems, governments need to listen to the traditional wisdom of aboriginal people[...]
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Buffy Sainte-Marie shares her journey

After years of being out of the spotlight, Buffy Sainte-Marie is suddenly everywhere.
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Campaign speaks familiar language

Radio spots in English, Cree and Dene are broadcasting HealthLine as a place for northern Saskatchewan residents to call when they're depressed or thinking about suicide.
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The horror and the humour

Playwright Kevin Loring was terribly nervous when Where the Blood Mixes was staged in his hometown of Lytton, B.C.
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Canada's forgotten disease

To most Canadians, tuberculosis (TB) sounds like a foreign disease, a disease of the past like polio or cholera.
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Aboriginal students take a bite out of food science with unique internship

Wearing white lab coats, and inquisitive expressions, a group of teens in Toronto huddled around a scientist as he explained the delicate process of transforming cocoa beans into chocolate.
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New Brunswick's largest Maliseet community is banking on immersion to keep its language from becoming extinct

Though he has lived here most of his life, Tim Nicholas feels like a foreigner in his own community.
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Big & Rich singer Kenny Alphin given First Nations honour

Big Kenny Alphin's signature top hat was cast aside, replaced with a majestic native headdress, its black-tipped feathers pointed to the sun.
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Nunavik survivors gather to grieve and let it all go

It’s time to move on, they said.
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Shawanda sows seeds of hope on First Nations disc

It was a story that Crystal Shawanda had been holding on to for years -- in the making for her entire life, in many ways -- but when she finally sat down to write Firewater, the singer-songwriter hesitated.
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Keeping traditional languages alive

An annual student-run powwow focused its theme on trying to keep First Nation languages alive in urban communities.
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Truth commission seeks other side of the story

The commission tasked with exposing the truth and healing the wounds of the Indian residential school system is looking for the other side of the story.
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Latent TB needs monitoring in Inuit patients: ITK

Active tuberculosis, a huge problem in Canada's North, is being monitored by health officials[...]
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TB rate more than 30 times higher for aboriginal Canadians: Report

The rate of tuberculosis among aboriginals in Canada is more than 30 times that of the non-aboriginal population, according to a striking new Health Canada report.
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A community on drugs: life after the crisis

Cindy Sacobie has lost a lot of what has meant the most to her in life.
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Aboriginal Peoples, Muslims face discrimination most: poll

One in three Canadians believe that Aboriginal Peoples and Muslims are the frequent targets of discrimination, a CBC-commissioned poll suggests.
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Carrying on native traditions

Dancing and drumming are not sights you find every day in York’s Student Centre.
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Haida artist Robert Davidson wins Governor General's Award for visual arts

Haida artist and master carver Robert Davidson this week scooped a coveted Governor General’s award in visual and media arts.
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Niagara Catholic celebrates aboriginal partnership

The loud beating of a drum could be heard pounding from the board room at the Niagara Catholic Education Centre.
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[Ottawa] Citizen writer wins health research grant

Citizen editorial writer Elizabeth Payne has won a $20,000 research grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
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Native Studies programs a community-driven effort

While the idea of native or aboriginal studies began with the birth of identity politics in the ‘60s, native studies programs didn’t hit Canada’s academic world until the early ‘80s[...]
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Inez nominated for Juno in Aboriginal Album of the Year category

Sto:lo singer-songwriter Inez picked up a Juno nomination this week for Aboriginal Album of the Year for her CD Singsoulgirl.
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First Nations' culture shared by Sask. author

There was berry picking, hunting, adventures on remote traplines and family stories around the campfire when she was a young girl living on the reserve.
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Flaherty confirms funding for Infoway

The Harper government’s healthcare priorities didn’t need much recalibrating, if the new federal budget is any indication.
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Emphasize people, not spice, culinary arts professor tells young chefs

David Wolfman had startling news for confident young chefs in Charlottetown this week.
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Author doing 'everything he can' to save native languages

Language allows cultures to flourish as speakers pass on stories and traditions.
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Northern Alberta midwife dies at 101

Northerners are mourning the death of longtime Fort Chipewyan, Alta., midwife Jenny Flett, who has passed away at the age of 101.
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Aboriginal youth recognized: Bjornson and English earn honours for accomplishments

Sydney "JR" Bjornson never tires of proving people wrong.
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A new sense of pride for aboriginal Canadians

Among the big winners in the 2010 Winter Olympics are the Four Host First Nations,[...]
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APTN Adds Online Episodes to Website

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) is pleased to announce that complete seasons and episodes of select programs are now available for online viewing at www.aptn.ca
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Speaking to the beat

This is where hip-hop came from: the streets of the Bronx, where a generation of black youth in the late 1970s found poetry fit for a vibrant but chaotic city.
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