Reading Time: 4 minutes By honouring treaties and the rights they bestow, Canada can go a long way toward restoring pride, respect and dignity to indigenous peoples
Tag: Aboriginal Canadians
Smudging ceremony crosses line into realm of the sacred
Reading Time: 3 minutes When a school begins to talk about cleansing spirits, it’s moving away from something that’s strictly cultural into the realm of the sacred
Justin Trudeau and the tragic things left undone
Reading Time: 3 minutes One year after Trudeau took power, he has failed miserably to protect Aboriginal Canadian children
Healing the scars left by residential schools
Reading Time: 3 minutes By participating in Orange Shirt Day, we honour the victims of Canada’s residential school system and move toward reconciliation
Indigenous communities deserve economic choice
Reading Time: 3 minutes Allowing free market ownership of urban reserves can give First Nations the economic clout to move ahead, despite having to pay taxes
Killing energy projects only hurts First Nations
Reading Time: 4 minutes Stringent environmental oversight already protects native rights to land and water, negating the need for veto rights
Giving First Nations the power to flourish
Reading Time: 3 minutes Across Canada, significant projects have improved conditions in many communities, thanks to a funding model that demands accountability
Atlantic First Nations lead on transparency
Reading Time: 3 minutes By ensuring revenues are wisely spent, transparency and accountability is of most benefit to First Nations communities
Strong link between culture and health for indigenous populations
Reading Time: 4 minutes We need to to restore cultural practices to indigenous communities, which provide more value than simply moving entire communities
Urgent investment in Indigenous health care needed
Reading Time: 4 minutes A shared federal-provincial initiative could bring new focus to a desperate problem