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Information on the Annual General Assembly of the Assembly First Nations (AFN) that was held in Niagara Falls, Ontario is presented. The article mentions that the event was attended by youth groups to tell chiefs and delegates of the challenging truth of their condition. It also featured national youth council co-chairperson Jennifer O'Bomsawin.

The article offers information on the readiness of associate chief operating officer Margaret Froh to lead the aboriginal organization Metis Nation of Ontario (MNO) in Canada. Topics discussed include the MNO's support to address rights of indigenous people Metis, her insights on governing the indigenous communities, and the leadership of president Audrey Poitras of the aboriginal organization Metis Nation of Alberta.

The article discusses the one-year plan released by the Nunavut Suicide Prevention Strategy (NSPS) to address the high rate of suicide cases in 2013 in Nunavut. It notes that the plan is based on the recommendations of the jury, highlighting the appointment of Paul Obalik as Minister Responsible for Suicide Prevention and Chair of the Quality of Life Cabinet Committee. It also stresses the decline in the number of cases in 2014 compared to a record of 45 in 2013.

The article reports on the support of the students at the Malaspina University-College students to Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) 6 in a land dispute with mining company Platinex Inc. in Ontario. The dispute has led six leaders of the community to be in jail for defending their lands against mining exploration company. Students showed their support by gathering at a cedar welcome figure on campus to protest, pray and fast.

This article presents information about the social conditions in Kanehsatake Mohawk Territory, Quebec as of May 2004. Kanehsatake Mohawk Territory is dysfunctional. It has a population of about 2,500. It's millions of dollars in debt. It has escalating legal bills in excess of $1 million, thanks to the endless court fights between various factions on band council. It can't afford the $1.5 million it takes to run the community. Services have been cut or cut back drastically. Teachers worry about jobs. The school is in jeopardy. Parents worry about their children. Families that should have had homes must wait because money earmarked for housing, education and social services has been diverted to cover the on-going mismanagement at the band office.

The chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations heard that the number of houses required in First Nation communities as quoted by the national chief in his Getting Results Strategy is incorrect and the situation is bleaker than stated. Officials in the Assembly of First Nations Quebec region conducted a detailed study of what the state of affairs was in Quebec regarding housing shortages. They discovered the numbers in just their province were more alarming than the national numbers quoted in auditor general Sheila Fraser's April 2003 report on First Nations housing, which concluded there was a 8,500 housing unit shortfall.

Focuses on the seventh annual Aboriginal Law Moot in March 2000 in Windsor, Ontario. Concept of the competition; Issues debated during the event; Concern on the fiduciary duties of the government to the Aboriginals.

Focuses on the failure of the BC Treaty Process to solve the problems of Indigenous nationhood in Canada. Capacity of the process to provide resolution to Indigenous issues; Concept of a treaty in a Canadian context; Implications for building relationships with Indigenous people.

The article discusses the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) with regards to the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People by the Canadian government. Topics covered include the adoption of the declaration as a framework for reconciliation in Canada, the impact of residential schools on the Aboriginal life and the need to create a respectful relationship between the Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal Canadians.

The article focuses on Shawn Atleo, Assembly of First Nations National Chief, and his crusade for equitable treatment for his people in a more fair, just and strong Canada. It highlights the frustrations of First Nations people with the unkept promises of the federal government, and their struggle for social justice and a direction which Atleo pointed out in a speech at Ryerson University. Atleo urged the graduates to help them in their fight for mutual respect and sharing.

The article focuses on the annual Council of the Federation in Quebec City, Quebec. It notes that the main focus of the Council will be on issues such as labour market, trade issues and climate change. Educational and social concerns addressed by Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Phil Fontaine as well as the objectives of the Council are also presented.

The article reports on the resolution to eliminate the inappropriate usage of the word 'Aboriginal' that has been launched by the 42 chiefs from Ontario's Anishinabek First Nation in Canada. It notes that the terminology has a homogenizing effect on the issues facing First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. The term 'First Nations' will be replacing the term 'Aboriginal.'

The article reports on the proposal to establish an Assembly for Aboriginal peoples and an executive council in Canada. The assembly would consist of an Assembly of First Nation peoples, an Assembly of Inuit peoples and an Assembly of Métis peoples. The leaders who have been invited to discuss this matter with Senator Charlie Watt including Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, and Mary Simon, President of Inuit Tepiriit Kantami are also presented.

The article presents a letter by Aboriginal Healing Strategy Co-ordinator Lorraine Flatfoot for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The letter expresses the concerns of the community of Flatfoot regarding the residential school system and payments to date. It also states her community's concern on the proceeds of the Common Experience Payment (C.E.P.) of the aborigines.

The article presents information on the National Roundtable on Aboriginal Education K-12 organized by the Society for Advancement of Excellence in Education (SAEE). SAEE is a British Columbia-based non-profit education research agency and a relatively new player on the aboriginal education front. In this event, participants put forward six recommendations, including increasing supports for aboriginal education at all levels by improving communication and sharing resources between everyone involved in education provision and gathering more complete data on aboriginal education and making better use of that data to gauge progress and plan ways to make things better.

The article focuses on the debate, whether Aboriginal permanent presence should be there on the highest court in the land. Two spots will open up on the Supreme Court of Canada in June 2004 because justices Louise Arbour and Frank Jacobucci have resigned from the court. Jacobucci will retire. Arbour will leave to head up the United Nations Human Rights Commission. With the announcement of those departures, lobby efforts directed at Justice Minister Irwin Cotler are heating up. Earlier this year, he floated the idea of a hardwired spot for an Aboriginal justice on the Supreme Court.

Just days before he was called on to perform a cleansing ceremony for Prime Minister Paul Martin during his swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall December 12, 2003, Elder Elmer Courchene slammed the federal government's treatment of residential school survivors. The Elder has been involved in compensation negotiation on behalf of survivors in his Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba. He said that a recent television documentary he watched that dealt with how Norway dealt with the children of Nazi soldiers who occupied their country during the Second World War convinced him that Canada could do better.

Joseph Patchakes Cardinal, aboriginal social worker, passed away December 12, 2003 at the age of 82. Born to Patchakes and Honoreen Cardinal at Birch Mountain in northern Alberta on November 19, 1921. Joe's early life was spent on the trapline along with five sisters and one brother. Ruth Suvee, chair of the mental health diploma program at Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton, said she has known Joe and his family since the 1970's and she praised Joe's commitment to children, education, social and correctional services and other endeavors.

Focuses on the visit of Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Princess of Thailand in Edmonton, Alberta. Presentation of an Indian dress to the Princess; Interest of the Princess on the social condition of the Aborigines; Performance of hoop dance by the graduate student Petie Chalifoux.

Reports the Aboriginal tourism developments in Canada. Efforts of Parks Canada and Aboriginal tourism groups in promoting Aboriginal tourism; Announcement of the 1.23 million Canadian dollar tourism project assistance; Participants of the tourism developments.

Reports innovative courses offered for local Aboriginal communities by the Swampy Tribal Council for the management of lands and resources in Manitoba. Importance of preparing Aboriginal communities for self governance; Funding of the Lands Trusts and Services pilot project by the Assembly of First Nations and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada; Training for the trainees.

Comments on the struggles of Indian natives on gaining recognition in host countries. Effort of the Zapatista fighters in fighting for identity and lands in Mexico; Status of indigenous people in the U.S. and Canada; Difference between the social condition of indigenous people in different countries.

Comments on the moral manifestations of paintings displayed by colonialists in Canada. Reflections on injustices and social problems; Criticisms of minister Dale Lovick on the paintings; Moral degradation on the depiction of aboriginal rights in the society.

Comments on the impact of several treaty agreements in the lives of the young educated aborigines in British Columbia. Equality with the White people; Adaptation to foreign value system; Conflicts over political powers.

Examines the promises of former Tory Prime Minister Brian Mulroney about addressing all native issues in Canada. Land settlements; Health assistance; Financial support.

Provides details on the Aboriginal law moot in March 2000 in Windsor, Ontario. Role of the facilitators in the event; Accounts on the speech of Elijah Harper, commissioner of the Indian Claims Commission; Interest of law students on Aboriginal legal issues.

Reports the publication of the critical edition of the novel 'In Search of April Raintree' by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier in Canada. Purpose for establishing the free public forum of the novel; Popularity of novel; Cultural importance of the novel.

Reports the establishment of an organization design for the international recognition of Indigenous rights in Canada and the U.S. Discussion for the name of the organization; Tensions between nation-states and Indigenous groups; Agenda for the organization.