Continue Reading... TRC closing events & affiliated activities, Ottawa May 30 – June 3
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TRC closing events & affiliated activities, Ottawa May 30 – June 3

 The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada on Indian Residential Schools closes its multi-year mandate with events here in Ottawa…

Continue Reading... Feature: Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women and Girls, Two-Spirit and Trans People, and Men
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Feature: Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women and Girls, Two-Spirit and Trans People, and Men

Pam Palmater on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls; Walking With Our Sisters; and, Extending the Conversation. As published…

Continue Reading... Pam Palmater on Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women & Girls in Canada
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Pam Palmater on Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women & Girls in Canada

VIDEOS: 12-min interview and 73-min talk with Pam Palmater discussing root causes / historical context, the current situation and public…

Continue Reading... Handout to stop private development of sacred Chaudière site
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Handout to stop private development of sacred Chaudière site

A group has formed to save the Islands at Chaudière Falls in Ottawa from being developed into condos, retail and…

Continue Reading... Chaudière Islands rezoning, Ottawa – Article, plus audio interviews with Kitigan Zibi Chief Gilbert Whiteduck and Windmill Development Group’s Rodney Wilts
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Chaudière Islands rezoning, Ottawa – Article, plus audio interviews with Kitigan Zibi Chief Gilbert Whiteduck and Windmill Development Group’s Rodney Wilts

Ottawa City Council approves rezoning of sacred Algonquin site near Parliament – Development of islands seen as “offence to the…

Continue Reading... Spirituality, the Chaudière Falls, and Responsibility – Albert ‘South Wind’ Dumont with Judith Matheson
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Spirituality, the Chaudière Falls, and Responsibility – Albert ‘South Wind’ Dumont with Judith Matheson

Algonquin Elder Albert Dumont (South Wind) was interviewed by Judith Matheson on 12 February 2014 about the spiritual importance of…

Continue Reading... Niigaan: In Conversation – Red Man Laughing Live Podcast (VIDEO)
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Niigaan: In Conversation – Red Man Laughing Live Podcast (VIDEO)

Niigaan: In Conversation, a grassroots Ottawa project led by four Indigenous community members who have held 13 public events since…

Continue Reading... Coordinating Conversation: Niigaan looks to build Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations and learning
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Coordinating Conversation: Niigaan looks to build Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations and learning

By: Greg Macdougall Niigaan: In Conversation is a grassroots project that brings Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples together for dialogue and…