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A conflict over cattle in Brazil’s Amazon highlights tensions for Indigenous peoples
By Gabriela Sá Pessoa FORMOSO DO ARAGUAIA, Brazil (AP) — On a vast island in northern Brazil, an unusual debate about cattle and conservation is taking place. Federal authorities last year ordered the removal of herds from protected Indigenous territory on the world’s largest river island, Bananal Island. They argued the land was reserved for Indigenous peoples and conservation, and that the herds kept there by outside ranchers were illegal and contributed to habitat degradation. To comply with the order,…
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Senior aide of Alberta premier urges First Nations chiefs to fix squalid communities
By Lisa Johnson The executive director of Premier Danielle Smith’s office says that instead of criticizing her, First Nations chiefs should fix their own communities, describing them as entrenched in poverty, drugs and violence. Bruce McAllister, in a post on social media, says the chiefs should focus on their own problems rather than having “the gall” to accuse the premier of treason over Alberta’s looming separation referendum. McAllister also says the chiefs’ misaligned priorities make him wonder if they’re taking…
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Rivermen register lopsided victory versus expansion Kodiaks
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Six Nations children get chance to watch Team Canada
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OMSK Emerges Victorious at Six Nations Junior School Lacrosse Tournament
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Six Nations Youth Embrace the Creator’s Game at annual school lacrosse tournament
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Warriors aiming to finish atop Can-Am standings
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Rivermen acquire rights of NLL goaltender
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SPORTS BRIEFS: Attack hoping to duplicate opening weekend success
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A conflict over cattle in Brazil’s Amazon highlights tensions for Indigenous peoples
By Gabriela Sá Pessoa FORMOSO DO ARAGUAIA, Brazil (AP) — On a vast island in northern…
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Senior aide of Alberta premier urges First Nations chiefs to fix squalid communities
By Lisa Johnson The executive director of Premier Danielle Smith’s office says that instead of criticizing…
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Alberta judge concerned about parts of ruling that threw out separatist petition
By Jack Farrell A judge has reserved her decision on whether to set aside a ruling…
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Retinal cameras to rotate among 27 communities for crucial eye screenings
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South Dakota man whose life sentence was commuted by Noem now implicated in his niece’s death
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‘Everybody will benefit’: What the K’ómoks First Nation Treaty Act means for economic development in the Comox Valley
By Dave Flawse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Discourse At the end of May, the B.C.…
Artist aspires to continue Squamish’s ‘cultural crossings’ with Scotland, in Indigenous-inspired exhibit
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Secwépemc stewardship reshapes 53-million-year-old forest
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Anti-hate bill passes without residential school denialism clause
By Claire McFarlane, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cabin Radio While an anti-hate bill passed in the…
Senior aide of Alberta premier urges First Nations chiefs to fix squalid communities
By Lisa Johnson The executive director of Premier Danielle Smith’s office says that instead of criticizing…
Grassy Narrows repeats call for Carney to apologize for comments made about protest
By Alessia Passafiume A Grassy Narrows First Nation woman who suffers from mercury poisoning repeated her…
Native Americans mark the US 250th with pride, pain and patriotism
By Susan Montoya Bryan SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Swiftly marching toward westward expansion, the United…
Five people ordered banished from northwest B.C. First Nation territory
A First Nation in northwestern British Columbia has banished five people from its territory for three…
