2014 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
The 2014 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships will be held in Kahnawake, Quebec from April 28 – May 3, 2014.
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Artifacts of Residential Schools to be used in national memorial
A national monument commemorating the dark legacy of the Indian Residential School System and its devastating effects on indigenous identity is in the works.
Patrick Brazeau and violence against Indigenous women
Senator Patrick Brazeau, 38, who is being investigated by the RCMP over allegations of breach of trust over his housing and expense claims, and faces additional legal troubles including assault and sexual assault, is now making allegations that his “political downfall” with the Prime Minister’s Office started a year ago when he began to question the government as to why it hadn’t called a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women, according to CBC News.
This comment made by suspended Senator Brazeau has been unsettling to certain members of the First Nations community, especially those who have been fighting for the rights of Indigenous women and who have been advocating for a National Inquiry for years.
Six Nations boxer gets shot a Canadian title
BRANTFORD – Twenty-four-year-old Six Nations boxer Cher Obediah-Blasdell, of the Seneca Nation, Turtle Clan, couldn’t believe her luck after being informed that she had made…