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Looking to hire a Tripartite Administrator!

Link: http://www.mns-firstnet.ca/employment/view.php?id=984

We are looking to hire a new Tripartite Administrator, for a one year term with the chance of renewal. Deadline is August 20th, 2010 at 3:00pm! Check out our job posting for more details! [..]

Beetle takes on mythical hero’s name

Link: http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/home/content/80057722.html

A new species of beetle has been discovered in Nova Scotia and it’s been named in honor of Glooscap, the mythical hero of the people of the Wabanaki Confederacy which includes the Abenaki, Mi’kmaq, Penobscot, Passamaquoddy and Maliseet peoples. [..]

No changes in First Nation elections

Link: http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-412593-No-changes-in-First-Nation-elections.html

After elections Dec. 9 in Cambridge at the Annapolis Valley First Nation, band members will be looking at familiar faces for the next two years. [..]

Grand Chief Membertou’s baptism to be celebrated in 2010

Link: http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=314612&sc=145

SYDNEY — The yearlong commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the baptism of Grand Chief Membertou begins New Year’s Day with a community feast in Membertou at St. Ann’s Church, beginning at 3 p.m.
Mi’kmaq elder Peter Christmas Sr. said the feast is a [..]

Thinking outside the circle

Link: http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1159703.html

In his second year of a master’s degree at Dal, Gloade is focusing on native restorative justice

GERALD GLOADE IS one 23-year-old who knows how to stay the course.

"Well, I finished my undergraduate degree and people suggested maybe taking a [..]

Canadian hand of friendship extended to Australia

Link: http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=312558&sc=145

GERALDTON-GREENOUGH, Australia — An ancient international order dating back over four centuries is being commemorated by Canadian crew members in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race in Australia this Christmas.

The clipper Cape Breton Island [..]

Aboriginal housing action plan proposed

Link: http://www.chroniclejournal.com/stories_local.php?id=231732

The federal government has to get serious about developing a national Aboriginal housing policy to help combat poverty, says the National Aboriginal Housing Association.

“It is clear that poverty and poor housing conditions are directly related,” NAHA president [..]

The future of the residential school commission

Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-future-of-the-residential-school-commission/article1406997/

"Now that the internal strife has subsided, Murray Sinclair, the new chair of the residential schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission discusses the committee’s mandate

After a year lost to infighting, the residential schools [..]

Canada's Economic Action Plan creates jobs and improves housing on reserve in Nova Scotia

Link: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/December2009/13/c2685.html

"DEBERT, NS, Dec. 13 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada announced today an investment of $3.8 million, as part of Canada's Economic Action Plan, to improve housing conditions in First Nation communities across Nova Scotia." [..]

Millbrook receives housing, culture centre money

Link: http://www.trurodaily.com/index.cfm?sid=310446&sc=68

"DEBERT – Millbrook First Nation is the recipient of hundreds of thousands of dollars for housing needs and a yet-to-be-built cultural centre.
Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, made the funding announcement in Debert [..]