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Sliammon Treaty Ratified Amid Total Voting Chaos

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Tue, 2012-07-10
With incomplete voter eligibility guidelines, payments dangling over a "yes" vote and hard questions unanswered, the Final Agreement passed with 57 percent approval

Sliammon members who voted on their Fir

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Tla'amin Treaty Vote, June 16th

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Tue, 2012-06-12
A month of coverage on the upcoming Final Agreement

For the past month, Powell River's local community radio station (CJMP 90.1FM) has been covering the opinions and concerns of the upcoming Final Agreement reg

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BC treaty advocate elected Chair of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Sun, 2012-06-10

The 11th Session of the top forum for indigenous peoples in the world began with a lurch. The sixteen-member Forum elected, by acclamation, Grand Chief Edward John to be their Chair.  The announcement was made during a preliminary meeting, May 6, 2012, before the two week meeting in New York City.

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