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Legal scholars and experts urge Canadian government to abandon “erroneous” and “misleading” opposition to UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Ottawa, ON (May 1, 2008) — In an Open Letter released today, more than 100 legal scholars and experts assert that there is no sound legal barrier to prevent Canada from moving ahead with implementation of the Untied Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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Open Letter -UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Canada Needs to Implement This New Human Rights Instrument

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Career Opportunities

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Upcoming Events/Activities

May 10, 2008 -2nd Annual Stolen Sisters Awareness Walk (Edmonton, Alberta)

May 11, 2008 -4th Annual Sisters in Spirit Mother's Day Walk (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

TV Ontario's The Agenda with Steve Paikin featuring President Jacobs on panel "Native settlements: small steps vs. big plans" — April 23, 2008

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Nation Talk Interview with President Jacobs — April 11, 2008

Nation Talk's Andre Morrisseau interviewed NWAC President Jacobs on Sisters in Spirit, Matrimonial Real Property on reserve, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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NWAC President Beverley Jacobs co-authors a Chapter on Residential Schools and Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation

“Legacy of Residential Schools: Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women” leads Section 2 of From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools, the latest entry in the AHF's Research Series.

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New Sisters in Spirit Literature Review Now Available

The Sisters in Spirit Literature Review guides NWAC's work towards the vision and objectives of the initiative. As an ongoing process, the review will evolve in response to new research and policy findings from academic, government and non-governmental sources. The literature review furthers NWAC’s contextual understanding of issues affecting Aboriginal women as background for written summaries and interpretative reports. This understanding and knowledge also underpins the ongoing development of NWAC’s strategic policy plan and other action-oriented documents that will be developed throughout the Sisters in Spirit initiative.

Sisters In Spirit Justice Community Awareness Workshops

Violence Prevention Toolkit Community Training Workshops

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Fort St. John, BC – May 29 and 30, 2008

Iqaluit, NU – June 10 and 11, 2008

Goose Bay, NL – June 14 and 15, 2008

Whitehorse, YT – August 16 and 17, 2008

Charlottetown, PEI – September 23 and 24, 2008

Val d'Or, QC – September 27 and 28, 2008

Poster for Community Training Workshops

Registration form for Community Training Workshops

SIS PSA captures the reality of Canada's growing number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women

Sisters in Spirit Public Service Announcement

Former NWAC President Bertha Clark awarded Order of Canada

photo by Sgt Eric Jolin

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Tribute event to Bertha Clark

Aboriginal Peoples Declare Canada’s UN Statement Grave Disappointment for Aboriginal Peoples on Climate Change

United Nations, NY (April 23, 2008) — The statement delivered by the Canadian government yesterday to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues was a grave disappointment to the Indigenous representatives attending the UNPFII’s special session on climate change because “it does not address Indigenous Peoples’ rights, needs and priorities in real climate change solutions,” according to Indigenous Environmental Network director Tom Goldtooth.

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United States and Canada Denounced for Blocking American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Washington, D.C. (April 15, 2008) — In a heated debate at OAS headquarters, the Caucus of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas denounced the hypocrisy and discriminatory attitude of the United States and Canada, which are trying to block consensus, blackmail and preemptively veto the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Canadian Parliament Calls for Implementation of Critical Universal Human Rights Instrument

Ottawa, ON (April 9, 2008) — Indigenous peoples’ organizations and human rights groups welcome yesterday’s decision by the Canadian Parliament to endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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Press Release from Québec Native Women Inc.

NWAC and Six Nations Police to hold Press Conference for Missing

Aboriginal Woman

Ohsweken, ON (March 26, 2008) — Another young Aboriginal woman has disappeared. Tashina General, 21 years old, was last seen on January 22, 2008 in Ohsweken, Ontario. The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) and the Six Nations Police will be having a press conference tomorrow with the family of Tashina General to provide details on this case, to raise awareness and to get the public involved to find her and bring her safely home.

Who: NWAC President Beverley Jacobs
Six Nations Chief of Police Glenn Lickers
Family of Tashina General

When: Thursday, March 27th, 2008, 11:00 a.m. EDT

Where: Six Nations Polytechnic
2160 4th Line
Ohsweken, Ontario N0A 1M0

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Six Nations Police Press Release

Reward Poster

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CESO and NWAC sign MOU on program to assist Aboriginal women build capacity

Ottawa, ON (March 13, 2008) — The Canadian Executive Service Organization and the Native Women’s Association of Canada are set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding tomorrow on the delivery of a highly-successful program designed for Aboriginal women.

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