Monthly Archives: June 2014

First Nation Adult Diabetes Study Comparison

After adjustment for sex and age at the time of diabetes diagnosis, the risk of end-stage renal disease was 2.66 times higher for First Nations than non–First Nations adults. Mean age at the time that diabetes was diagnosed was 47.2 … Continue reading

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What First Nation Band Members Should Know Before July 29, 2014

Bill C-27: First Nations Financial Transparency Act Attention First Nation Band Members Send In Your Requests Now. Any Requests Made Before The 120 Days After The End Of Fiscal Year ( July 29, 2014 ) Must Be Met Within Those Same … Continue reading

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STOLEN SISTERS – Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada

In 1996, John Martin Crawford was convicted of murder in the killings of three Indigenous women, Eva Taysup,Shelley Napope, and Calinda Waterhen, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Warren Goulding, one of the few journalists to cover the trial, has commented: “I don’t … Continue reading

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Courage And Honour – The Life Of Thomas Prince

By Galadriel Watson. Thomas George Prince was the great great-grandson of Peguis, the famous Saulteaux chief who led his people from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, to the Red River in Manitoba, where they settled in the late 1790s. With his … Continue reading

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