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Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation challenges new Shell tar sands mines [VIDEO]

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Prominent Canadians want Victoria Day renamed to honour Aboriginals

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Sen. Patrick Brazeau defies Senate order to return housing allowance

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Tory Senator Patrick Brazeau

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Indigenous resistance grows strong in Keystone XL pipeline battle

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Dwane and Carter Camp are both long time AIM (American Indian Movement) veterans. (Photo: Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance/Girard Oz)

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First Nation demands resignation of Alberta Energy Regulator chair, ex-Big Oil exec Gerry Protti

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Vancouver symposium explores commodification of Aboriginal culture

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Paul Martin accuses residential schools of ‘cultural genocide’

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Indigenous rights are the best defence against Canada’s resource rush

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Organizations hold forum on missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada

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NDP MP urges Harper Conservatives to take Aboriginal claims seriously

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BC NDP candidate resigns over racist comments against First Nations

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