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Five young women honoured at Coming of Age ceremony
By Denise Titian November 2, 2016Tony Marshall with his granddaughter Victoria Johnston and great-granddaughters Makenna Amos, Hannah Curr, Mercedes Marshall and Evelyn Charleson at their coming of...
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Tseshaht soccer star earns Premier’s Award to cap off a stellar year
By Shayne Morrow November 2, 2016Rain Thomas will receive the 2016 Premier’s Award for Aboriginal Youth Excellence in Sport on Nov. 17 at the Vancouver Friendship Centre Vancouver The picture just...
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Awareness of silent disabilities, family violence part of this year’s Ability...
By Shayne Morrow November 3, 2016Disability Access Committee Chair Helen Dick welcomes people to the Health Ability Fair Nov. 3Photos by Shayne Morrow. Port Alberni The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council’s...
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Quu’asa counsellors link lateral violence to cultural oppression
By Shayne Morrow November 4, 2016On Contact, the colonialists introduced a “Dominator Society.” That cultural oppression has left a legacy that continues to distort the values and practices of First...
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Nuu-chah-nulth Condemn Brutal State-Sanctioned Violence
Open Letter from NTC November 4, 2016 Port Alberni Dear Chairman Archambault and citizens of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe:On behalf of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, we would like to express our...
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15 hugs and handshakes begin Stan Matthew's story of recovery
By Shayne Morrow November 8, 2016Participants of the DAC Health Ability Fair held Nov. 3 and Nov. 4 at the Alberni Athletic Hall got hugs and handshakes before a presentation by Stan Matthew.Photo by...
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NEDC-supported businesses receive honors
By Denise Titian November 9, 2016Patrick Charleson Sr. receives the Outstanding Business Achievement Award from NEDC.Photos by Denise Titian Parksville The 2016 Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development...
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First Nations comic drives home a message – with laughs
By Shayne Morrow November 9, 2016Don Burnstick visited the Alberni Valley Nov. 3 and performed at the DAC Ability Fair.Photo by Shayne Morrow Port Alberni Well-known First Nations comedian-activist...
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Trudeau’s national coastal strategy must include First Nations, says NTC...
PRESS RELEASE November 10, 2016Debra Foxcroft, president of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Port Alberni Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement earlier this week of $1.5 billion to protect...
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More rain stressing out Tseshaht with floodwaters expecting to rise
November 10, 2016More sandbags ready for the coming days of rain and potential flooding at Tseshaht First Nation.Photos by Debora Steel Port Alberni Tseshaht First Nation staff is working into the...
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NTC hopes a resolution can be found between a Port Alberni mother and School...
PRESS RELEASE November 17, 2016 Port Alberni The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC) is disappointed to learn that a resolution has not been found between a John Howitt Elementary school mother and...
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Huu-ay-aht citizens to witness return of nations’ cultural treasures
PRESS RELEASE November 18, 2016Robert Dennis Sr. Port Alberni Huu-ay-aht First Nations is preparing for the return of 17 artworks and cultural treasures that have been in the Royal BC Museum’s...
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Huu-ay-aht Ha’wiih take legal possession of their historic treasures
By Debora Steel November 18, 2016Tyee Ha'with Tliishin Derek Peters gives a thumb's up to the return of historical treasures from the Royal BC Museum to the Huu-ay-aht First Nations.Photos by Debora...
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Hupacasath First Nation screens youth vision videos
By Denise Titian November 22, 2016 Port Alberni Hupacasath young people who were taking part in a video-making workshop celebrated the completion of their projects at a community barbeque and film...
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University and Tribal Council sign Learning Agreement
November 25, 2016Ken Watts, NTC Vice-President, with Vancouver Island University President and Vice-Chancellor Ralph Nilson Nanaimo The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council and Vancouver Island University...
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BC AFN Chief calls it a moral duty to stand with water protectors
November 28, 2016BC Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Shane Gottfriedson calls on people to stand with water protectors against Dakota Access Pipeline project.The resistance movement to the...
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NEB recommendations on Kinder Morgan "Unfounded and...
November 28, 2016 Ottawa Marking the end of a consultation phase with the federal government, Tsleil-Waututh Nation Chief Maureen Thomas is on Parliament Hill in Ottawa today to release four new...
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Cut block restoration brings new life for fish and wildlife
By Lynda Fyfe November 28, 2016 Zeballos About 56 people came out for Community Planting Day Nov. 22 at the Tii Tiic Tsu restoration site in Zeballos. The day was a great success and a lot of fun.Tii...
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Tla-o-qui-aht woman joins #NoDAPL water protectors at Standing Rock
By Debora Steel November 29, 2016Catherine Frank is at the water protectors camp in North Dakota, lending support and bringing donations from Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation Standing Rock North Dakota...
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“We are outraged”~Grand Chief Stewart Phillip on pipeline approvals
Press Release November 29, 2016Today, Canada approved the Kinder Morgan Trans-Mountain Expansion (TMX) pipeline and Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline, while dismissing the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline...
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