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November 1, 2008 Original Peoples

A Violation of Algonquin Law

First Nations spearhead resistance to uranium mining

October 23, 2008 Original Peoples

Canada's Newest Political Prisoners

Indigenous leaders jailed for protesting mining exploration on their lands

September 23, 2008 Original Peoples

Land & Jail

Ipperwash, official racism and the future of Ontario

August 27, 2008 Original Peoples

Battle for the Amazon

Brazilian Supreme Court case pits farming in the Amazon against indigenous rights

August 7, 2008 Original Peoples

Dammed if You Don't

Hydro-Quebec turns its back on wind power

July 30, 2008 Original Peoples

Boiling Point!

Polaris report finds water in First Nations communities a “violation of fundamental human rights”

July 9, 2008 Original Peoples

Imaginary Lines

Mohawk grandmothers assaulted at border, refuse court charges

April 18, 2008 Original Peoples

Coup d'état in Indian Country

Community members say traditional leadership ousted by the Canadian government

April 12, 2008 Original Peoples

Consultation Not Consent

The first interview with KI political prisoner Cecilia Begg

March 16, 2008 Original Peoples

Native Leader Serving Six Months for Opposing Mine

Supporters call Algonquin leader a "political prisoner"

March 1, 2008 Original Peoples

"It's All About The Land"

Native resistance to the Olympics

January 23, 2008 Original Peoples

Indigenous Rights and the Mayan Victory in Belize

Implications for Indigenous Title Rights in Canada

November 12, 2007 Original Peoples

The Richest First Nation in Canada

Ecological and political life in Fort MacKay

October 19, 2007 Original Peoples

Gateway to Solidarity?

Pipelines and Indigenous communities in Northern BC

October 15, 2007 Original Peoples

Oil Versus Water

Toxic water poses threat to Alberta's Indigenous communities

July 27, 2007 Original Peoples

Reaching the Breaking Point

Mixed results on First Nations Day of Action

May 21, 2007 Original Peoples

Watered Down Excuse

According to one scientist, high cost is no excuse for lack of safe drinking water in First Nations communities

April 18, 2007 Original Peoples

A Clearcut Answer?

A year after the Great Bear Rainforest deal was struck, some wonder if the political compromise was worth it

March 29, 2007 Original Peoples

First Nations Activist Dies after Release from Jail

In memory of Harriet Nahanee, age 71

February 20, 2007 Original Peoples

Hoping Against Hope?

A review of a new audio documentary about the struggle against colonialism in Canada

January 27, 2007 Original Peoples

Gaining Ground

"A monumental year" for the people of Six Nations

November 22, 2006 Original Peoples

The High Cost of Lousy Water

water_fp.jpgKim Petersen investigates charges that First Nations are being forced to pay for the lack of clean drinking water on reserves.

Water Crisis in Indigenous 'Canadian' Communities

October 12, 2006 Original Peoples

Like Weeds in a Garden

Residential-Schools_fp.jpgPierre Loiselle asks why the Canadian government omitted over half of the Genocide Convention before making it law.

Genocide, International Law & Canada's "Indian Problem"

September 29, 2006 Original Peoples

UN-Justice in Canada

swear2large_fp.jpgKim Petersen investigates Canada's opposition to the United Nations Draft Declaration of Indigenous Rights.

Canada has opposed the United Nations Draft Declaration of Indigenous Rights

September 3, 2006 Original Peoples

What's Mine Is Theirs

KIFN_fp.jpgAfter months of resistence, the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation have been awarded a legal victory in Ontario.

Legal Victory for Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation

June 22, 2006 Original Peoples

Corporate SLAPP

KIprotestors_fp.jpgThe Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation has been hit with a $10 billion damage suit for refusing drilling rights on territory they say is their own.

Citizens Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation walk to Queen's Park in the face of a corporate SLAPP suit

May 29, 2006 Original Peoples

The Indian Act's Corrupt

tobiqueriver_fp.jpgKim Peterson finds the People of Tobique First Nation resisting corruption, and tracing the problem back to the Indian Act.

Resisting the roots of corruption in Tobique First Nations

April 19, 2006 Original Peoples

Home On Native Land

6photo-fp.jpgHillary Bain Lindsay visits the Six Nations blockade near Caledonia, Ontario where First Nations people are repossessing their land.

The people of Six Nations are repossessing their land

March 29, 2006 Original Peoples

Living In Our Land

InnuFoundation_fp.jpgKim Petersen speaks to Innu hunter Napes Ashini about his work to promote Innu culture and safeguard the Innu land, Nitassinan.

The Tshikapisk Foundation aims to promote Innu culture and safeguard Innu land

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The Dominion is a monthly paper published by an incipient network of independent journalists in Canada. It aims to provide accurate, critical coverage that is accountable to its readers and the subjects it tackles. Taking its name from Canada's official status as both a colony and a colonial force, the Dominion examines politics, culture and daily life with a view to understanding the exercise of power.

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