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City of Vancouver Operates With Permission of First Nations
First Nations or City of Vancouver. Who Has Authority? Is It Shared? City of Vancouver (CoV) displays SIX jurisdictions of flags in council chambers and by procedural mandate recognizes the three First Nations original jurisdiction, recognized as pre-existing City of… Continue reading ⇒
1763 Petition to the King Revived in 2003 – 240 Years Later
2003 proclamation as a result of legal action 240 years after the original petition made to the King in 1763 which was ignored July 28, yearly, is “Great Upheaval Day (New Brunswick)”. Huh? Can you say, “A petition was submitted… Continue reading ⇒
Is Haida Nation CHANGING TIDE “Framework” More Forked Tongue?
It took 20 years to get to this point? Hmmmm. How far advanced is “here” really? Frankly, in my humble opinion, with respect, not far at all. This agreement seems to be a further delaying tactic, where the provincial and… Continue reading ⇒
First Indigenous President-elect of Canadian Medical Association
Most heart felt congratulations to Dr. Alika Lafontaine, a successful anesthesiologist, and now the first Indigenous president-elect of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). We pass our hopes and best wishes, as he takes on a role of great significance in… Continue reading ⇒
Native American Foods and History
A great history lesson mixed with a discussion on Native American traditional foods and cooking. Great observations and condensed history that makes one wonder, “That’s right! Why not?”
Hopi Wisdom for These Times
Hopi Indian Chief White Eagle recently commented on the current situation: “This moment humanity is experiencing can be seen as a door or a hole. The decision to fall in the hole or walk through the door is up to… Continue reading ⇒
Claim Your Name
During the “take over” by the European legal system of the original peoples’ culture and legal system one of the initial steps done was to remove a wo/man’s name and ‘force’ upon them an English LEGAL NAME (this was also… Continue reading ⇒
Update Name to Peoples
We’ve updated our official name – Added an ‘s’ to People Update your bookmarks and email addresses for us to PeoplesOfTheSalmon.netWe are now at PeoplesOfTheSalmon.net We’ve added an ‘s’ to People as the more correct way to refer to all… Continue reading ⇒