The First Perspective-Aboriginal, First Nations and Native News in Canada

Census shows aboriginal population still climbing

Winnipeg maintains title as aboriginal capital of Canada

By Len Kruzenga
The First Perspective

Ottawa, Ont.--The results of the 2001 census have been released and as expected Canada’s aboriginal population continues to increase with just over 1.3 million people reporting aboriginal ancestry--4.4 per cent of the total population. The last census in 1996 reported that 3.8 per cent of the population was of aboriginal ancestry.

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Aboriginal publisher pleads guilty to assault

by Len Kruzenga

Winnipeg, Man.--The publisher of Winnipeg-based Aboriginal newspapers The First Perspective and the Drum pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg court late last month to assaulting Peguis First Nation Chief Louis Stevenson at a downtown YMCA gym last January.

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Ahenakew's anti-Semitic diatribe outrages nation
Hate crime investigation of former AFN leader urged

BY LEN KRUZENGA
THE FIRST PERSPECTIVE

Saskatoon Sask.-Less than a week after his anti-Semitic remarks set off a storm of controversy, former AFN National Chief and long time Federation of Saskatchewan Indians Nations (FSIN) leader David Ahenakew apologized for his statements and announced his resignation from the FSIN senate and all FSIN related committees and working groups.

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Westfair Foods gets knuckles wrapped

Two incidents involve sale refusals to Aboriginals

BY PHILIP PAUL-MARTIN
FOR THE FIRST PERSPECTIVE

Regina, Sask-It hasn't been a stellar month for Westfair Foods. The western Canadian grocery retailer has been ordered to pay $5000 to an Aboriginal man for discriminating against a customer on the basis of race.

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Sagkeeng First Nation Health Authority under review by RCMP

BY PHILIP PAUL-MARTIN
FOR THE FIRST PERSPECTIVE

Sagkeeng First Nation, Man.-The Sagkeeng Health Authority is once again under the spotlight as parties are now alleging that at least $300,000 is missing from their budget with some estimates running as high as $800,000.

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Grassy Narrows First
Nation erects blockade

Band opposes clear cutting on their traditional lands

BY PHILIP PAUL-MARTIN
FOR THE FIRST PERSPECTIVE

Grassy Narrows First Nation, Ontario-The community of Grassy Narrows has erected signs and blockaded access to their traditional lands in Treaty #3 area to prevent further clear cutting by the timber giant Abitibi.

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