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The Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia have signed a landmark agreement with provincial and federal governments which sets out the rules on a formal consultation process. 
 
Barriere Lake First Nation in Quebec does not recognizes its Chief and Council — that’s because Indian Northern Affairs Canada has acclaimed the Chief and Council after imposing a section of the Indian Act, even though the community has its own selection process.
 
Ottawa has been ordered by the federal court to produce all documents relating to the Loan Loss Reserve Initiative. The LLRI is a federal loan program which has created controversy among Aboriginal Financial Institutions who just want to level the playing field with other mainstream financial lenders.
 
There’s some controversy brewing in northwestern Ontario over the consultation of an archeological excavation. First Nations maintain there hasn’t been consultation while the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario says there has.
 
First Nations youth have recently completed a one week Flight Camp aimed at introducing the youth to all aspects of the aviation industry in northwestern Ontario.
 
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Howard Nepinak - My Guitar Sings the Blues  (CANCON)
Arlette Alcock - NDN Auntie (CANCON)
Missy Knott - No Man Begins (CANCON)

A new research project in Quebec will examine how cultural entrepreneurship can contribute to sustainable economic development in Aboriginal communities.

The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business will soon be conducting a survey of Aboriginal entrepreneurs and community businesses - hoping it will help shape public policy in the country.

An Attawapiskat community member hopes people will vote for 12-year-old Wesley Prankard’s idea in the Pepsi Refresh Everything-Canada contest to build a playground in the First Nation in northern Ontario.

Blackstone is a mini-series about ‘Rez’ politics is being filmed right now, and will air on Showcase and APTN early next year. Executive Producer/Director Ron Scott discusses the mini-series starring Nathanial Arcand, Carmen Moore, Eric Schweig, Michelle Thrush and Roseanne Superneault.

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Missy Knott - Go, go, go   (CANCON)
Kimberly Dawn - Bone Digger (CANCON)
Peacemaker - Sacred Ground (CANCON)

A former Nipissing University student is sending back his diploma after the school named its library after former Ontario Premier Mike Harris. 

The Canada Council for Aboriginal Business is looking for nominations for its next round of inductees into the Aboriginal Business Hall of Fame.

A 12 year old in southern Ontario has entered his charitable idea into the Pepsi Refresh Everything contest - to build a $25,000.00 playground for the children in Attawapiskat.

Voting for the final round of the Aboriginal People’s Choice Music Awards is just around the bend.

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Andrea Menard - Ancestors (CANCON)
JC Campbell - Go Ahead (CANCON)
Digging Roots - Let the Sun (CANCON)

Tsilqot’in Tribal Chief Joe Alphonse says no amount of money will make up for destroying Fish Lake and turning it into a tailings pond in the proposed Prosperity Mining project proposal.
 
Inuit communities around the Lancaster Sound area are breathing a sigh of relief after winning a court battle to stop a seismic testing project in their territory.
 
A conference on Indigenous community engagement is marking the 160th anniversary of the signing of the Robinson Huron treaty.
 
Economic Development spotlight is on CreeCo, a Cree regional Economic Enterprises Company based in Quebec.
 
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Wab Kinew - Live by the Drum (CANCON)
Missy Knott - Happy with the Sun (CANCON)
The Breeze Band - Beg Borrow and Steal (CANCON)

The Sayisi Dene have received an apology from the Manitoba government for the forced relocation of their community in 1956. Along with the apology, the province has also proposed a land settlement, separate from any treaty land entitlement.

Also in Manitoba, Long Plain First Nation has signed a municipal services agreement with the City of Winnipeg for a 1.4 hectare property in the city. 

With recent controversy in B.C over the Taseko-Prosperity Mining proposal project, a consultant speaks out on better ways to secure environmental approval and consult First Nation communities. 

A member of Waycobah (why-cau-ga-maw) First Nation in Cape Breton,  Nova Scotia has posted an ad on Kijiji looking for a ‘Good Chief’ to run in the community’s next election. 

It’s all in the family - The Metis Fiddler quartet is performing this weekend in Penetanguishene, Ontario. Nicholas Delbaere-Sawchuk of the quartet discusses the challenges and fun of performing with his family, as well as the importance of keeping traditional Metis music alive. 

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Violet Naytowhow - Freedom (CANCON)
Desiree Dorion - Soul Black Jack (CANCON)
Metis Fiddle Quartet  - Robert Sandersons Cow  (CANCON)

First Nations are subject to increased infection and mortality rates when going through Peritoneal dialysis. That from a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
 
Scrapping the Indian Act is not so simple a concept. Journalist and Indigenous rights activist Kenneth Deer says lots of thought needs to be put into an alternative coming from First Nation communities.
 
Avanti Mining says it has been continuing to move forward with the re-development of the Kitsault mine in B.C and it’s relationship with the Nisga’a Nation. 
 
The 5th Atlantic Entrepreneur awards are gearing up for the big night in September, but are also looking for more nominations and have extended their deadline.
 
It’s brand new, with a fresh, clean perspective. It’s the new cd from Derek Miller –Derek Miller with Double Trouble. Derek Miller talks about his new cd and what he’s been up to since his last release in 2004.
 
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George Leach - I found out today (CANCON)
Stevie Salas - Bring it easy (CANCON)

This week, Bamoseda presents its Sizzlin’ Summer Special!! Lots of great tunes, plus your National Aboriginal News.
Bamoseda’s Sizzlin’ Summer special features a few double headers to compare the evolution of artists music. The spotlight will be on Derek Miller, Digging Roots and Don Amero. Singles from Inez and Buffy Sainte Marie will also be included in this special show.
 
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Buffy Sainte Marie - Cho Cho Fire (CANCON)
Inez - Breathe (CANCON)
Derek Miller - Lovesick Blues (CANCON)
Derek Miller - Wishing Well (CANCON)
Don Amero - If You Want To (CANCON)
Digging Roots - Wake Up and Rise (CANCON)
Digging Roots - Strong and Beautiful (CANCON)
Burnt Project 1 - Deadmen (CANCON)

The Nationals Iroquois Lacrosse team is missing out on the world championships in England because of controversy over their Haudenosaunee passports. The passports, which have been in international use since the early 1970’s have been refused by the U.K July 14th - this just hours after the U.S overturned it’s decision to allow the team to travel on their nation passports. And that hasn’t been the only time in recent months that there have been issues with the Haudenosaunee passport. Kahnewake News Online publisher Greg Horn has those details.  
 
The Manitoba Metis Federation will be appealing a recent court decision which has dismissed a major land claim. The land claim in question is to seek compensation from an 1878 agreement where 1.4 million acres of land was promised to Metis in the Manitoba Act, as negotiated by Louis Riel’s Provisional Government with Canada to allow for Manitoba’s entry into Confederation.
 
The Keepers of the Water is a short powerful,  poignant,  documentary focusing on a group of youth in the Dene community of Fort Chipewyan in northern Alberta. The youth there  have formed a group to protest the tar sands, and filmmaker Ayelen Liberona captures this serious campaign from the youth.
 
There’s a new tool for those wanting to learn the essentials of Mi’kmaq, and it can be accessed anywhere in the world because it’s an online dictionary which includes several different pronunciations in Mi’kmaq.
 
It’s jazzy, rocky and flirts with pop. Those are the new sounds from Inuk/French singer Elisapie Isaac. It’s been about eight years since her last release. Elisapie’s new cd,  There will be Stars, includes lyrics in Inuk, French and English.
 
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Derek Miller - Girls (CANCON)
Sierra Noble - Constitution Breakdown (CANCON)
Elisapie Isaac - Nothing in this world is free (CANCON)

Big oil and mines businesses are issues in B.C…. First Nations there are re-doubling their efforts to fight the Enbridge pipeline after a recent trip to the Louisiana coastline to observe BP oil spill devastation.  And a group of First Nations in the province are and rejecting Taseko Mining Limited’s Prosperity mine proposal.
 
A Liberal Saskatchewan Senator speaks out on a bill that has recently passed through Senate. Senator Lillian Dyck says the Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act is an imposition on First Nations rights.
 
The Queen has recently went home from her trip to Canada, but while she was here, the Chiefs of Ontario sent her a message, urging the Sovereign to recognize and uphold First Nation treaties with Canada.
 
More mental illness awareness needs to happen in First Nation communities. And there also needs to be more Indigenous culturally appropriate programming for Aboriginal people in the mainstream mental health sector. Dr. Brenda Restoule, Vice-Chair of the Native Mental Health Association of Canada spoke with Bamoseda.
 
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Shakti Hayes - Nitsimos (CANCON)
Stevie Salas - Long Way to Roll (CANCON)
Edward Gamblin - Is There a Chance (CANCON)

First Nations in B.C are setting up their own gambling authority.

This after First Nations have not been successful to pen a revenue sharing agreements akin to other First Nation deals elsewhere in the country.

B.C based lawyer Joseph Linkevic doesn’t think too highly of Tom Flanagan’s book ‘Beyond the Indian Act’. The book promotes First Nation land privatization and Linkevic thinks the formula spells disaster.

It didn’t get much air time by the big broadcasters during the G8 Summit in Huntsville….but Wasauksing Chief Shane Tabobondung was included in the dignitaries who welcomed the G8 leaders to the territory. Tabobondung told Bamoseda what it was like to meet the leaders.

Opposition and NDP leader Jack Layton told Bamoseda it was unfortunate that Indigenous issues never hit the table during either of the Summits. He says it’s also unfortunate Canada still hasn’t signed the U.N Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.

Laureen Harper, Canada’s First Lady played host to the other G8 First Ladies, with a ‘Muskoka Experience’.  Part of that experience included moccasin making with Sunshine Tonasca-Brazeau, founder of Qeumeez. She says the First Ladies were “ridiculously down-to-earth.”

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George Leach - Indian Time

Tomson Highway and Patricia Cano - Kisageetin

Wayne Lavallee - All My Relations