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Shoal Lake First Nation is preparing to sue the city of Winnipeg in the water dispute.

The First Nations – Crown gathering is around the corner and it’s hoped that issues around education, economic development and housing will be discussed. Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee discusses the position of the Anishinabek Nation.

Coastal First Nations in BC is sticking by its tanker ban in the face of the hearings into Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline.

Sagamok Anishnawbek is working on a positive relationship in the mining industry.

A relay theme song has been making its way around the world’s northern communities ahead of the 2012 Arctic Winter Games. We’ll have a listen to the original version plus learn what a theme song relay means.

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Wab Kinew – Live by the drum (CANCON)
Wayne Lavallee – All my relations (CANCON)
Root Sellers – Play your part (CANCON)

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Wahgoshig First Nation in northern Ontario has won it’s injunction to stop a mining company from drilling in its territory.
One lawyer says the federal government’s idea to privatize reserve land is not a good one.
A possible ‘lost world’ may have been found at the bottom of Lake Huron.

The review into the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline is underway and First Nations have been speaking out against the project for a few years.

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Desiree Dorion – Freedom ain’t free (CANCON)
Derek Miller – Girls (CANCON)
Ta’Kaiya Blaney – Shallow Waters (CANCON)

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As we say so long to 2011… and bring in the new year…Bamoseda takes a look back at the year and will review the big news of 2011…
We’ll take you back to stories in recent memory, like the crisis in Attawapiskat, then review issues in the Ring of Fire. We’ll also look back at the controversies over Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, plus we’ll hear about the struggle to maintain clean water and the fight for a national public inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in the country and also the lawsuit that has been launched on behalf of Aboriginal people adopted during what is referred to as the 60′s Scoop.

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Eagle and Hawk – What if we could
Takaiya Blaney – Shallow Waters
Digging Roots -Bring the Water

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Wahgoshig First Nation claims Solid Gold Resources Corp has set the mining industry and First Nation relations back 100 years.

It’s a black eye for Canada on its lack of real response to the issue of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal women and girls in the country…The U.N will be conducting an inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada, plus Amnesty International is skeptical about a report on violence to Aboriginal women by the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women.

Kitigan Zibi, an Algonquin First Nation group has re-introduced its territorial boundaries which includes a large swath through Ontario.

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Don Amero – This old road (CANCON)
Women of Wabano – Oklahoma Sunny Southern Song (CANCON)
Digging Roots – Strong and beautiful (CANCON)

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The Metis Centre of the National Aboriginal Health Organization and Metis Nation of British Columbia have launched resources for women at risk of sexual exploitation.

Oil pipeline projects haven’t been winning any popularity contests. A Gitxsan Hereditary Chief talks about the nation’s opposition to the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline and south of the order, the proposed Keystone XL pipeline isn’t gaining points there either.

A University of Manitoba researcher suggests how living conditions can be improved in northern Aboriginal communities.

Plans are in the works for Habitat for Humanity housing projects in selected First Nations across the country.
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Buffy Saint-Marie – Cripple Creek
Digging Roots – Rebel
JC Campbell – Go ahead

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Attawapiskat is in third party management after its cry for help amidst a housing crisis. One community member says a housing solution can solve much of what ails the community.

The National Aboriginal AIDS Awareness week campaign has just kicked off.

Lac Seul First Nation has been making investments into its own community.

A university student is working at combating invasive species with indigenous plants and growth for an Aboriginal owned company isn’t slowing down soon.

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Leela Gilday – Disappearing humans (CANCON)
Missy Knott – No Man begins (CANCON)
Stevie Salas – Bring it easy (CANCON)

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Aboriginal buying power is on the rise … that’s according to a report byÊ the Toronto Dominion Bank and Canadian Centre for Aboriginal Business.

Obesity rates in the Aboriginal community are slightly higher than mainstream..but like the rest of the mainstream population, those rates are higher in rural communities. Also, Aboriginal women with higher incomes were are less likely to be obese, but that’s not the same for men.

Aboriginal seniors in Winnipeg will be receiving culturally relevant programming and services at the brand new Aboriginal seniors home in the city, which opened its doors on National Aboriginal Day.

The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada has launched a new website aimed at improving sexual health in Aboriginal communities.

And Kids Help Phone will be also be offering more culturally appropriate counseling to Aboriginal youth after receiving important awareness training.

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Wab Kinew – If this was right (CANCON)
Mishi Donovan – Moshom’s song (CANCON)
JC Campbell – No Lies (CANCON)

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Cindy Blackstock, a First Nations children Advocate, without so much as a parking ticket has learned the government has been keeping tabs on her.

The Nishnabe-Aski Nation leadership will be heading into a Special Assembly to discuss options in the Ring of Fire.

The Ktunaxa Nation is working with official opposition in B.C along with hockey player Scott Niedermayer to prevent the development of a resort in the Jumbo Valley.

A cancer care course has been designed specifically for, and is being delivered to First Nation health care providers.

First Nations Grain Company now has a couple of offices in China, and working to finalize a trade deal with the country.

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Andrea Menard – Right here, right now (CANCON)
Derek Miller – Into the storm (CANCON)
Jani Lauzon – Flying (CANCON)Ê

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Canada has to do better when it comes to Aboriginal children. That, in a report by the Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates to the United Nations.

The first Canadian Indigenous Land claims case has been heard by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
The Toronto Aboriginal Research Project is the largest and most comprehensive study of Aboriginal people in the city ever conducted and will help organizations fill gaps in the urban Aboriginal community.

Elders are passing on the Maliseet language in a Tobique First Nation video project.

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

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Wanda Wilson – Fire (CANCON)
Leela Gilday – Both eyes open (CANCON)
Gary Sappier Jr. – Wanted man (CANCON)

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First Nations in New Brunswick want a judicial review of the government’s decision to cut back on social welfare programs.

Negative stereotypes about Aboriginal people in mainstream newspapers Êhave two authors ‘Seeing Red…”

The Chair of the National Panel on Education gives Bamoseda an update halfway through it’s mandate.

The newly launched Idea Connector network promises to be the ‘go-to’ place for Aboriginal entrepreneurs.

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Jason Ross – Call my name (CANCON)
Bruthers of Different Mothers – Speakers of Tomorrow (CANCON)
Derek Miller – Dirty Looks (CANCON)