Recently added articles from Alberta Sweetgrass:
AGI rankings not a complete picture of reserve governance
Jul 01, 2009; ... Chief Leroy Good Eagle said he'll take a compliment wherever it comes from but that doesn't mean he's in full agreement of the findings released by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy last month. "I'm pleasantly surprised, but at the same time I think there's a lot of information these ...
Federal funding to help northern Aboriginal victims
Jul 01, 2009; ... The federal government has provided funding to better support underserved victims of crime in Aboriginal communities in northern Alberta. The money, $300,000 over three years, will help the Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council Victim Services and the St. Paul and Area Victim Services ...
Water and wastewater systems to be assessed
Jul 01, 2009; ... First Nations in Alberta along with all others across the country will have their water and wastewater systems assessed. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Minister Chuck Strahl announced that Neegan Burnside Limited had been awarded the contract to conduct a national engineering assessment of ...
Appointments made to Lower Athabasca RAC
Jul 01, 2009; ... Roy Vermillion, chief executive officer of the Athabasca Tribal Council, will represent Treaty 8 while Dr. Marc Stevenson, who has worked with Aboriginal communities on cultural, economic and environmental issues for decades, will represent Treaty 6 on the Lower Athabasca Regional Advisory ...
Yellowknife wants oilsands water protection
Jul 01, 2009; ... The North West Territories is putting pressure on Alberta to clean-up their act when it comes to water use in oilsands operations. The Northwest Territories Association of Communities, which represents all 33 communities, including some First Nation groups, is calling for a halt to approvals of ...