Canada Rules Natives Must Be Consulted on Use of Disputed Land
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Canadian governments must consult with native bands before awarding rights to natural resources on disputed public land, the Supreme Court ruled in a case involving Weyerhaeuser Co.
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PARAMARIBO, Suriname/GEORGETOWN, Guyana  - A U.N. tribunal set a boundary on Thursday for Guyana and Suriname in a dispute over an oil basin, a decision welcomed by Canada's CGX Energy which had operated there until Surinamese gunboats expelled the company in 2000.
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Australia attempts to address issues facing indigenous communities with a new advisory body.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Canada's prime minister urged rival groups yesterday to disarm and political factions to settle differences so the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere may make use of international aid.
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HALIFAX (CP) - Native leaders in Atlantic Canada are demanding that a social studies textbook being prepared for Grade 7 students be delayed due to concerns about historical errors and stereotyping.
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Northern Canadians told an international commission Thursday that carbon emissions from the United States have contributed so much to global warming that they should be considered a human rights violation.
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Canada needs to improve social services  for its aboriginal population, particularly native women who  face persistent and marked inequalities, a United Nations panel  said on Friday.
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Botswana's government Thursday accepted a court order to allow the Bushmen, the nation's last hunter-gatherers, to live on their ancestral lands. But at the same time, officials imposed tough conditions likely to prevent most or all from returning.
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UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly passed a sweeping declaration of rights for indigenous people yesterday despite opposition from several developed states that said it gave excessive property and legal powers.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper is calling on members of la Francophonie to play a key role in easing tensions around the world.Comment
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By BOB WEBER  (CP) - Three remote northern communities are anticipating word from the federal government that would help protect great swaths of the Western Arctic - including areas of intense interest to resource companies.
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SAINT-SAUVEUR, Que. (CP) - Many of Canada's aboriginal languages could face extinction in as little as a generation unless government gets involved, said some participants Sunday at a conference held to discuss the problem.
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By Omar Sofradzija  By OMAR SOFRADZIJA  (c) 2007 REVIEW-JOURNAL  A complicated compromise could expand landowners' protections against seizures of their land, while limiting the effect such limits would have on public works projects.
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By DIRK MEISSNER  VICTORIA (CP) - Five Vancouver Island First Nations gathered to initial a treaty Saturday worth almost $500 million that includes more than 24,000 hectares of land, some of it bordering majestic Pacific Rim Park near Tofino.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - The British Columbia government has not fulfilled its duty to consult with a northern B.C. First Nations about the transfer of forest licences once held by the defunct Skeena Cellulose, a B.C. Supreme Court justice has ruled.
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EDMONTON (CP) - Environmental groups want a hearing into a proposed natural gas pipeline down the Mackenzie Valley to consider how the gas would be used.
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BUENOS AIRES The Inuit, 155,000 seal-hunting peoples scattered around the Arctic, plan to seek a ruling from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that the United States, by contributing substantially to global warming, is threatening their