John John: The View From Canada: #379

13.6.12

BC Treaty Advocate Elected Chair of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues | Vancouver Media Co-op
The 11th Session of the top forum for Indigenous peoples in the world began with a lurch. The sixteen-member Forum elected, by acclamation, Grand Chief Edward John to be their Chair. The announcement was made during a preliminary meeting, May 6, 2012, before the two week meeting in New York City. Hailing from Tl'azt'en (northern BC), this Chief will be familiar to anyone who has followed the machinations of the BC treaty process over the last twenty years: John was the founding Chair of the First Nations Summit, an organization formed to “represent First Nations” involved with the BC Treaty Commission (BCTC).
Inuit organize widespread protest over hunger, food cost - The Globe and Mail
A head of cabbage for $20. Fifteen bucks for a small bag of apples.

A case of ginger ale: $82.

Fed up and frustrated by sky-high food prices and concerned over widespread hunger in their communities, thousands of Inuit have spent weeks posting pictures and price tags from their local grocery stores to a Facebook site called Feed My Family.
Thousands of residential school claims in limbo after BC judge boots law firm | APTN National News
APTN National News
In a major development, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled this week that the Blott and Company law firm and its associates exploited thousands of vulnerable survivors of residential schools as part of a scheme to maximize their profits.