Exclusive aboriginal fishery in B.C. ...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/exclusive-aboriginal-fishery-in-b-c-not-a-charter-violation-top-court-1.772265
Maori tribes regain forest in largest...

IHT/Associated Press 2008Wellington: Seven indigenous Maori tribes on Wednesday signed New Zealand’s largest-ever settlement over grievances arising from the 19th-cen...
New information on Canada’s dra...

New editions of the Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island portions of the National Road Network were recently released. The datasets are available at the GeoBase We...
Justice at Last-After 60 Years of Cal...

OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – June 18, 2008) – The Specific Claims Tribunal Act has received Royal Assent. The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Af...
Government of Canada and Inuvialuit w...

Ottawa (June 6, 2008) – The Honourable ChuckStrahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, together...
The Central Council of Tlingit and Ha...

The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (CCTHITA) are happy to announce that they are now authorized by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ES...
Lil’wat First Nation Land Use A...

The Province of BC and the Lil’wat Nation signed a historic land-use agreement that encompasses just under 800,000 hectares of land in April 2008. "Through the land-...
FOSS4G 2008 paper / presentation subm...

Free and Open Source Geospatial 2008, Cape Town, September 29 – Oct 3 2008. Reminder: The paper / presentation submission deadline is this Monday 12 May. Go to http://ww...
Volunteers needed for project concern...

The GISCorps Core Committee is looking for 20 volunteers to help compile Infrastructure damage data (buildings, ports, bridges) in Cyclone Nargis affected areas in Myanmar usin...
Pressure for place names to drop R...

Original article by Marisol Bello, USA TODAY – 2008-04-29   Moves to eliminate the term "squaw" from names of geographical sites are accelerating because of...
Native Geography Map Book Update

From the Northwest Tribal GIS email list: Our editors are getting close to the first completed draft of the first edition of the Native Geography Map Book.  They did howe&#...
US Halts Commercial Salmon Season

    Fishery Council Closes Salmon Fishing Off Oregon and California    By Dan Bacher    t r u t h o u t | Report http://...
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