Recent Highlights

I’M ECSTATIC ABOUT THE MÉTIS VICTORY IN THE FEDERAL COURT IN THE CASE OF DANIELS V THE CROWN Tony Belcourt, Founding President, Native Council of Canada Yesterday when a reporter asked me for comments about the then pending decision by the Federal Court on the “Daniels” case, I was rather blasé about it. Having gone

LOUIS RIEL – FAR FROM BEING A MADMAN..   Shame on the Globe and Mail for its low and disrespectful jab at Louis Riel in its November 16th column A MOMENT IN TIME-NOV. 16, 1885, LOUIS RIEL HANGED While acknowledging Riel as a “founding father of Manitoba”, the writer (Michael Posner) goes on to say

“Jim Sinclair’s Speech”>Watch Jim Sinclair’s spell-binding speech at the closing of the failed First Minister’s Conference on Aboriginal Rights in the Constitution, March 27, 1987 Jim Sinclair's Speech

I mourn the loss of Jim Sinclair, a great Aboriginal leader. I first met Jim 42 years ago on November 16, 1970, the anniversary of the hanging of Louis Riel, when Metis leaders met and decided to form the Native Council of Canada. Jim was chosen as our first spokesperson. In my three terms as

DO NAMES HELP DEFINE THE EXTENT OF THE MÉTIS NATION? By Tony Belcourt When I came across the name “Larocque”, I had to blurt out to the others around the table that this was the name of my Dad’s mother.  I was one of the scrutineers counting ballots at a recent Métis Nation of Ontario

Announcing my 2nd Annual LiMichif Charity Golf Classic on September 21, 2012 at the beautiful Mississippi Golf Club, a short drive  west of Ottawa on Hwy 17.  We’ve got a great program of events that will be capped off with an evening banquet, a silent auction and awarding of trophies and prizes.  Not only is

I want to put out an alarm to Aboriginal peoples everywhere that it’s time for us to take a close look at how Ottawa’s management of spectrum may be the last resource that is stolen from us. As reported in today’s Globe and Mail (see link below), “Ottawa is selling off rights for the 700 MHz

#CFNG  Some say this week’s meeting – I call it a summit – between the Prime Minister and the Assembly of First Nations was “historic”.  Since this was the first time the Prime Minister has met with Canada’s Chiefs since he was elected6 years ago, I guess you could call it  “historic”.  That’s a long