JOURNEY STRENGTHENS RELATIONSHIPS WITH ABORIGINAL YOUTH

VANCOUVER – The Province is providing a total of $30,000 to the Pulling Together Canoe Society and Ride With The Tides Productions to strengthen relationships between police, Aboriginal youth and communities and to increase awareness about First Nations cultures, Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister Michael de Jong announced.

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE TO HONOUR B.C. ABORIGINAL ART

VICTORIA – The Province is providing $100,000 to the First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council (the First Peoples’ Council) for talented B.C. Aboriginal artists to create an art display at Government House, Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister Michael de Jong announced.

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PROVINCE FUNDS NATIONAL ABORIGINAL DAY FESTIVITIES

VICTORIA – The Province is providing $94,200 to Aboriginal organizations to support National Aboriginal Day celebrations throughout British Columbia, Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister Michael de Jong announced.

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ABORIGINAL ARTISTS RECEIVE CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

VANCOUVER – Six B.C. First Nations artists were honoured by Premier Gordon Campbell and Keith Mitchell, chair of the British Columbia Achievement Foundation, at the second annual BC Creative Achievement Awards for Aboriginal Art.

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$1 MILLION STRENGTHENS NISGA’A ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES

VICTORIA – The Province is providing $1 million over five years to the Nisga’a Nation to improve economic opportunities and create jobs in the Nass Valley, said Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister Michael de Jong.

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