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Brother of slain aboriginal protester gets Order of Ontario (CBC)
Sam George, the brother of the aboriginal protester killed by Ontario police at Ipperwash Provincial Park, has been given the province's highest honour.

Brother of slain aboriginal protester Dudley George receives Order of Ontario (Times & Transcript)
Sam George, the brother of slain aboriginal activist Dudley George, has been invested into the Order of Ontario.

Aboriginal home buyers deal (The Australian)
UP to 12,000 Aborigines living on 63 former Aboriginal reserves in NSW will be given the chance to buy their own homes.

Brother of slain aboriginal protester gets Order of Ontario (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
Sam George, the brother of an aboriginal protester killed by an Ontario police officer at Ipperwash Provincial Park, has been given the province's highest honour.

Kidman upstaged by Aboriginal child star of ‘Australia’ (The New Sabah Times)
Aboriginal child star Brandon Walters stole the scene from film stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman Tuesday as he spoke about working on the country’s biggest film, “Australia”.

Millions sought for Aboriginal cane toad fight (The West Australian)
A volunteer group fighting to keep cane toads out of WA is pushing for a multimillion-dollar spending commitment from the State Government to fund Aboriginal communities in the front-line battle again

Classroom English will be the death of Aboriginal languages (Crikey)
Retention of Aboriginal languages should matter to all of us, says longtime NT teacher Wendy Baarda .

Film makers vow to protect Aboriginal star (Stuff)
Aged six, Brandon Walters was battling leukemia. At 13, the Aboriginal boy is a new face of Australia, the child star of the epic movie Australia whose makers have vowed to protect him from exploitation.

First meeting of residential school survivors, commission postponed (CBC)
The first meeting between aboriginal residential school survivors and the commission tasked with documenting their abuse has been postponed.

New Website Teaches About Innu Places in Labrador (Voice of the Common Man)
Labrador Innu have launched a first in the global community. They have launched the first comprehensive cultural website dedicated to Aboriginal place names.