Here’s some great Thanksgiving news from our neighbors to the north:

Canada has unveiled a C$5bn (US $4.3bn; £2.4bn) programme to fight poverty in native communities, at the end of an unprecedented two-day summit.

Prime Minister Paul Martin said gaps in wealth, health and education between aboriginal and other Canadians were “not acceptable in the 21st Century”.

BBC.

Also: Abuse payout for Canadian natives.

There are no links to native advocacy sites in the “checkbook activism” section… that’s because I’m embarrassingly ignorant on these issues. Anyone with any suggestions of good organizations that need donations, please comment here.