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WESTERN UNIVERSITY INTRODUCES INDIGENOUS-FOCUSED RESIDENCE
This is an excellent way to be proud of your culture, said Swain, a Swan Lake First Nation woman... READ MORE›
CANADA'S TRUDEAU APOLOGIZES FOR ABUSE AT INDIGENOUS SCHOOLS THROUGH 20TH CENTURY
The decision came after a decadelong controversy over the federal government's responsibility... READ MORE›
2 NORTHERN ALBERTA FIRST NATIONS WILL SHARE A 49% INTEREST IN SUNCOR OILSANDS STORAGE FACILITY
The acquisition by the Mikisew Cree and Fort McKay First Nations was first announced a year ago but was conditional on the First Nations securing funding... READ MORE›
BOOST JUICE UNDER FIRE FOR CULTURAL APPROPRIATION
Australian fruit juice franchise Boost Juice has come under fire for what many see as appropriating Indigenous cultures of the world... READ MORE›
VAST INDIGENOUS LAND CLAIMS IN CANADA ENCOMPASS PARLIAMENT HILL
Some indigenous groups, like the Algonquins, never signed treaties giving up their land... READ MORE›
EDUCATION MINISTER'S IGNORANCE 'TRUMP-ESQUE,' SAYS CHIEF AFTER TREATY EDUCATION COMMENTS
While serving as Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations vice-chief, he negotiated the terms of a joint task force on First Nations and Metis education in Saskatchewan... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA BANS TOURISTS FROM CLIMBING ICONIC ROCK ULURU; NOT A DISNEY RIDE, CHAIRMAN SAYS
Tourists visiting Australia's red center will be banned from climbing Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, after local authorities voted to stop the practice on Wednesday... READ MORE›
ONTARIO CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETIES WORKING TO AVOID REPEAT OF SIXTIES SCOOP
Earlier this week, the Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies issued a formal apology for the damage done to survivors of the Sixties Scoop... READ MORE›
MIWATE WELCOMES PUBLIC BACK TO SACRED CHAUDIERE FALLS
She said Ottawa 2017 had a deep appreciation of Indigenous culture, and included the voices of Indigenous youth on the soundtrack... READ MORE›
CANADA WILL PAY COMPENSATION TO THOUSANDS OF INDIGENOUS 'STOLEN CHILDREN'
The government will pay nearly 800m to survivors of the 'Sixties Scoop' policy, which forcibly removed aboriginal children from their families... READ MORE›
CANADA CHILDREN'S BOOK RECALLED AMID ACCUSATIONS OF WHITEWASHING HISTORY
Workbook recasts dispossession of First Nations peoples as voluntary but sparks outrage on social media for ignoring 'suffering and injustice'... READ MORE›
COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT HEAD LICE WITH PHOTO OF INDIGENOUS GIRL SPARKS OUTRAGE
Community newspaper article about head lice with photo of Indigenous girl sparks outrage - CBC News... READ MORE›
BOWFORT TOWERS 'NEVER MEANT TO BE AN INDIGENOUS ARTWORK,' CITY AND TREATY 7 CHIEFS SAY IN JOINT STATEMENT
The half-million-dollar installation by New York artist Del Geist -- part of the newly completed interchange at the Trans-Canada Highway and Bowfort Road N.W... READ MORE›
P.E.I. PUTS UP $2.2M FOR MI'KMAQ WATERFRONT CENTRE
We are pleased to continue to work in a co-operative manner to advance the interests of First Nations Islanders in a positive and respectful relationship... READ MORE›
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'CARIBOU LEGS' CLOSES CROSS-COUNTRY RUN FOR MMIW IN ST. JOHN'S
Brad Firth, the ultra-marathon runner also known as 'Caribou Legs,' ended his cross-country run in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women and domestic violence... READ MORE›
'A STATE OF CRISIS': INDIGENOUS GROUP CALLS FOR CHANGE AS CANADA DAY NEARS
'Canada has failed Indigenous peoples' At a news conference in Charlottetown, Trudeau was asked about the teepee ceremony... READ MORE›
TRUDEAU INVITES POPE TO CANADA FOR APOLOGY TO NATIVES
READ MORE Canada accused of 'cultural genocide' Trudeau said he and the pope also discussed climate change... READ MORE›
A MUSEUM ABOUT RIGHTS, AND A LEGACY OF UNCOMFORTABLE CANADIAN TRUTHS
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- The Canadian Museum for Human Rights offers many opportunities for contemplation... READ MORE›
'WE HAVE SO MUCH TO OFFER'
Littlechild wants non-Indigenous peoples, especially in the Edmonton area, to know that they are welcome at the World Indigenous Nations Games... READ MORE›
CANADA DISCRIMINATES AGAINST CHILDREN ON RESERVES, TRIBUNAL RULES
In a news release, the Canadian Human Rights Commission also applauded the tribunal's ruling... READ MORE›
WILLIAM AND KATE URGED TO CONFRONT PAST COLONIAL WRONGS IN CANADA
Canada is rated sixth in the world when it comes to the United Nations Human Development Index... READ MORE›
ONTARIO PREMIER SAYS PROPOSAL TO STRIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF JOHN A. MACDONALD'S NAME MISSES MARK
The remarks come one day after the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario made headlines with a proposal to strip public schools of John A. Macdonald's name... READ MORE›
BID TO OUST INDIGENOUS VETERANS PRESIDENT GAINS MOMENTUM
Steven Ross, grand chief of the Saskatchewan First Nations Veterans Association, agrees Blackwolf should be removed... READ MORE›
WINNIPEG WOMAN VYING FOR MISS INDIAN WORLD TITLE
Every year in April, thousands of Indigenous people across from North America travel to Albuquerque, N.M... READ MORE›
INDIGENOUS INSPIRED PLAYGROUND A LONDON FIRST
Take a look at London's new, one-of-a-kind Indigenous inspired playground... READ MORE›
LEGAL WARRIORS: PROFILES OF 5 INDIGENOUS LAWYERS
A founding member of the Indigenous Bar Association of Canada, Donald Worme is a Cree lawyer based in Saskatoon... READ MORE›
CANADA'S FIRST NATIONS ALREADY FEEL FAILED BY INQUIRY INTO MISSING AND MURDERED WOMEN
What's at stake is that we're going to lose more and more of indigenous women and girls in Canada... READ MORE›
'INDIGENOUS PROTECTED AREAS REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THEM, TAKING CARE OF THEM'
The conference is being hosted by the Alberta Recreation and Parks Association... READ MORE›
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION FINAL REPORT POINTS TO 'GROWING CRISIS' FOR INDIGENOUS YOUTH
Truth and Reconciliation final report points to 'growing crisis' for indigenous youth... READ MORE›
CANADA'S CONSERVATIVES VOW TO CREATE 'BARBARIC CULTURAL PRACTICES' HOTLINE
Canada's Conservatives vow to create 'barbaric cultural practices' hotline... READ MORE›
EMPTY TOUR BUS ROLLS AWAY IN BANFF PARK, KILLING WOMAN AND INJURING MAN
Empty tour bus rolls down embankment in Banff park, killing woman and injuring man... READ MORE›
MEETING THE WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CHANGED HOW I SAW COLONIALISM -- AND CANADA
Here, in 2007, PIng Pu lowland Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan conducted a spiritual offering on the day on the sacred ancestral ground of the Indigenous Ketagalan tribe... READ MORE›
MEETING THE WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CHANGED HOW I SAW COLONIALISM -- AND CANADA
Here, in 2007, PIng Pu lowland Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan conducted a spiritual offering on the day on the sacred ancestral ground of the Indigenous Ketagalan tribe... READ MORE›
MEETING THE WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CHANGED HOW I SAW COLONIALISM -- AND CANADA
Here, in 2007, PIng Pu lowland Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan conducted a spiritual offering on the day on the sacred ancestral ground of the Indigenous Ketagalan tribe... READ MORE›
MEETING THE WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CHANGED HOW I SAW COLONIALISM -- AND CANADA
Here, in 2007, PIng Pu lowland Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan conducted a spiritual offering on the day on the sacred ancestral ground of the Indigenous Ketagalan tribe... READ MORE›
TRANS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE GETS INDIGENOUS-LED OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Trans Mountain ...'s committed to building and sustaining respectful relationships with Indigenous communities and partners including shared prosperity through the development and lifecycle of the project... READ MORE›
SPATE OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS SHOCK CANADIAN COMMUNITY
First Nation refers to non-Inuit and non-Metis indigenous people in Canada... READ MORE›
'CANADA DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD DESTINY FOR HIS PARENTS'
Climbed on hood of truck Police take Joshua Mitchell, who was eventually convicted of manslaughter in Maryam Rashidi's death, into Calgary's arrest processing unit... READ MORE›
OTTAWA POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER URGES OFFICER'S SUSPENSION OVER RACIST COMMENTS
In an interview on CBC's Ottawa Morning Thursday, Chief Charles Bordeleau said the comments reflect neither his values nor those of the Ottawa Police Service... READ MORE›
DALAI LAMA SAYS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE MUST MAINTAIN CULTURE
The Dalai Lama at Uluru Laura Murphy-Oates To preserve their traditional culture, value and modern value I think should combine... READ MORE›
FIRST NATIONS CHILD WELFARE RULING A PRECEDENT FOR OTHER ON-RESERVE ISSUES, LAWYERS SAY
Every single element of government services that Canadians take for granted, First Nations people do not... READ MORE›
INDIGENOUS LEADERS CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT HOUSING SUPPORT AFTER DEADLY FIRE
Day said underfunding for First Nations is an issue that needs to be addressed... READ MORE›
FIRST NATIONS LEADER URGES CANADA TO PROSECUTE 'OUT OF HAND' HATE SPEECH
It's getting out of hand, said Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, which represents 74 First Nations in the province of Saskatchewan... READ MORE›
MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN
Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde says Prime Minister Trudeau's appointment of two indigenous MPs to cabinet is part of a new era of reconciliation... READ MORE›