NWT veteran Floyd Powder heads to Ottawa for Indigenous Veterans Day, Remembrance Day

By: Tom Taylor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Floyd Powder has a lot on the agenda for the week of Indigenous Veterans Day and Remembrance Day.…

New Indigenous Just Transition Guide charts a fairer future

From Mi’gmaq communities in the Gaspé Peninsula harnessing the power of wind to a health centre powered by solar in Lubicon Lake First Nation in…

What Wab Kinew’s win in Manitoba reveals about the province’s political history

By Adele Perry, Director, Centre for Human Rights Research and Distinguished Professor, History and Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Manitoba Manitoba voters have elected…

Rejected by US courts, Onondaga Nation take centuries-old land rights case to international panel

By Michael Hill ONONDAGA NATION TERRITORY — The Onondaga Nation has protested for centuries that illegal land grabs shrank its territory from what was once…

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Exhibit features stolen Kainai children’s stories of resilience on Treaty 7 lands

In Canada, when we talk about truth and reconciliation we have a tendency to focus on the Indian residential school system (IRS). While engaging with…

Six Nations leaders say Robbie Robertson gave cultural centre invaluable support

TORONTO — A gesture by late musician Robbie Robertson has drawn attention to a Six Nations community’s cultural restoration project and local leaders anticipate it…

Native American tribes in Oklahoma will keep tobacco deals, as lawmakers override governor’s veto

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Native American tribes in Oklahoma will get to keep their existing agreements on how they share money from tobacco sales with…

Plants of the boreal forest: using traditional Indigenous medicine to create modern treatments

By Marianne Piochon, Andre Pichette, Jean Legault, and Vakhtang Mshvildadze   Natural health products and phytomedicines (plant-based medicines) are used in many countries as the…

Quebec’s cultural awareness training makes flawed assumptions that do not prioritize the safety of Indigenous people

By Marie-Claude Tremblay, Alex M. McComber and Georgia Limniatis   Quebec’s Minister Responsible for Relations with the First Nations and the Inuit, Ian Lafreniere, recently…

Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project and a Six Nations Connection

By Don Lynch From the U.S. Department of Energy: “The Manhattan Project and the devastation that its successful outcome wrought are inexplicable outside the context…

Canada Day: Why renaming roads and how we tell stories matter for reconciliation

By Geo Takach, Professor of Communication and Culture, Royal Roads University The recent renaming of the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway in Ottawa to Kichi…

Focusing on consent ignores better ways of preventing sexual violence

By Nicole K. Jeffrey, Adjunct Assistant Professor & Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology, University of Windsor In early May, a New York jury found Donald Trump…

Is exercise really good for the brain? Here’s what the science says

By Matthieu P. Boisgontier, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, L’Universite d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Boris Cheval, Senior Researcher, Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Universite…

Game of the Week Episode 8: Medivia Online

By GameTechnique Medivia Online is a 2D isometric MMORPG that has been entertaining players since 2009. It offers a unique blend of retro-style graphics and…

Ojibwe woman makes history as North Dakota poet laureate

By Trisha Ahmed THE ASSOCIATED PRESS North Dakota lawmakers have appointed an Ojibwe woman as the state’s poet laureate, making her the first Native American…