Fraudulent claims of indigeneity: Indigenous nations are the identity experts

By Cheryl Simon, Assistant Professor in Aboriginal and Indigenous Law, Dalhousie University There is a growing movement to identify and call-out people who have fraudulently…

Ungodly Alliance – PART II – Concrete evidence of abuse at the “Mush Hole”

WARNING: This story has disturbing details about residential and boarding schools including The Mohawk Institute (aka) The Mush Hole. The immediate source of this story…

Group sues Colorado over law banning Native American mascots

DENVER (AP) _ A North Dakota-based organization representing Native Americans sued Colorado this week for a measure banning American Indian school mascots which was passed…

Navajo Nation President Nez signs ban on indoor smoking (US-Navajo-Smoking-Ban)

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) _ The leader of the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. signed legislation Saturday to ban indoor smoking in many…

Want to reach out to an Indigenous scholar? Awesome! But first, here are 10 things to consider

By Jesse Popp, Assistant Professor, Chair in Indigenous Environmental Science, School of Environmental Studies, University of Guelph Although a wide diversity of world views exist,…

Will debt, liability and Indigenous action see the sun to set on the Ring of Fire?

By Anna Stanley, Adjunct professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph Noront Resources Ltd. — the company at the heart of Ontario’s…

A vote for Canada or Indigenous Nationhood? The complexities of First Nations, Metis and Inuit participation in Canadian voting

By Chadwick Cowie, Faculty Lecturer, Department of Political Science, McGill University The question of Indigenous participation in Canada’s elections is repeatedly in the news. Nunavut…

Who decides what’s essential? The importance of Indigenous ceremony during COVID 19

    By Jodi John, Ph.D. Candidate, Geography and Planning, Queen’s University, Ontario; Angela Mashford-Pringle, Assistant Professor/Associate Director, Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health, University of…

Understanding the early life origins of suicide: Vulnerability may begin even before birth

By Massimiliano Orri, Assistant Professor, McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University and Marie-Claude Geoffroy, Assistant…

DNA analysis of grizzly bears aligns with Indigenous languages

By Lauren H. Henson, PhD Student, Applied Conservation Science, University of Victoria and Jennifer Walkus, Council, Wuikinuxv First Nation Along the central coast of what…

Federal election: Canada’s next government should shift from reconciliation to decolonization and Indigenous self determination

By Liam Midzain-Gobin, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Brock University The federal government released the 2021 National Action Plan: Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women, Girls, And…

How parents can be ’emotion coaches’ as kids navigate back to school during COVID 19

By Dillon Thomas Browne, Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Waterloo; Heather Prime, Assistant professor, Department of Psychology, York University, Canada; Jennifer Jenkins, Atkinson Chair of…

Indigenous children’s book `Little Louis’ aims to curb COVID 19 vaccine hesitancy with a culturally relevant story

By Patrick Sullivan, Sr. Research Assistant, Morning Star Lodge, University of Saskatchewan and Heather O’Watch, Research Assistant, Morning Star Lodge, University of Saskatchewan The COVID-19…

The U.S. Canada border may have partially reopened, but intrusive travel restrictions still exist for Indigenous Peoples

By Paul McKenzie-Jones, Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies, University of Lethbridge While Canada began welcoming vaccinated United States citizens and permanent residents across the land border…

Indian Residential School findings: How diverse Indigenous communities deal with grief and healing

By Jonathan Hamilton-Diabo, Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream, Theology) and Special Advisor on Indigenous Initiatives, Victoria University, University of Toronto The recent “discoveries” of unmarked graves…