Onkwehonwe Week in Review (May 25 – June 1)
Canada's Chief Justice blasts the country's record of 'cultural genocide' TORONTO – Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin delivered a speech on May…
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Onkwehonwe week in review: May 11-18
Indigenous communities vow to continue opposing energy projects harmful to environment B.C. — First Nations in British Columbia will continue to oppose and reject any…
Onkwehonwe Week in Review (May 4 – 11)
First Nations woman receives justice in sexual discrimination case NOVA SCOTIA – A woman from the Millbrook First Nation received long-overdue justice on Apr. 29…
Ayotzinapa to Ottawa Caravan tours Canada for 43 missing Mexican students
TORONTO — “We want society to take to the streets and demonstrate,and we hope that during those demonstrations, you mention that we are still missing…
Onkwehonwe Week in Review (Apr. 27 – May 4)
Indigenous rights pose a threat to federal government's agenda OTTAWA – The Guardian has obtained documents from the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, showing the federal…
Indigenous people unite in fight against Chevron
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Indigenous peoples from the North, Central and South American parts of the continent converged in Washington D.C. on Apr. 21 to demand…
Movement demands justice for Ecuador’s indigenous people
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On April 20, Canadian and Indigenous activists will head to Washington, D.C. to join thousands of demonstrators seeking justice for the indigenous…
Does Canada play a role in Colombia’s ‘social cleansing’?
COLOMBIA – In 2011, Canada signed the controversial Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA). It was – and is – controversial because for decades, the indigenous…
Onkwehonwe Week in Review April-8-2015
Ojibway man walking from Victoria to Ottawa VICTORIA – On Saturday, March 28th, an Ojibway man from the Curve Lake First Nation started a five-month…
Demonstrators across the country rally in honour of Cindy Gladue
TORONTO – There is nothing about being an indigenous woman or sex worker that is inherently violent – that was one of the main messages…
Onkwehonwe Week in Review: April 1 2015
Compensation sought for residential day-scholars KAMLOOPS – The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc (or Kamloops Indian Band) and the Sechelt Indian Band are in the middle of…
Province drops charges against Darlene Necan
SAVANT LAKE, ON – Eighteen months after the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry first charged Darlene Necan for building a cabin in her family's…
Protestors across Canada blast Bill C-51 in national day of action
Over the weekend, people from all across Canada poured on to the streets to protest the Conservative government's proposed anti-terror legislation, Bill C-51, in a…
Onkwehonwe Week in Review March 11 2014
Tentative settlement of billion dollar lawsuit NUNAVUT – A Nunavut land-claims group which sued Ottawa in 2006 for $1 billion, for allegedly failing to fund…
Onkwehonwe Week in Review: March 4 1015
Indigenous MP comes out against Liberal support of Bill C-51 OTTAWA – Cree NDP MP Romeo Saganash is blasting the Liberals and their leader, Justin…