After 20 years, Washington tribe hopes to hunt whales again

By Gene Johnson, The Canadian Press A weeklong hearing in Seattle will help determine whether a small American Indian tribe in Washington state can once…

Football brings some peace to Sioux family after suicide (FBH-Football-and-Healing)

By Stephen Groves, The Canadian Press VERMILLION — Teenagers Jashawn and Jayton Pease embraced in the end zone while celebrating the 74-39 victory that made…

Long running coal plant on Navajo Nation stops production

By Felicia Fonseca, The Canadian Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A massive coal-fired power plant that served customers in the West for nearly 50 years shut…

Native American shield returned to New Mexico from France

By Mary Hudetz, The Canadian Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A ceremonial Native American shield has been wel-comed back to New Mexico by tribal leaders, in…

After 20 years, Washington tribe hopes to hunt whales again

By Gene Johnson, The Canadian Press A weeklong hearing in Seattle will help determine whether a small American Indian tribe in Washington state can once…

Metis veterans receive long awaited recognition ahead of Remembrance Day

OTTAWA _ A fiddle played the sombre strains of the Last Post and Amazing Grace during a special ceremony Friday to remember the contributions of…

Wes Studi makes Oscars history for Native American actors

LOS ANGELES _ When Cherokee actor Wes Studi was thinking about moving to Los Angeles to take a shot at being an actor in the…

First Nation trying to stop $453M Manitoba Minnesota power line project

WINNIPEG _ A Manitoba Indigenous community is taking the province to court over a $453-million power transmission project it says it wasn’t properly consulted on…

Funding secured to connect First Nations to provincial power

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — A utility tasked with connecting more than a dozen Indigenous communities to Ontario’s power grid says funding is now in place…

Blacksmith wins Portia White Prize at Creative Nova Scotia Awards gala

HALIFAX — Blacksmith and sculptor John Little and Mi’kmaq artist Ursula Johnson were the big winners at the 14th annual Creative Nova Scotia Awards Gala…

Memorials and condolences continue after Winnipeg boy, 3, dies after stabbing

WINNIPEG _ A memorial has grown outside the Winnipeg home where a three-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed as he slept last week, while political leaders…

Indigenous group, teachers federation ask for more First Nations education funds

SASKATOON — A Saskatchewan Indigenous group and another one representing teachers want the government to do more for First Nations schooling. Numbers from Saskatchewan Education…

Learning the Land: Walking the talk of Indigenous Land acknowledgements

Sourced by The Canadian Press Author: Matthew Robert Anderson, Affiliate Professor, Theological Studies, Loyola College for Diversity & Sustainability; Honorary Research Fellow, University of Nottingham…

Saskatchewan granted intervener status in First Nations TMX project appeal

REGINA _ The Saskatchewan government says it has been granted leave to intervene in an appeal over construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The…

Ontario First Nation newsroom set on fire in ‘targeted’ attack

The office of an Ontario First Nation weekly newspaper was set on fire during a “targeted attack” earlier this week, the outlet’s publisher said Thursday. Lynda Powless,…