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Plains bison roaming free in Banff National Park for first time in decades0
BANFF, AB — Parks Canada says wild plains bison that were reintroduced to Banff National Park are now free-roaming animals. Officials say 31 bison were released Sunday into a 1,200 square-kilometre zone that features meadows and grassy valleys for grazing along the park’s eastern slopes. “Now, they are free-roaming wild bison and their path forward
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Conquistador reenactment leaders apologize to Pueblo Indians0
SANTA FE, NM — Organizers of the annual reenactment of a 17th-century Spanish conquistador reclaiming Santa Fe from Native Americans have issued an apology to Pueblo Indians after ending the annual event. In a statement Tuesday, Santa Fe Fiesta, Inc. said organizers for the first time apologize to the various Pueblo Indian tribes for the
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Feds to test limits of Indigenous housing ideas through new contest0
OTTAWA — The Trudeau Liberals are offering Indigenous communities $30 million in prize money as part of a contest that could end up rewriting the rules about how the federal government funds badly needed housing on-reserve. Key to the contest is to draw in private sector builders to help finance the construction and repairing of
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Case of Inuk woman missing six days after release from custody subject of probe0
MONTREAL — The disappearance of an Inuk woman for six days after she was released from Montreal police custody at about midnight is raising questions about whether authorities followed proper procedures. Mina Iquasiak Aculiak, 48, was found Thursday, hours after police had released her photo to seek the public’s help in tracking her down. They
READ MOREBank Of Montreal replaces plaques commemorating killing of Iroquois chief0
MONTREAL — Two stone markers on the facade of a Bank of Montreal building in the city’s tourist district that commemorated the murder of an Iroquois chief in 1644 are being replaced today. Members of Montreal’s First Nations community had been calling for the removal of the stones for years because they felt they negatively
READ MOREManitoba teen girl sentenced as youth for fatal beating of Indigenous woman0
WINNIPEG — A Manitoba teenage girl who took part in the beating of an Indigenous woman that was filmed and shared online has been given the maximum youth sentence for manslaughter. The girl, who was 16 at the time of the attack, has been sentenced to two years in custody and one year of community
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