Brazeau and Harb formally charged with fraud

Suspended Senator Patrick Brazeau along with retired Senator Mac Harb, have been formally charged by the RCMP today for their alleged roles in the ‘Senate…

Change The Name this Superbowl Sunday – Native People are Not Your Mascot

Indigenous people, their friends and heck, anyone who thinks racism is a bad thing will take to social media during today’s Superbowl game urging the…

Florida high school apologizes for video

The Florida High School who performed a racially prejudiced impression of a Pow-Wow has issued a public apology this month.

UN Rapporteur James Anaya visits Leonard Peltier

SAN FRANCISCO - UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya, along with board member for the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC)…

Ernie Louttit and the investigation into “Starlight tours”

This month and year marks the 14th anniversary of the freezing deaths of three Indigenous men, two of whose lifeless bodies were found on the…

UN Rapporteur James Anaya visits Leonard Peltier

UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya, along with board member for the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) and National Native…

Tar-sand’s Dilbit Makes Regina Debut but Neil Young Tough Act to Follow

On Saturday January 18, 2014, in the morning after Friday’s Neil Young Honour the Treaties concert in Regina, a pumping station leak south of the…

Chemical disaster creates total chaos

CHARLESTON, WV: A chemical spill last Wednesday in the Elk River put the capital city of West Virginia into disaster.

Six Nations sends language delegation to Hawai

The Six Nations Language Commission (SNLC) is sending a delegation of 16 people, mostly Instructors and Program staff, to Hawaii University in Hilo, Hawaii for…

John Kane to Address “Inherent Sovereignty” at Arizona State University

WASHINGTON – John Kane, Mohawk activist and national commentator on Native issues, will be a featured speaker at “Who Decides You’re Real? Fixing the Federal…

A matter of integrity: Neil Young on the tar sands and First Nations rights

TORONTO - Rock legend Neil Young made a splash at a press conference in Toronto on Sunday.

Troubled First Nation changes its name

MASKWACIS – Hobbema, Alberta, one of Canada’s most crime-ridden and troubled First Nations formally changed its name, effective January 1st.

What You Don’t Know Could Kill You: BC to Make Methadone Ten Times Stronger

In BC, methadone will get ten times stronger in just a few weeks – but most patients don’t know about it – raising the spectre…

Idle No More: the indigenous news event of 2013

From an Onkwehon:we perspective, there are few more important stories in 2013 than the rise to prominence of the Idle No More movement.

Yellow Box Cheerios says NO to GMO

One year ago, the group used social media efforts to rally consumers to pressure General Mills to make Cheerios without GMOs.