Mall of America at odds with Idle No More over upcoming Round Dance

Duluth, MN - The Idle No More group is demanding an answer from the Mall of America after the group received a letter concerning their…

Justice Denied to Children Tortured at St. Anne’s Residential School

Between 1936 and 1984, the St. Anne’s Residential School near James Bay, Ontario was run under the authority of the Catholic Church. For decades, victims…

Mi’kmaq Warriors still jailed after two months

MONCTON - As we approach the two month mark of their incarceration, this week is set to see the first of the Mi'kmaq Warriors Society…

Fault Lines: Elsipogtog, The Fire Over Water

We go to Mi'kmaq territory in New Brunswick, Canada, to find out what happens when a First Nation says no to fracking.

Anti-Fracking Actions Erupt in support of Elsipogtog

Anti-fracking activists across Canada took to the streets Monday to answer a rallying call by the Elsipogtog Mi’kmaq First Nation who called for an Emergency…

Day of action for Elsipogtog

On November 29, 2013, Land Defenders in Elsipogtog and surrounding communities in New Brunswick sent a message through social media to "Shut down Canada" in…

Database tracks missing & murdered women

From 2005-2010, the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) were funded by the federal government to compile research for a database on missing and murdered…

New court ruling on injunctions severely limits protection for blockaders

Who has the authority on reservations to protest land development? According to a recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada, only the band council…

Two Row Times reporter arrested in Elsipogtog

The circumstances of my arrest on November 26th while covering the Elsipogtog story for the Two Row Times and the Halifax Media Coop is in…

Ongwehowe people reject the First Nations Education Act

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawa:ke issued a statement Monday condemning the Harper Government’s proposed First Nations Education Act.

SWN awarded injunction against “protesters”

SWN was awarded an injunction earlier today preventing “protesters” from blocking thumper trucks pathways, and allowing the company to return to unceded Mikmaq territory to…

Obama pays lip service to “covenant chain” at Tribal Nations Conference, but “pummeled” behind the scenes

Since coming to office, the Obama administration has perhaps done more than any that has come before it to keep up appearances of good relations…

Nisga’a first to privatize reserve land

NLast week, the Nisga’a Nation in northwestern B.C. became the first First Nation in Canada to introduce private property, when the community’s land registrar signed…

First Nations Finance Authority will begin selling their debt

First Nations bands and governments who are party to the First Nations Finance Authority are about to make a sell-off of between $100-150 million of…

Polish the silver covenant chain of friendship

November, 11th 2013 marked the 219th Anniversary of the Canandaigua Treaty. It is also known as the Pickering Treaty or the George Washington Covenant.