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 upcoming Round Dance at the mall.
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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 of St. Anne’s have been telling their tragic stories.
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 members stand trial for their response to the vicious RCMP assault of the highway 134 encampment on October 17th Aaron Francis is slated to stand trial for a variety of charges on December 12th and 13th in Moncton, New Brunswick.
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 protesting assault on native lands and right to protest.
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 an Emergency Day of Action scheduled for Monday, December 2, 2013.
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 Indigenous women and girls in Canada.
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 does.
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 my opinion, a wrongful enforcement of an injunction that I do not believe the RCMP of New Brunswick understand.
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 continue shale gas exploration.
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 between the American government and its “domestic dependent nations”, despite the long list of grievances held by Onkwehon:we that are not reflected in the photo-ops and official press releases.
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 off on the transfer of three pieces of land that can now be sold to non-native peoples.
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 their debt in the form of 10-year bonds to institutional investors this coming February 2014.
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.