Turpel Lafond stripped of honorary degree over claims of Indigenous heritage
REGINA — The University of Regina says it has rescinded the honorary doctor of laws degree it awarded to Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond in 2003 as…
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Indigenous leaders, family discuss effort to search landfill for women’s remains
WINNIPEG — A search for the remains of two Indigenous women at a landfill north of Winnipeg could begin as early as April, pending the…
Totem at Royal B.C. Museum on way home to Central Coast after repatriation ceremony
VICTORIA — A totem pole taken from an Indigenous village on British Columbia's Central Coast more than 100 years ago is on its way home…
‘Dances With Wolves’ actor charged in Canada in 2018 rape
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Canadian police confirmed Tuesday they are pursuing a criminal case against a former “Dances With Wolves'' actor who was arrested last…
Casting call opens with Netflix opportunity for Indigenous basketball players
A casting call was posted by Midthunder Casting LLC helmed by Angelique Midthunder, an Emmy-nominated member of the Casting Society of America and the Academy…
Ottawa spending $2M for international commission to offer advice on unmarked graves
Ottawa is spending $2 million for an international organization to provide Indigenous communities with options for identifying possible human remains buried near former residential school…
Why are people turning to psychedelics like ayahuasca?
HILDALE, Utah — Ayahuasca is a psychedelic tea whose roots go back hundreds of years to ceremonial use by Indigenous groups in the Amazon region.…
Manitoba First Nation to sign child welfare agreement with Ottawa, province
WINNIPEG — Peguis First Nation is set to become the first Indigenous group in Manitoba to take control of child welfare under federal legislation that…
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples call for end to police brutality in Canada
TORONTO — A national Indigenous organization is calling on Canadian police forces to make “fundamental changes'' to end brutality against members of racialized groups in…
Probe into Alberta residential school links unpasteurized milk to children’s deaths
SADDLE LAKE CREE NATION — A new report from a group looking into children who died and went missing at a residential school northeast of…
New comedy show premiering on APTN
Comedic duo Shawn Cuthand and Danny Knight say making audiences laugh until they cry helps them listen better to the serious themes present in TV…
‘Hurt is still alive:’ Ontario community shocked after ‘plausible burials’ uncovered
The discovery of 171 “plausible burials'' at a former residential school in northern Ontario has retraumatized the First Nation that announced the finding, its chief…
More universities reviewing honorary degrees given to Mary Ellen Turpel Lafond
VANCOUVER — Six out of 10 universities say they're reviewing honorary degrees conferred on retired judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, after being asked by a group…
Survivors of residential school in Saskatchewan file proposed class action lawsuit
WHITECAP — Survivors of a residential school that housed Metis children in Saskatchewan have filed a proposed a class-action lawsuit against the federal and provincial…
First Native American woman in space steps out on spacewalk
CAPE CANAVERAL — The first Native American woman in space ventured out on a spacewalk Friday to prep the International Space Station for more solar…