New Mexico tribe transforms old casino into movie studio

TESUQUE PUEBLO, N.M. — A small northern New Mexico Native American tribe has opened a movie studio in a former casino that it hopes will…

Six Nations to close landfill, open new transfer station

OHSWEKEN — Work is now underway to close the Six Nations Landfill Site for good and transition trash collection at the new Transfer Station. SNGR…

‘No celebrations’: Indigenous communities, leaders share Canada Day frustrations

VANCOUVER — Jess Housty can’t remember the last time Canada Day was celebrated in the Heiltsuk Nation. Housty lives in the coastal B.C. town of…

Film stars Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds support Indigenous women’s program

ANTIGONISH, N.S. — Movie stars Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are donating $200,000 to an institute at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia to…

Indigenous Women’s Advisory Council to address violence in communities

TORONTO — The Ontario government announced members of a new Indigenous Women’s Advisory Council on June 21. The Council includes First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and…

Atlantic First Nations create water utility, to be up and running by 2022

HALIFAX — Indigenous communities in Atlantic Canada are creating their own utility to take charge of water systems in First Nations around the region. The…

Funeral held for Indigenous man killed last week by RCMP in New Brunswick

METEPENAGIAG, N.B. — A funeral was held Friday in eastern New Brunswick for Rodney Levi, the 48-year-old Indigenous man from the Metepenagiag Mi’kmaq Nation who…

Blair says feds want to make First Nations policing an ‘essential service’

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says First Nations policing needs to be made an essential service — something Indigenous leaders have been pressing…

Indigenous women’s group wants RCMP action to end ‘needless deaths’

OTTAWA — A national group representing Indigenous women is urging the RCMP to quickly take steps — including equipping Mounties with body cameras — to…

Return of Indigenous remains, artifacts vital part of reconciliation: adviser

VICTORIA — Dan Smith of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation says the repatriation of ancestral remains and cultural objects has been a long time…

Black MPs, senators call for government action against systemic racism

OTTAWA — A group of Black parliamentarians and their allies are calling on all levels of government to take action to reduce systemic racism in…

Chief calls for review of racism in RCMP

THUNDER BAY — Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler is calling for an investigation into systemic racism – and the use of force…

Indigenous man fatally shot by RCMP was troubled but not violent, says chief

MIRAMICHI — The chief of a New Brunswick First Nation says an Indigenous man shot and killed by the RCMP was troubled, but not a…

Pressure mounts on New Brunswick to get Indigenous people involved in inquiries

FREDERICTON — There will be some tough questions for New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs when he meets with First Nations leaders on Wednesday after two…

N.B. chiefs seek justice system review after police shooting of Indigenous woman

FREDERICTON — The chiefs of a coalition of Maliseet First Nations are calling for an independent probe of the New Brunswick justice system after a…