A Grandmother’s patterns and Nike’s new N7
The 10th Nike N7 Collection was inspired by the original Navajo patterns of great grandmother to a Nike employee. Creating stories out of colours and…
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First certified diabetes wellness worker to be honoured
An indigenous diabetes wellness organization program, Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle (IDHC), has been granted professional certification status. Certifications provide front line health workers and management…
First Nation trying to stop $453M Manitoba Minnesota power line project
WINNIPEG _ A Manitoba Indigenous community is taking the province to court over a $453-million power transmission project it says it wasn't properly consulted on…
Funding secured to connect First Nations to provincial power
THUNDER BAY, Ont. — A utility tasked with connecting more than a dozen Indigenous communities to Ontario's power grid says funding is now in place…
Blacksmith wins Portia White Prize at Creative Nova Scotia Awards gala
HALIFAX — Blacksmith and sculptor John Little and Mi'kmaq artist Ursula Johnson were the big winners at the 14th annual Creative Nova Scotia Awards Gala…
Memorials and condolences continue after Winnipeg boy, 3, dies after stabbing
WINNIPEG _ A memorial has grown outside the Winnipeg home where a three-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed as he slept last week, while political leaders…
Indigenous group, teachers federation ask for more First Nations education funds
SASKATOON — A Saskatchewan Indigenous group and another one representing teachers want the government to do more for First Nations schooling. Numbers from Saskatchewan Education…
Learning the Land: Walking the talk of Indigenous Land acknowledgements
Sourced by The Canadian Press Author: Matthew Robert Anderson, Affiliate Professor, Theological Studies, Loyola College for Diversity & Sustainability; Honorary Research Fellow, University of Nottingham…
Saskatchewan granted intervener status in First Nations TMX project appeal
REGINA _ The Saskatchewan government says it has been granted leave to intervene in an appeal over construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The…
Lead in some Canadian water worse than Flint
By TRT Staff with notes from The Associated Press, The Canadian Press MONTREAL — Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been unwittingly exposed to high…
Treaties Recognition Week and Treaty 3
Kenora, ON — Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh, Grand Chief of Treaty 3 says it’s important for everyone to learn about the treaty relationship between First Nations…
Illinois museum returns items to Aboriginal Australians
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Museum returned 42 culturally significant items to representatives of two Aboriginal communities in Australia after the artifacts spent decades on…
B.C. Appeal Court says Canada must rethink extradition of Indigenous man
VANCOUVER — The federal Justice Department has been ordered by the British Columbia Appeal Court to reconsider the extradition of an Aboriginal man to the…
B.C. Appeal Court says Canada must rethink extradition of Indigenous man
VANCOUVER — The federal Justice Department has been ordered by the British Columbia Appeal Court to reconsider the extradition of an Aboriginal man to the…
B.C. introduces law to implement United Nations declaration on Indigenous rights
VICTORIA — British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to introduce legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous…