How post secondary schools are working to indigenize programs, campus life
This summer, as students prepared to go back to school, some post-secondary institutions did preparing of their own to make changes that they say address…
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Judge rules Dakota Access developer can’t sue Earth First
By Blake Nicholson | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BISMARCK, N.D. _ A federal judge has dismissed a second defendant from a $1 billion racketeering lawsuit that the…
Ottawa, Inuit agree on compensation for forced relocation in 1950s
ARVIAT, Nunavut — Inuit who were forcibly removed from their traditional lands in the 1950s and starved as a result have reached a compensation deal…
Range of reactions to possible holiday to mark legacy of residential schools
The federal government's intention to enact a statutory holiday aimed at remembering the legacy of Canada's residential school system has drawn mixed reactions from Indigenous…
Natan Obed re elected head of Canada’s national Inuit group
INUVIK, N.W.T. — The newly re-elected leader of Canada's 60,000 Inuit says he plans to make housing a priority during his second term as president.…
Indigenous patients still waiting for equity in health care system: CMA health summit
WINNIPEG — First Nations doctors shared personal stories at a national health summit to demonstrate how Indigenous patients still face racism and unequal access to…
‘Four of a dozen kids will not make it:’ Tina Fontaine’s family healing together
WINNIPEG — Melissa Stevenson was just starting her career 18 years ago when a summer position at the Indigenous Family Centre in Winnipeg connected her…
Toronto Zoo welcomes newest addition: a baby pygmy hippopotamus
TORONTO — The Toronto Zoo is celebrating the birth of a rare and endangered pygmy hippopotamus. Kindia, a 12-year-old female, gave birth to a female…
New federal holiday for residential school survivors expected
OTTAWA – Ottawa has announced plans to create a new statutory holiday in recognition of residential school survivors. Indigenous groups are working with the federal…
Plains bison roaming free in Banff National Park for first time in decades
BANFF, AB — Parks Canada says wild plains bison that were reintroduced to Banff National Park are now free-roaming animals. Officials say 31 bison were…
Conquistador reenactment leaders apologize to Pueblo Indians
SANTA FE, NM — Organizers of the annual reenactment of a 17th-century Spanish conquistador reclaiming Santa Fe from Native Americans have issued an apology to…
Feds to test limits of Indigenous housing ideas through new contest
OTTAWA — The Trudeau Liberals are offering Indigenous communities $30 million in prize money as part of a contest that could end up rewriting the…
Case of Inuk woman missing six days after release from custody subject of probe
MONTREAL — The disappearance of an Inuk woman for six days after she was released from Montreal police custody at about midnight is raising questions…
Bank Of Montreal replaces plaques commemorating killing of Iroquois chief
MONTREAL — Two stone markers on the facade of a Bank of Montreal building in the city's tourist district that commemorated the murder of an…
Manitoba teen girl sentenced as youth for fatal beating of Indigenous woman
WINNIPEG — A Manitoba teenage girl who took part in the beating of an Indigenous woman that was filmed and shared online has been given…