Ontario Native Literacy Coalition to host Resiliency Conference
SIX NATIONS — In accordance with 30 years of service, the Ontario Native Literacy Coalition is set to host a conference titled Resiliency: Embracing the…
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Ban solitary confinement for mentally ill, Indigenous inmates: rights groups
OTTAWA — Three civil rights organizations joined forces Monday to voice their concern over the ongoing use of indefinite solitary confinement for prison inmates _…
Indigenous Peoples need help with dementia, Algonquin elder urges conference
OTTAWA — An Algonquin elder described Monday how shocked she was to learn — almost by accident — that a routine nursing-home visit with her…
Work still needed years after landmark ruling on Indigenous sentencing: lawyers
VANCOUVER — Nearly two decades after a landmark court decision on sentencing Indigenous offenders, lawyers say there are no national standards for implementing the ruling…
North American scientists reminded to be respectful with ancestral human remains
A new article in the journal Science provides guidance for those intending to study ancient human remains in the Americas. The paper, written by Indigenous…
Real estate association calls for moratorium on homegrown recreational cannabis
TORONTO — Canada’s real estate industry organization is calling for a moratorium on growing recreational marijuana at home until the government sets out nationwide regulations…
Land deal will preserve site linked to Lost Colony mystery
By Martha Waggoner (AP) RALEIGH, NC — Efforts to unravel the mysterious fate of North Carolina's fabled Lost Colony could benefit after a preservation group…
Toronto eatery racially profiled black man, human rights tribunal rules
TORONTO —Ontario’s human rights tribunal has ordered a downtown Toronto restaurant to pay $10,000 to a black man for violating his rights after the establishment…
‘We are entitled to justice:’ Family of Colten Boushie speaks at United Nations
NEW YORK CITY — Family and supporters of a young Indigenous man shot and killed on a Saskatchewan farm used the international stage of the…
Canada mishandling nuclear waste plans warn First Nations, environmental groups
OTTAWA — First Nations leaders say they have not been properly consulted about the prospect of a nuclear waste disposal site being established northwest of…
Tribes’ request for more say in Dakota Access study denied
BISMARCK, ND — A judge has rejected the request by two American Indian tribes to be more involved in a court-ordered environmental review of the…
Judge asked to reject pipeline protester’s evidence request (US-Oil-Pipeline)
By Blake Nicholson, AP BISMARCK, ND — The government is asking a federal judge to reject a request for evidence to be returned to a…
‘It’s just like we’re forgotten people’: Indigenous evacuees waiting to go home
KAPUSKASING — Paul Edwards sits alone at a bare table and washes down scrambled eggs with coffee in the large auditorium of the civic centre…
Reviewing treatment of Inuit children in Newfoundland child welfare
ST. JOHN'S, NL — An independent review into the treatment of Inuit children and youth in Newfoundland and Labrador's child welfare system will be led…
Saskatchewan farmer acquitted in death of Indigenous man guilty of gun charge
NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK — A Saskatchewan farmer acquitted in the fatal shooting of a young Indigenous man is giving up his guns and has been…