Mohawk “Code Talkers” honoured in New York

St. Regis N.Y. – During the Second World War a special unit of the U.S. Marines was secretly mustered from Indian reserves across the country…

Trump dismisses New Mexico senator as “Pocahontas”

NEW MEXICO – The bombastic republican presidential candidate Donald Trump added yet another ethnic group to his growing list of people he has alienated by…

Escape from the Fort McMurray wildfire

FORT McMurray – Gitz Crazyboy is a Blackfoot/Dene youth worker and land defender from Fort McMurray, Alberta, who has been fighting for the protective rights…

Miss Indian World crowned at Gathering of Nations

The Gathering of Nations Pow Wow and Miss Indian World pageant concluded this weekend. The festival is the largest pow wow in North America, held…

Looking at medical cannibus in a different light

In 2013, Canada enacted the historic Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR), becoming the first country in the world to support the development of a…

Appeals Court restores survivors’ rights

SIX NATIONS – Many of those who gave testimony during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) work, where their personal experiences were told and recorded,…

Wolverine told his story before passing

Ts’Peten First Nation, BC ‑ A few months ago, we were pleased to keep the month long, Ts’Peten, or Gustafsen Lake armed stand-off in British Columbia alive for…

Catholic church in Canada repudiates ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ and ‘terra nullius’

OTTAWA — As part of a national response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action 48 by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and…

Anglican Church formally apologizes

BRANTFORD – A historic declaration from the Anglican Church of Canada regarding it’s part in the horrific cultural genocide and many abuses done to an…

NWAC President Speaks to Plight of Indigenous Women and Girls at UN

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Dawn Lavell-Harvard, President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, was invited to join the sixtieth session of the United Nations…

TRC Chairperson Justice Murray Sinclair appointed to Senate of Canada

OTTAWA – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde and AFN Manitoba Regional Chief Kevin Hart congratulated Justice Murray Sinclair on his appointment to the Senate of Canada, one of seven…

Manitoba youth arrested in murder death of Teresa Robinson

Manitoba RCMP announced they have arrested and charged a 15 year old boy in the murder death of 11 year old Teresa Robinson. Robinson went…

Manitobans getting to know all about Wab Kinew

By Gordon Sinclair Jr. Winnipeg Free Press Mar. 12, 2016 – Wab Kinew is intelligent, articulate, multi-talented and ambitious, an assessment the 34-year-old has no…

Canada to feature woman on new bank note

OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada is inviting the public to nominate iconic women from Canada’s past to appear on the next issue of bank…

Indigenous leadership offended at meeting on climate change

VANCOUVER — Chief Allan Adams of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation stormed out of the a meeting with Justin Trudeau in Vancouver yesterday. Adams said…