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…
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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…
Trudeau slights two national indigenous organizations from ministers meeting
Several leaders, indigenous and Canadian spoke out today after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau left two indigenous organizations out of the First Ministers Meeting on Climate…
AFN Chief calls for First Nations plan to address climate change
VANCOUVER – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde and other First Nations leaders and representatives met today with First Ministers in Vancouver, BC and urged the federal…
National Poll reveals 80% of Canada supports MMIW inquiry
angusreid.org – As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to meet with indigenous leaders in Vancouver this week, a new survey by the Angus Reid Institute finds…