Indigenous groups stand firm with child welfare law before Supreme Court

EDMONTON — Some Indigenous nations say they are prepared to continue enforcing their jurisdiction over child welfare if Canada’s top court sides with Quebec in…

Food insecurity among Indigenous kids is a ‘public health crisis,’ doctors say

Family physician Dr. Rebekah Eatmon sees parents in tears, frustrated that they can’t provide enough healthy food for their children. “I’ve never met an Indigenous…

Hajdu says ‘co developed’ First Nations water legislation to be tabled this fall

OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says she hopes to table a piece of legislation this fall that she says is the closest the…

Mohawk Mothers worry evidence of human remains at McGill work site will be destroyed

MONTREAL — Indigenous women say they are worried potential evidence of human remains at the site of a former Montreal hospital will be destroyed if…

Rejected by US courts, Onondaga Nation take centuries-old land rights case to international panel

By Michael Hill ONONDAGA NATION TERRITORY — The Onondaga Nation has protested for centuries that illegal land grabs shrank its territory from what was once…

Survivors’ Secretariat honouring children who passed away at Mush Hole

The Six Nations Survivors’ Secretariat is honouring the children of the former Mohawk Institute Residential School with what’s being called the “Memorial 96 display” currently…

15 ‘potential’ gravesites found near former Yukon residential school

CARCROSS, Yukon — Yukon First Nation elder Sandra Johnson says the discovery of 15 potential graves near the site of a former residential school has…

Six Nations Elected Council nominations are in

The weather may be cooling down, but Six Nations election season is just heating up, as nominations for the upcoming general election have come in…

Ways to participate in National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation each year. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential…

Conference seeks to enrich ministry to Catholic-Indigenous populations

Representatives from Catholic Indigenous organizations came together last week with Catholic Bishops from the Episcopal Conferences of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States…

Several First Nations from Ring of Fire region demand meeting with Premier Doug Ford

TORONTO — Leaders of several First Nations from the Ring of Fire region in northern Ontario demanded a meeting with Doug Ford at the legislature…

TMX route change leads to question about Liberals’ commitment to reconciliation

OTTAWA — Trans Mountain Corp. insisted Tuesday it is committed to “meaningful engagement” with Indigenous communities, after it was given the green light to move…

2023 SNMLA Award Winners announced at annual banquet

By TRT Staff with notes submitted by Michelle Bomberry SIX NATIONS — This week, the Six Nations Minor Lacrosse Association hosted its annual banquet and…

Manitoba Tories pledge millions for First Nations run drug treatment centre

WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives are promising millions in capital funding to go toward the development of a new First Nations-operated addiction centre if re-elected…

Mohawk Mothers seek halt to excavation amid former Montreal hospital grave search

MONTREAL — A group of Indigenous women were in Quebec Superior Court trying to stop drilling and excavation at the former site of a hospital…