Indigenous women, girls killed at rate six times higher than non Indigenous: StatCan

OTTAWA — A new Statistics Canada report has found that homicides of Indigenous women and girls are less likely to result in the most serious…

Ottawa puts more money toward study of Winnipeg landfill search for women’s remains

The families of two slain First Nations women whose remains are believed to be in a Winnipeg-area landfill say they have renewed hope after Manitoba’s…

Six Nations tentatively agrees to quarry project in Hagersville

Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Council has tentatively agreed to a controversial quarry project in Hagersville, which could potentially bring Six Nations $1.4…

Canada Post issues new stamps for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Canada Post unveiled four new stamps that shed some light on the truth and legacy of residential schools, whose impacts are still felt by Indigenous…

Hamilton Volkswagen car controversy on National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

Hamilton Volkswagen has apologized to an Indigenous artist after posting a social media photo of a 2024 Atlas beside her new art installation by the…

SNGR CEO resigns, elected councillor Nathan Wright transitions to take over role

Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Councillor Nathan Wright has resigned his seat, less than two months shy of the upcoming general election, to…

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…