Inuit group hopes review into handling of priest allegations brings change

IQALUIT, Nunavut — A national group representing Inuit says it hopes a review into how the Oblates handled allegations of a former priest sexually abusing…

Indigenous kept from economic opportunities from pot legalization: Senate committee

A Senate committee says the current cannabis market and legislation has kept Indigenous Peoples from sharing in the economic opportunities that the legalization of recreational…

Haudenosaunee Development Institute loses another court battle for HCCC in land claim intervenor motion

Men’s Fire wins bid to stop HDI, Mississaugas of the Credit granted intervenor status By Nahnda Garlow TORONTO — The Haudenosaunee Development Institute has lost…

HDI loses motion to intervene in Six Nations land claim

Ontario courts have dismissed HDIs motion to intervene on Six Nations land claim case. Justice JT Akbarali ruled in a decision released Wednesday afternoon that…

OPP search for evidence at Six Nations property in Amber Ellis disappearance

A major search operation dozens of officers deployed from both the OPP and Six Nations police forces searched a Sixth Line Road home last week…

Six Nations Pride Outreach outlook of events

The Six Nations Pride Outreach committee has been busy preparing for Pride 2023 since last year’s successful string of events. This year celebrants can expect…

Full weekend for Six Nations Arrows: one win on road but drop two at home

SIX NATIONS — The Six Nations Jr. A Arrows had three games in four nights over the past weekend. Friday they were on the road…

`Dances With Wolves’ actor facing additional charges in Alberta

TSUUT’INA FIRST NATION — Police in Alberta have issued warrants for Nathan Chasing Horse, a former actor in the movie “Dances With Wolves,” for nine…

Chilliwack gets Indigenous Justice Centre to help break incarceration cycle, says Eby

CHILLIWACK, B.C. — The over-representation of Indigenous people in British Columbia’s jails is a destructive cycle that must be broken, said Premier David Eby as…

Manitoba First Nation proposes class action against Ottawa for housing conditions

WINNIPEG — The chief of a remote First Nation in northern Manitoba is proposing a national class-action lawsuit against the federal government for failing to…

A third of Canadians support changing anthem to say ‘our home on native land’: poll

TORONTO — A new poll suggests only a third of Canadians support a proposal from Mississauga, Ont., to ask the federal government to change the…

More work to be done on Indigenous representation in corporate world: panel

TORONTO — More work needs to be done to improve Indigenous representation on corporate boards and in business, according to a panel of Indigenous women…

New Canada Post stamp honours first Indigenous woman to lead a Canadian government

ULUKHAKTOK, N.W.T. — The first Indigenous woman to lead a provincial or territorial government in Canada is being honoured with a new stamp. Canada Post…

Six Nations looking to tackle food insecurity

With Six Nations people spending about $40 million a year on groceries and the massive rise in food costs in the past few years, the…

MCFN man who operates unlicensed cannabis store in Toronto challenging community’s recently-adopted Constitution

Ken Hughes, a Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation man who operates a cannabis store in Toronto without a license claiming traditional rights, is one…