New Mexico creates new council to address cases of missing and slain Native Americans

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is creating a new advisory council that will be charged with implementing a state plan for responding to cases…

What the declining caribou populations — and total hunting ban — mean for Inuit communities in Labrador

Inuit in the Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut regions of Labrador have shared a deep and enduring connection with caribou for many generations. But more recently _…

Autopsy panel testifies at inquest into Indigenous men’s police custody deaths

A forensic pathologist told a coroner’s inquest on Monday that a man who died from hypertensive heart disease while in Thunder Bay police custody might…

New skatepark opens in Akwesasne

AKWESASNE — According to a report from Northumbria University, skateboarding originated from an activity of skating city streets and objects with 4-wheeled boards. However, the…

Police investigate Saskatoon daycare after boy’s hair was cut without consent

SASKATOON — A Saskatoon daycare is being investigated by the city police’s hate crime unit and is having its licence reviewed after a Metis mother…

Solidarity shown to MCFN by OUTniagara with withdrawal support from Canada Summer Games

On July 31, OUTniagara announced its withdrawal of support from the Canada Summer Games in solidarity with the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (MCFN).…

White Buffalo sighting brings hope for peace

MISSOURI – A sacred white buffalo has been spotted in Missouri’s Ozark Mountains, a nature reserve of around 10,000 acres. The Buffalo population is estimated…

‘Truly sorry:’ Poet linked to killer of Indigenous woman cancels Regina lecture

By Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press REGINA — A celebrated Canadian poet has cancelled a lecture about Indigenous justice issues at the University of Regina…

‘Sudden death’ of Indigenous man, 35, probed in Lac Seul First Nation

LAC SEUL — Provincial police say they’re investigating the death of a man from Sandy Lake First Nation in northwestern Ontario’s Lac Seul First Nation…

Man gets prison for stealing lemur from California zoo

SANTA ANA — A man who admitted stealing a ring-tailed lemur from a Southern California zoo has been sentenced to three months in federal prison.…

Judge orders Brayden Bushby, man who killed indigenous woman with trailer hitch, to stand trial for murder

Brayden Bushby, the 20 year old man who killed Barbara Kentner will stand trial for murder in her death.

Man charged with first degree murder of Newfoundland Indigenous woman

CONNE RIVER, NL — A Newfoundland man has been charged with the first-degree murder of a 28-year-old Indigenous woman whose death shook her small, rural…

Tina Fontaine’s cousin killed during botched drug debt collection: Crown

WINNIPEG — The cousin of a teenager whose death fuelled calls to stop violence against Indigenous women was herself killed in a botched attempt to…

AFN says RCMP pipeline intervention a violation of rights

HOUSTON, BC — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the use of force against people peacefully protesting the construction of a…

Rallies planned for protesters arrested while blocking work on B.C. pipeline

HOUSTON, BC — Dozens of rallies are planned in British Columbia, across Canada and as far away as Europe to support pipeline protesters arrested in…