Prospect of development on disputed land prompts concern from Mohawks in Kanesatake A municipal bylaw, which allows for the development of 400 homes between Oka…
Indigenous artists reclaiming space with Ogima Mikana project Recently in Toronto, a billboard popped up at the intersection of Queen and Noble. It wasn’t…
First Nations in Alberta are helping Fort McMurray wildfire evacuees As wildfires ravage the small city of Fort McMurray, mandatory evacuations were issued. This created…
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould calls for an end to the Indian Act During an emergency debate, held last Tuesday in the House of Commons in…
First spelling bee for First Nations kids held in Saskatchewan On April 8, 2016, 148 Indigenous students from 21 different First Nations across Saskatchewan…
Indigenous language immersion houses popping up across the country Onaman Collective, an arts based group, has been busy helping to rejuvenate Indigenous language through immersion…
Justice Murray Sinclair accepts appointment to Canadian Senate Appointed by the Liberal government on March 18, Justice Murray Sinclair accepted his “sacred” appointment to the…
Chief confronted over medicine pouch by airport security The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority is facing controversy over two separate debacles regarding sacred items belonging…
RCMP confiscate moose meat from hunters in Pine Creek FN PINE CREEK FIRST NATION, SK – On Dec. 15, 2015, Indigenous hunters from Pine Creek…
Blood Reserve grapples with epidemic of Fentanyl addiction Blood Reserve, Alberta – The community seems idyllic, set amongst the Rocky Mountains, but the Blood reserve…
Enbridge’s Line 9B manually shut down by activists Despite ongoing conflict about the constitutional legalities of running a pipeline carrying crude oil through indigenous territories,…
By Danielle Boissoneau Kahnawake Survival School stages walkout in protest of Montreal’s raw sewage dump The third largest waste facility in the world was shut…
Kahnawake Mohawks Block Train Tracks On October 22, 2015, a group known as Kahtihon’tia:kweniyo or Protectors of the St. Lawrence River, blocked CN Rail traffic…
Ballots Run Out in 2 First Nation Polling Stations On October 19, polling stations across the country opened for the final day of voting in…
Inquest into 7 First Nations Students Deaths Heard in Thunder Bay Between 2000 and 2011, seven First Nations students, who were attending school in Thunder…