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…
By Susan Hickman When seven-year-old Laurick Corriveau explained the concept behind his simple drawing of a parent and child holding hands, Carleton PhD candidate Trina…
There is probably no greater threat of extinction to Native peoples than the measure of those people by the irrelevant, scientifically false and prejudicial use…
By Santee Smith A Story Before Time from kahawidance on Vimeo. A very long time ago there existed a wondrous place called Sky World. In…
Allow me to welcome you into my crisis for a moment. Today has been one of those days. I have eaten the topping off two…
Among the Haudeonsaunee of Six Nations is a long standing debate over the word “bwoot”. Bwoot, for those of you who don’t know, is the…
By Ella Haley After the Provincial Government created the Ontario Greenbelt in 2005, an unforeseen land-buying frenzy began just beyond its borders. Developers, land bankers…
BIOGRAPHY Former Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Samuel Peters Jarvis, who orchestrated the questionable ‘surrender’ of the Haldimand Tract, was removed from office on May 10, 1845.…
By Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, Ph.D. It is with great humility that I write this short article on what has been a very difficult conversation in the…
On Feb. 4, 2016, trade representatives from 12 countries gathered to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). Over 40 per cent of the global economy…
Someone asked on Facebook what the origin story is for the game of dingball. “This is what I was taught…” Dingball actually has a rather…
This week a Six Nations family was subjected to not one, but two instances of public humiliation when they overheard several racist remarks at a…
Indigenous people across Canada are not unfamiliar with violations against their hunting and fishing rights. In early January, Saskatchewan authorities raided a home on the…
This week, a historic ruling came from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, finally acknowl-edging systemic discriminatory funding practices towards First Nations children by Canada’s federal…
Last week my 7 year old brought a note home from school. It went something along the lines of ‘Your daughter has missed far too…