National Poll reveals 80% of Canada supports MMIW inquiry

angusreid.org – As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to meet with indigenous leaders in Vancouver this week, a new survey by the Angus Reid Institute finds…

Student from Elsipogtog, New Brunswick Accepted into the 2015 SEVEC Youth Advisory Committee

Heaven Augustine from Elsipogtog, New Brunswick Accepted into the 2015 SEVEC Youth Advisory Committee “On both of my exchanges with SEVEC, my school had the…

Anishinabek land defender and prankster marching across the country to bring attention to interpersonal violence

Hello sibling, [tweetable alt=””]Interpersonal violence is an everyday, systemic reality for colonized people in so-called Canada.[/tweetable] While we support the thousands of struggles for accountability for…

Understanding how BC Supreme Court ruling affects all Onkwehon:we

On June 26, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada released its reasons in Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia. The decision is the first time that…

Iroquois Nationals loose heartbreaker vs Canada

DENVER – If the word heartbreaker could be applied to any lacrosse game, Sunday night’s 9-8 loss for the Iroquois Nations at the hands of…

Indigenous Rights Defenders from Colombia Visit Canada

TORONTO – Amnesty International Canada concluded a successful visit of two indigenous rights defenders from Colombia, María Patricia Tobón Yagarí and Federico Guzmán Duque, with…

Rights worth respecting

KAHNAWA:KE - The Iroquois Caucus announced today that they have signed a Declaration unanimously rejecting the Harper government’s proposed First Nations Education Act.

Former First Nation chief warned not to visit Iran

A Canadian aboriginal leader says Western media’s undeserved “dehumanization and demonization” of Iranians has such affected people’s attitude towards Iran that we were cautioned against…

Zapatista’s celebrate 20 year anniversary

On January 1st, the Governments of Canada, US and Mexico marked the 20th anniversary of the passing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Akwesasne woman proposes Cornwall Island Mohawk Band Council

AKWESASNE –Cornwall Island (Kawehnoke) may one day have a different political governance structure if one local political activist has her way.

Commemorative moccasin vamps on display in Parry Sound

The national exhibit, Walking With Our Sisters, which honours Canada's missing and murdered indigenous women in a stunning array of over 1700 donated moccasin vamps,…

Legal Ruling Allows Rain Forest Indigenous to Pursue Chevron in Canada

As the Unist'ot'en continue their protracted battle against Chevron and other companies in resistance to the Pacific Trails Pipeline in northern B.C. over unceded Wet’suwet’en…

Idle No More: the indigenous news event of 2013

From an Onkwehon:we perspective, there are few more important stories in 2013 than the rise to prominence of the Idle No More movement.

There is No Victory for Us in U.S. or Canadian Courts

The embarrassing failure of the U.S. prosecutor in the Three Feathers Casino trial is not a win. It's not even a draw! Surviving the persecution…

Six Nations Chief Ava Hill talks about FNEA

Ava Hill’s first actions as the new Elected Six Nations Band Council chief are already underway. “The first order of business is already kind of…