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…
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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 Team Canada at the World Lacrosse Championships held this year in Denver, Colorado, would be that game.
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 a standing-room-only event held this past Friday February 7th, in Toronto.
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 entering the country.
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, will make its Ontario debut this week.
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 territory,..
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 and prosecution of their law enforcement agents, lawyers, judges and juries is a good thing, but it is not justice.
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 started, right now we are doing a lot of work with other First Nations on fighting this First Nations Education Act (FENA).” says Hill.