Canadian law experts applaud Tsleil-Waututh Nation snub of Kinder Morgan...
Several Canadian law experts released this statement applauding the Tsleil-Waututh Nation's snub of Kinder Morgan pipeline and tanker expansion proposal The post Canadian law experts applaud...
View ArticleTRC report: Canadian party leaders avoided term “cultural genocide”
Last week's Truth and Reconciliation Commission report called Canada's residential school policy "cultural genocide". Reacting, both Trudeau and Mulcair avoided mentioning the two loaded words. The...
View ArticleNDP to repair Canada’s damaged relations with aboriginal peoples
An NDP federal government will repair Canada's relations with First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, Mulcair told the Assembly of First Nations this week. The post NDP to repair Canada’s damaged...
View ArticleRCMP planning mass arrests of indigenous Unist’ot’en activists under Bill...
Canadian rights defenders are warning that the RCMP is planning mass arrests of members of the indigenous Unist’ot’en First Nation using the country's new police state law, Bill C-51. The post RCMP...
View ArticleEnergy East: “Treaty and Aboriginal rights must be respected”
Energy East must respect treaty and Aboriginal rights, says the Ontario Energy Board in its just-released review of TransCanada's proposed pipeline. The post Energy East: “Treaty and Aboriginal rights...
View ArticleMrs. Universe urges Canada’s First Nations to vote out Harper
Newly-crowned Mrs. Universe, Ashley Callingbull, is calling on First Nations people in Canada to vote out Stephen Harper during the 2015 federal election. The post Mrs. Universe urges Canada’s First...
View ArticleRecommendations from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation...
Today, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its Final Report on the human rights violations perpetrated through the aboriginal residential school policy. Here are a few of the...
View ArticleAlberta Tar Sands Destroying Mother Earth [VIDEO]
This amazing Al Jazeera short documentary describes how the Alberta tar sands operations are destroying Mother Earth and the lives of First Nation communities in the heart of the tar sands. The post...
View ArticleClimate Change Threatens Coastal British Columbia First Nations Fishing...
A new study says climate change threatens fishing traditions that have sustained First Nations along Canada's Pacific coast for thousands of years. The study found that climate change could reduce fish...
View ArticleCanada racially discriminates against First Nations children, tribunal rules
In a landmark decision issued Tuesday, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that Canada racially discriminates against First Nations children. "This is a great day for First Nations children and...
View ArticleTPP Threatens Indigenous Peoples Rights, Says UN Special Rapporteur
The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement threatens Indigenous land rights, says Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the UN Special Rapporteur for Indigenous Rights. The post TPP Threatens Indigenous Peoples...
View ArticleTruth and reconciliation: First Nations kids won, now it’s time for a better...
Kids won when the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that Canada racially discriminates against First Nations children. Andrea Auger discusses the tribunal's findings on racial discrimination in...
View ArticleSupreme Court To Hear First Nation’s Case Against Enbridge’s Line 9 Pipeline
The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed that it will hear the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation's challenge to Enbridge's Line 9 tar sands pipeline. The post Supreme Court To Hear First Nation’s...
View ArticleOlivia Loccisano: Kind like a tree, calm like a river in the First Nations...
Freelance writer and aspiring filmmaker Olivia Loccisano reflects on her decision to dedicate her life to the First Nations town of Conklin in Northern Alberta, population 350, as a mentor teacher to...
View ArticleCanada’s progress shows indigenous reconciliation is a long-term process
Australia, which is "being held back by its unresolved relationship with its Indigenous population", can learn from Canada's emerging efforts at reconciliation with First Nations, Inuit and Métis...
View ArticleSquamish Nation files Federal Court challenge against Trans Mountain pipeline...
The Squamish Nation has launched a court challenge against the National Energy Board's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The British Columbia-based First Nation filed the...
View ArticleCourt overturns Canada’s approval of Northern Gateway pipeline
In a decision that's already being hailed as a major victory for First Nations and the planet, the Federal Court of Appeal recently overturned the Canadian government's 2014 approval of Enbridge's...
View ArticleOver 1280 archaeologists and historians denounce Dakota Access Pipeline
At least 1281 archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, students and museum directors from the US, Canada and other countries recently signed a letter condemning the destruction of Standing Rock...
View ArticleDavid Suzuki: Confronting the crisis of violence against Indigenous women and...
David Suzuki on the crisis of violence against Indigenous women and girls in Canada, and the "hard work and leadership of Indigenous women and communities who have spent decades calling for an...
View ArticleHow a controversial dam threatens rights of Canada’s indigenous Innu people
The controversial Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador, Canada, "relies on local Innu people giving up their own lands." It "joins a long history of dispossession in North America." The post...
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