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Indigenous voices in a new Parliament: Who’s speaking up?

With the NDP losing party status in the House of Commons, Veldon Coburn asks, who is speaking on behalf of Indigenous Peoples ...

Canada's Indigenous veterans faced tough battles — abroad and at home

Canada marks Indigenous Veterans Day on Saturday, shining a spotlight on wartime experiences that historian Scott Sheffield ...

Indigenous advocates eager to see $2.8B in housing money promised in budget

Indigenous leaders and housing organizations are eager for the federal government to deliver on the $2.8 billion over 3 years promised in the budget to the Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing ...
National Catholic Reporter

Pope returns Indigenous artifacts from Vatican Museums to Canada

The items were sent to Rome by Catholic missionaries between 1923 and 1925. They include an Inuit kayak, masks, moccasins and ...
Grist

Underfunded, understaffed, Canada’s Indigenous Services Agency is failing to protect First Nations

Earlier this week, Canada’s auditor general reported that Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), the federal department responsible for coordinating emergency management services to First Nations, failed ...
Assembly of First NationsOpinion

National Chief Reaffirms Budget 2025 is a “Missed Opportunity for First Nations and Canada”

National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak released the following statement after Budget 2025, Canada Strong, was passed in the ...
Yahoo

Indigenous tourism goes luxe in Canada’s most exciting rural regions

From the Maritimes to British Columbia, there are nearly 650 First Nation communities in Canada — each with their own distinct indigenous history and traditions. And many are eager to share their ...

Indigenous programs face $2.3B in cuts, some new money in Carney’s 1st budget

Indigenous programs face more than $2 billion in budget cuts but are being spared the worst of Ottawa’s proposed government-wide spending reductions in Mark Carney’s first budget as prime minister. In ...
Reuters

Despite Trudeau promises, more Indigenous people being jailed in Canada

Mass incarceration of Indigenous people deepened under Trudeau Sentencing rules, supervisory orders and parole denials drive higher incarceration rates Standardized risk assessments can work against ...
Yahoo

Indigenous communities in Canada evacuated as wildfires rage

Scores of wildfires have swept across Canada since the start of May, forcing more than 30,000 people to evacuate in three provinces. Although Indigenous people make up only around 5% of Canada's ...
APTN News

Prison watchdog cites lack of action on Indigenous over representation in prison one of reasons for early departure

Ivan Zinger, Canada's prison watchdog says he's leaving his job early due to the lack of progress on Indigenous issues in ...
CNN

Canada reaches agreement to compensate indigenous children taken from families

Canada announced on Tuesday two agreements totaling $31.5 billion (40 billion Canadian dollars) to compensate First Nations children who were taken from their families and put into the child welfare ...