Four First Nations in northwestern Ontario are among 23 province-wide that signed an agreement with the federal government today handing over control of K-12 education to the First Nations. Under the Anishinabek Nation Education Agreement, the First Nations will work collectively under the Kinoomaamadswin Education Body to establish curriculum for schools on reserve, set…
Read moreWhat started Friday with several hundred torch-brandishing white nationalists marching on the University of Virginia’s main quadrangle with full-throated shouts of “You will not replace us” and “Jews will not replace us,” culminated Saturday in a young man in a Dodge Challenger mowing down a crowd of counter-protesters, killing one and injuring 19. “When I…
Read more
Saskatchewan’s top First Nations veteran is throwing his support behind an effort to oust his national counterpart over a series of controversial social media posts. A petition was launched this week against Richard Blackwolf, president of the Canadian Aboriginal Veterans and Serving Members Association. His posts label the LGBT community as “mutations and deviations,” Muslims as terrorists and pedophiles, and left-wing women…
Read more
As the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls makes its logistics stop in Rankin Inlet before the public hearings in the community in December, it’s asking for more Inuit to register to tell their stories. MMIWG’s Inuit staff are visiting Rankin Inlet this week to help support those who might want to…
Read moreTwenty-three Ontario Indigenous communities will sign historic agreements with the federal and provincial governments today in Chippewas of Rama First Nation to solidify plans for an Anishinabek-led education system. The accord will be the largest self-governing document in Canada, and will allow Anishinabek communities to take control of education funding, and decide what is taught and how for…
Read more
Discovering British polar explorer Sir John Franklin’s doomed vessels, the Erebus and Terror, was only the first step, and may have been the easiest. Studying, preserving and protecting the archeological sites is now the priority, and Inuit will play a key role in what promises to be a major archeological project. “The is one of…
Read more
