Two former Assembly of First Nations national chiefs are calling on Ottawa to settle a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of residential school survivors known as day scholars — one of the last groups from the era that has yet to receive compensation.  Days scholars are students who attended residential school in the day…

Nine teams from the James Bay Coast have pulled out of the Little NHL Indigenous hockey tournament due to concerns about Coronavirus. Teams from Kashechewan, Fort Albany and Attawapiskat have decided not to play in the annual tournament in Mississauga this weekend. They’re worried about bringing COVID-19 back to their isolated communities. “It’s going to…

Some employees at Indigenous Services Canada and Crown-Indigenous Relations may have to get their homes inspected for bedbugs after the presence of the insects was detected in the departments’ building in Gatineau, Que., according to an internal notice obtained by CBC News.  A notice was emailed to employees Friday by “HQ Accommodations” announcing that the presence of…

A red handprint across the mouth has become a symbolic representation of violence that affects Indigenous women across Canada, the United States and beyond.  But while the image is supposed to spread awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG), some worry it’s at risk of being exploited in its usage as well.  “It’s really hard because people…

When ‘Nakwaxda’xw hereditary Chief Thomas Henderson decided to pass his chiefdom down to his son, he knew his whole community had to be involved in the potlatch — including the police.  Considering the RCMP’s involvement with the potlatch ban, residential schools, disputes over land rights, and the ongoing issue of over-representation of Indigenous people in Canadian prisons, it…

CBC North is telling the stories behind recipes posted on our Facebook group, The Arctic Kitchen: Recipes of the North. Join our group and follow along! Did you know that hunting a swan is legal in some parts of Canada?   It’s true.  In Nunavut, Inuit land claim beneficiaries have every right to hunt swans. And when they migrate to…