A Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief and senior government ministers say they have reached a proposed arrangement in discussing a pipeline dispute that has prompted solidarity protests across Canada in recent weeks. Federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett and British Columbia Indigenous Relations Minister Scott Fraser would not give details on the proposed agreement, saying it first…

Rising in the House of Commons one night this past week, Elizabeth May sought to focus the conversation on the great crisis of the moment. “This is a very important debate and, even at this late hour, I do want to discuss the emergency,” the Green Party MP said. Officially, the topic of the emergency…

Almost 70 years after the Cheslatta Carrier First Nation was destroyed by fire and floods, to make way for an industrial project, the community has signed a deal with the company that was responsible for the destruction.  In 1952, members of the Cheslatta Carrier Nation in northern British Columbia were forced from their homes with only two weeks notice…

Jerry Adams, an urban Nisga’a citizen living in Vancouver, B.C., didn’t start traditional singing and dancing until he was in his mid-sixties.  He’s one of the hundreds of people celebrating Hobiyee, the start of the Nisga’a new year, at the PNE Forum in Vancouver this weekend by performing traditional dances that he has practiced all year.  …

Senior government ministers say they remain optimistic talks with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs will break an impasse over a pipeline dispute that has sparked widespread protests and transport disruptions. Federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett and British Columbia Indigenous Relations Minister Scott Fraser say the discussions are complex and deal with difficult issues, but are progressing respectfully. In a news conference…

Elementary and middle school students from First Nations across Cape Breton gathered in Membertou, N.S., for a special project Friday that saw almost 200 students animate books telling Mi’kmaw stories. With the help of professional animators from cities like Montreal and New York City, five films were animated using stop-motion technology and illustrations by the late…