Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller asked the Mohawks of Tyendinaga to temporarily halt a demonstration that has shut down one of Canada’s most important rail corridors and allow trains through, a leaked recording of the closed-door meeting reveals. But a phone call from a a Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief undercut that request, according to the recording. The…

Jonathan Lainey hopes his new position as curator of one of the largest museum collections of Indigenous archeological and historical artifacts in Canada will make room for more First Nations, Inuit and Métis voices and perspectives. Lainey, a member of the Huron-Wendat Nation, was appointed as the curator of Indigenous cultures collection at Montreal’s McCord…

Where does one get unicorn hide to make mukluks? That’s a secret that Alley Yupput isn’t giving up. The Cree Anishinaabe two-spirit artist who lives in Thunder Bay, Ont., recently completed a pair of unicorn mukluks for one lucky toddler.  This is the first pair of unicorn mukluks Yupput has made, but Yupput has been making…

Pierre-Paul Niquay never met his two older brothers, Paul Émile and Joseph Jean Antonio, who were born in 1957 and 1958. They were brought to hospital for medical treatment as toddlers. They never came back to their home in Manawan, Que. “My parents never saw their bodies, never saw a coffin,” Niquay told reporters at…

An Indigenous collective wants a more active role in land restoration and management in Toronto, with a focus on High Park’s rare black oak savannah. The Indigenous Land Stewardship Circle is a collective of elders, knowledge holders and members of the urban Indigenous community who want to Indigenize and decolonize land restoration by healing the…

A red jingle jacket designed by Lesley Hampton is part of a campaign to raise awareness about MMIWG and provide funds and support for family members.  The campaign was organized by Anishinaabe Bimishimo Corporation, a business that manufactures and sells jingle cones — decorative metal cones and lids that powwow dancers sew on to dresses to make…