The Assembly of First Nations has filed a class action lawsuit against the federal government seeking $10 billion in damages for what it says is a policy of under-funding children and family services for Indigenous children living on reserves and in the Yukon. The suit alleges the federal government “systematically ignored” Jordan’s Principle — which…
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London·Video A spelling bee is sure to fire up the nerves and when it’s in your ancestor’s language, there’s real pressure. Angela Stacey was the winner of an Anishinaabemowin competition held Saturday at Chippewas of the Thames First Nation. Social Sharing ‘This was the most I’ve ever put into my language and I’m proud of myself’…
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Alberta’s Siksika Nation is pushing to have priceless artifacts returned to them from a museum in the United Kingdom. The relics, including a beaded shirt and leggings as well as a bow and arrow and other personal possessions, once belonged to a Siksika chief named Crowfoot but have been housed at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in…
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A nineteen year old Quebec two-spirit Cree singer and educator credits art and music with saving their life, and honours their mother and a first love in a new single and video. Angel Baribeau, who goes by they/them pronouns, says the song Love is up the River is about the first woman they ever loved and the…
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Coastal GasLink announced it’s getting back to work in the area subject to a B.C. Supreme Court injunction this week as RCMP announce the force has concluded “major enforcement” actions. Those actions saw a total of 28 people arrested between Thursday and Monday as police moved in to ensure people and obstructions were removed from the…
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The Ontario Provincial Police is preparing to end a demonstration by Mohawks of Tyendinaga that has led to the shut down of CN rail tracks through one of Canada’s busiest rail corridors. The demonstration began in response to RCMP enforcing a court injunction in B.C. on Wet’suwet’en camps built to block access to workers constructing the Coastal GasLink pipeline. Two OPP…
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