On Thursday, 19-year-old Anishinaabe entrepreneur Émilie McKinney began to sell red jingle dress cones online to help support the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). “A lot of times [families are] in poverty or else they have a lack of support and doing this would be a great help for them,” said McKinney.…

Six passenger trains were delayed Thursday in southern Ontario after a small group from the Tyendinaga Mohawk territory blocked rail lines in support of Wet’suwet’en camps set up to stop a natural gas pipeline in B.C. Via Rail said in a statement that “protests had been blocking tracks” since 2:30 p.m.and had affected six trains, but rail traffic had resumed…

Indspire has suspended an award recognizing Inuk film star and athlete Johnny Issaluk after “serious allegations” surfaced. In an statement emailed to CBC News, a spokesperson for the Indspire organization said it learned yesterday afternoon of accusations against Issaluk, which it described as serious in nature. For 27 years, the Indspire awards have honoured Indigenous professionals each year who demonstrate outstanding…

At least one person has been arrested on traditional Wet’suwet’en territory, protesters say, one day after the RCMP said it was ready to enforce an injunction order against protesters of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern B.C. Protesters said more than a dozen RCMP officers moved in past the police checkpoint before dawn on Thursday At least one person…

Métis Nation-Saskatchewan plans to file a series of motions in Federal Court related to a “competing” land claim for a large tract of land in northwest Saskatchewan. Tom Isaac, legal counsel for the MN-S, said he expects the motions to strike, intervene and remove legal counsel will be filed this week. The claim in question was filed…

An Ojibway language teacher and author is hoping that anyone who can speak an Indigenous language can use her new book to teach others. “It could be used by any group at all — Ojibway, Cree, Dene, Inuktitut — it’ll be applicable to any language in the world,” said Patricia Ningewance. Ningewance is from Lac Seul First Nation in…