Akwesasne is one step closer to settling a 130-year-old land grievance with Canada after a year of reviewing appeals lodged against the results of a community-wide referendum. The referendum, held in December 2018, was required by the Mohawk community that straddles the Quebec, Ontario and New York State borders to approve the terms and conditions…

Two dozen friends and family members of a young Siksika man killed nearly a year ago showed up at court Monday, many of them wearing green jerseys with Kristian Ayoungman’s name and his No. 14 on the back. Ayoungman died on March 17, 2019, on a rural highway near Strathmore, east of Calgary.  He had been shot. The…

Former Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen is stepping into the Coastal GasLink dispute to act as an intermediary between the Wet’suwe’ten hereditary chiefs, the province of B.C., RCMP, Coastal GasLink and others.  Appointed by B.C. Premier John Horgan, Cullen is expected to focus on “de-escalating the conflict” according to a news release from the provincial government on…

Child protection workers in the Northwest Territories say they’re overworked and not getting the support they need as they’re facing fierce criticism from foster families. Some staff with the territory’s Child and Family Services division spoke with CBC after a scathing letter from the Foster Family Coalition of the Northwest Territories was made public earlier…

More than four months since the Sarnia-Lambton Native Friendship Centre’s doors were shut under unexplained circumstances, Nathalie Landry continues to open her heart — and her own door — to struggling members of Sarnia’s urban Indigenous community.   Landry has invited clients and their families to her home numerous times, hoping to alleviate the effects of…

The Yukon child and youth advocate has a launched a review into school attendance among students in high school and under. “What we found in providing individual advocacy is that many children are missing school far more than they should be,” said Annette King. “Because of the complexity of it, we want to understand this…