Some call Tiffany Midge the Indigenous David Sedaris, and her new book of essays, Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s, is staking out her place in the genre of humour.  The book is a collection of essays about Midge’s observations on life, politics, and identity as a Lakota woman living in the United States.…

Nicole Kemp was still in high school when she decided that she wanted to work in aviation.  “It’s just something my uncle told me about when I was 16 years old,” said Kemp. “He was describing his friend’s job to me and I guess that’s when I decided that this is what I’m going to do.” …

Three provincial Métis nations are asking the federal government to negotiate directly with them on issues of self-government and not through their national representative body. The Métis Nation of Alberta, the Métis Nation of Ontario and Saskatchewan’s Métis Nation met this week in Edmonton and passed a resolution calling for more transparency and accountability from…

On Friday night, Winnipeg Jets fans will witness a first for the team, as students from Riverbend Community School perform Canada’s national anthem in Ojibway. According to the team’s website, this will be the first time O Canada has been sung in the Indigenous language at a Jets game. The Riverbend School’s Strong Warrior Girls Anishinaabe Singers, a choir…

The death of a Saskatchewan care home resident who wandered away on a cold day in 2017 has left the man’s sister with a lot of questions.  On Boxing Day of that year, 59-year-old Frederick Stephen McKay — Steve to his family — walked out of his rural support home outside Prince Albert.  Cecile Corrigal, McKay’s older…

The Quebec government is reducing the sport moose hunt in the réserve faunique La Vérendrye by 30 per cent for 2020 in what it calls a “precautionary measure,” but maintains a moratorium is not needed.   The Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council has been asking Quebec’s Forest, Parks and Wildlife Ministry for the moratorium since last summer,…