It all began with a tweet. “It started with me sort of joking around, pleading on social media for a Native author to write a Star Wars story.” Rebecca Roanhorse, the Black and Ohkay Owingeh author of Trail of Lightning and Storm of Locusts, explained how she was hired to write the Star Wars novel, Resistance Reborn. …

Indigenous Canadian Sen. Murray Sinclair is no stranger to racism and after hearing a grandfather and his 12-year-old granddaughter were wrongfully removed from a Vancouver bank by police says businesses must provide better training to staff to prevent racial profiling. Just before Christmas, Maxwell Johnson and his granddaughter were arrested at a downtown Bank of Montreal (BMO) branch while attempting to open…

Representatives from the Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose hockey teams unveiled special jerseys bearing Indigenous-styled logos on Friday that the players will wear next week.  The jerseys are part of the second annual Winnipeg Aboriginal Sport Achievement Centre (WASAC) Night hosted by the Jets and the Follow Your Dreams Day hosted by the Moose.  The Jets jerseys are…

New federal legislation now allows First Nations to take control of their own child welfare. But Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron said that can only happen if money now spent on those kids by the federal government is transferred to First Nations agencies. Bill C-92 came into effect on Jan. 1. The federal bill is…

It started as a project focused on civil action and culminated two months later in a school-wide showcase of Indigenous music and dance. Fredericton High School held its first ever powwow Thursday, organized by a group of students for their Indigenous Studies class.   Their original marching orders for the “Civil Action” assignment: do something you’re passionate…

The acclaimed Canadian drama film The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open has won another major honour. The Toronto Film Critics Association has given the Indigenous story, which was written and directed by Kathleen Hepburn and Elle-Maija Tailfeathers, its 2019 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. The prize, which comes with $100,000, was presented at a…