When Tekahonwen:sere Melvin Diabo was young, everyone in Kahnawake, Que., spoke Kanien’kéha — the Mohawk language. He never thought it could become an endangered language. But by the late 1990s, generations of families had already grown up without speaking the language. First-language Kanien’kéha speakers like himself were worried. It’s why they helped develop a law that recognizes Kanien’kéha as…

The federal Crown-Indigenous Relations department has decided not to file a criminal complaint following an ongoing compliance audit of the Métis National Council, ending an RCMP investigation into the file, CBC News has learned.   RCMP investigators were waiting on the results of the audit before deciding their next steps in an investigation of the Métis National…

After losing her father earlier this year, Renata Meconse is hoping to honour him by organizing a gift drive for First Nations elders in a Winnipeg care home. “I wanted to do things differently for Christmas this year to help offset my grief, but also to honour his memory, too,” said Meconse. Meconse is the…

As the International Year of Indigenous Languages comes to an end, the United Nations has declared an International Decade of Indigenous Languages, to begin in 2022. The resolution was adopted by the UN General Assembly Dec. 18 “to draw attention to the critical loss of Indigenous languages and the urgent need to preserve, revitalize, and…

A lawyer for Trans Mountain Corp. is defending the government’s consultation with Indigenous groups over the Crown corporation’s operation and construction of its pipeline project. Maureen Killoran says the $10 billion project has twice been declared in the national interest by a government that weighed various priorities, perspectives and interests. The Federal Court of Appeal in Vancouver…

The federal government is facing another battle before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, this time over its alleged failure to account for the true cost of delivering child welfare services in remote First Nations. Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), which represents 49 northern Ontario First Nations, filed a notice of motion in October seeking a non-compliance order against Ottawa…