Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde told a UN gathering today that many Indigenous languages face extinction without further action from the federal government and the wider international community. Speaking Tuesday at a United Nations summit on Indigenous languages, Bellegarde said fewer than one in five Indigenous people in Canada can hold a…

In the wake of a U.S. banking giant’s announcement it will no longer invest in new oil projects in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Gwich’in leaders are heading to Bay Street to push some of Canada’s biggest banks to do the same.  Investment firm Goldman Sachs released an updated environmental policy framework this week. In it,…

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Several B.C. First Nations will be squaring off against the federal government in the Federal Court of Appeal in Vancouver this week, arguing that it failed to conduct meaningful consultations with them about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and that the project should be cancelled. The case is similar to the previous Federal Court of…

Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg, a multi-service Indigenous organization in Hamilton, has launched an Anishinaabemowin language app to reconnect people with the language and improve access to learning.  Executive director Monique Lavallee said they created the free app to continue to “light that fire” community members have to learn Anishinaabemowin.  She said people have come to Niwasa saying that something was “missing,” but not knowing…

Logan Prosper hit the ice Saturday in Cape Breton less than a week after enduring racist slurs from opponents and parents during a minor hockey game. The 16-year-old Mi’kmaw forward and his Cape Breton West Islanders midget A teammates, as well as players on the opposing team, had red tape on their sticks and wore…