Federal legislation granting Whitecap Dakota First Nation self governance is now law. On June 30 the First Nation put out a media release announcing that Bill C-51 had been given Royal Assent. The bill officially brings in a self government treaty for the Whitecap...
By: Matteo Cimellaro, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer Indigenous communities remain on the front lines of the climate crisis, suffering the worst effects of climate disaster and tragedy. Take the current wildfire season: earlier...
Jackson Harmon of Hudson Bay, second from left, will be on the Saskatchewan basketball team at the North American Indigenous Games. Photo courtesy of Jackie Harmon By: Nicole Goldsworthy, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Humboldt Journal Jackson Harmon of...
A Cree medicine man accused of sexual assault testified at a hearing to see whether his guilty pleas should be withdrawn. Court also heard from his original legal counsel. 60-year-old Cecil Wolfe is facing 12 counts of sexual assault for allegedly abusing multiple...
By: Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The lobby group mandated to speak on behalf of off-reserve and Canada’s urban Indigenous population is calling on Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller to step down. The Congress of Aboriginal People...
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com The first woman to serve as national chief for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has been expelled from office by about 25 per cent of its members, one year shy of completing her three-year...
