Canada has informed the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) that it will not pursue national negotiations to reform the on-reserve child welfare system after AFN […]
Tag: Indigenous Rights
Canada Issues Apology to Inuit Communities for Historic Sled Dog Mass Killings
Canada Apologizes to Inuit of Northern Quebec for 1950s-60s Sled Dog Slaughter, Offers Compensation The Government of Canada formally apologized on Saturday to the Inuit […]
How Murray Sinclair Transformed Canada
Murray Sinclair—an Anishinaabe lawyer, judge, senator, and, most notably, the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission—passed away last week at the age of 73. […]
Prominent Indigenous Leader Murray Sinclair Passes Away at 73
Murray Sinclair, the Anishinaabe former senator and judge who led Canada’s groundbreaking Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) investigation into the country’s residential school system, has […]
Federal Government and First Nations Celebrate $1.4 Billion ‘Cows and Plows’ Settlement
Representatives from Alberta First Nations and federal ministers came together on Friday to finalize a $1.4-billion settlement, addressing a debt dating back to the early […]
First Nations Group Begins Recruiting Workers for Landfill Search for Human Remains
The Manitoba government, in collaboration with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, has initiated the recruitment process to hire workers for a landfill search aimed at […]
Family Denied Federal Funding to Repatriate Residential School Survivor’s Remains Due to Adult Age at Time of Death
The family of Percy Onabigon, who has been fighting for years to repatriate his remains after he was sent to a residential school in Thunder […]
