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 […]
Tag: Indigenous Rights
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 […]
Supreme Court: Crown Disrespected First Nations Treaties for 150 Years.
For the past 150 years, the governments of Ontario and Canada have disregarded their treaty obligations to the Anishinaabe of the upper Great Lakes, the […]
Manitoba Chiefs Deem Federal Funding Cuts for Residential School Searches ‘Disheartening’ and ‘Disrespectful’
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs has strongly criticized the federal government for reducing funds allocated to search the grounds of former residential schools. They expressed […]
Canada to Issue Formal Apology to Nine Dakota and Lakota Nations for Historic Refugee Designation
The federal government is set to formally apologize to the Dakota and Lakota Nations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan on Monday for historically designating them as […]
AFN Demands Independent Investigation into Killings of Four Indigenous Women in Winnipeg
The Assembly of First Nations passed a resolution today calling for an independent inquiry into the killings of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg. Chiefs supported […]