Tag Archives: Indigenous

Government funding has been secured for a temporary dock in a northern Alberta community that made headlines last year after Indigenous leaders raised concerns about contamination at a federally owned dock site.   Last fall, three Indigenous groups accused the federal government of keeping them in the dark about chemical contamination at …

Maintaining a strong Canadian identity amid United States tariffs and annexation threats is a key federal election issue for Aamjiwnaang First Nation member Christopher Pitre, but he says he doesn’t want that to distract from other conversations that matter to Indigenous voters.  “I do believe [Canadian sovereignty] will be a …

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Education ordered its schools to destroy thousands of books purchased two years ago because they contained “inaccurate information” about the territories, culture and history of the province’s Indigenous peoples.  On Feb. 3, school administrators were told to shred some 8,600 textbooks, purchased for $202,140 in January 2023, …

A provincial senior hockey game in a small Saskatchewan town has gained far-reaching online attention after altercations in the stands that some believe were driven by racism. Nearly two weeks ago, the Wynyard Monarchs and Round Lake Bears faced off at Co-operative Place in Wynyard, Sask., a town of roughly 1,700 …

Two historic statues were damaged in Melbourne ahead of Australia Day celebrations on Sunday, with tens of thousands of people across the country joining protests in support of Aboriginal groups who say the date is not one to cheer. A statue of colonist John Batman, a founder of the country’s …

The hazelnut tree has long been a part of the landscape in parts of British Columbia. A 19th-century settler gave the village of Hazelton in northern B.C.’s Skeena region its name because of the abundance of hazelnuts in the area.  A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science indicates …

Alberta MP Randy Boissonnault has resigned from cabinet amid allegations about his business dealings and criticism of his shifting claims about his Indigenous ancestry. “The prime minister and MP Randy Boissonnault have agreed that Mr. Boissonnault will step away from cabinet effective immediately. Mr. Boissonnault will focus on clearing the …

As Jeff Purdy retraced the steps of his great-great-grandfather, Sam Glode, in Belgium during the First World War, he marvelled at the depth of the tunnels dug by his own flesh and blood beneath German lines.  “I’ve always wanted to come here to Belgium, and walk around, but I never …

U.S. President Joe Biden is scheduled to formally apologize on Friday to Indigenous people in the U.S. for the government’s role in the abuse and neglect of children sent to federal boarding schools to assimilate them into white society. At least 973 Native American children died in the abusive boarding school …

An Indigenous senator told King Charles III that Australia is not his land as the British royal visited Australia’s parliament on Monday. Sen. Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal couple after shouting that British colonizers have taken Indigenous land and bones. “You committed genocide …