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For three years after Nicaraguan Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera was arrested, his friends and family had no idea where he was being held, if he was OK, or whether he was even still alive. Then, last week, the government released photos of 73-year-old Rivera in hospital, emaciated and intubated. Two …
Read More »CBC pausing production on satirical Indigenous show
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. CBC is pausing production on a prank comedy series after the broadcaster was called out when …
Read More »Protesters clash with police in Australia after suspected killer of Indigenous girl arrested
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Hundreds of protesters clashed with Australian emergency services workers in a remote town following the arrest …
Read More »Feds promise billions for key Indigenous programs
The Carney government’s spring spending update pledges $2.1 billion for key Indigenous programs. That money comes after several essential services were omitted from last fall’s federal budget, prompting Indigenous organizations to voice major concerns about potential spending cuts. News Source link
Read More »‘We failed,’ Ontario health authority official tells inquest into Indigenous woman’s death
What to know about the inquest It’s Day 12 of the Ontario coroner’s inquest for Heather Winterstein, a 24-year-old who died of sepsis in the St. Catharines hospital. The Indigenous woman first sought care on Dec. 9, 2021, for body pain from a fall. She was sent home with Tylenol …
Read More »How RCMP spies infiltrated the 1970s Indigenous rights movement
The Mounties called it the “Native extremism program.” Today, it sounds like a spy novel. Intelligence dossiers stuffed with documents. Wiretaps. Paid informants. Covert operatives with code numbers like “A-828.” A Red Power dissident photo album. Surreptitious surveillance at homes, offices, airports and bars. But it wasn’t fiction. In fact, …
Read More »Kashechewan chief walks back calls for Indigenous Services minister to resign
Kashechewan First Nation Chief Hosea Wesley says he takes back a call he made earlier in the month for Indigenous Services Canada Minister Mandy Gull-Masty to resign. The Cree First Nation, located near the James Bay coast in northern Ontario, has been in a state of emergency since Jan. 4 …
Read More »Indigenous leaders urge citizens to carry status cards or tribal IDs in U.S.
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Indigenous leaders on both sides of the border are advising their citizens on how to deal …
Read More »How this Indigenous mask from B.C. inspired the Seattle Seahawks logo
More than a decade ago, as the Seattle Seahawks were on the verge of their first of two consecutive Super Bowl appearances, Robin K. Wright’s art history students at the University of Washington became curious about the NFL team’s logo. “My students had some sort of bizarre theories, they thought …
Read More »Why a N.S. assault case before Canada’s top court could set a precedent for Indigenous sentencing options
Warning: This story contains graphic details of intimate partner violence. Brittany Sack, a Mi’kmaw woman from Nova Scotia, says she was seeking comfort from her former partner, who is also Mi’kmaw, following the death of her infant daughter when he began beating her — smashing her face into the sidewalk …
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