Federal, Manitoba governments breached First Nations' child welfare rights, judge says in 'historic' decision

In a decision described as "historic," a Manitoba judge has found the governments of Manitoba and Canada breached First ...

Alberta separation petition overturned as judge rules in favour of First Nations

An Alberta judge has quashed a separatist petition, saying the provincial government had a duty to consult with First Nations ...

Yukon First Nation says it can pump out 250 houses per year — if it gets the timber

Liard First Nation’s Heartland Timber Homes received a major equipment upgrade thanks to federal investment — and now, the ...
Edmonton Journal on MSN

First Nations win legal challenge of Alberta separation referendum, Smith says government will appeal

An Alberta judge has thrown out a decision by the province’s chief electoral officer to issue a petition for a referendum on ...

First Nation sues federal, provincial governments over northern Alberta projects

The Mikisew Cree First Nation (MCFN) is suing the governments of Alberta and Canada over the impacts it says industrial ...

Act on UN advice to eliminate 2nd-generation cut-off, First Nations leaders tell Canada

The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs and the Indian Act Sex Discrimination Working Group are calling for the federal ...
Civil Eats

Some First Nations Are Fighting Fish Farms in BC to Protect Their Waters and Cultures

December 21, 2020 update: On December 17, the Canadian government announced a plan to to phase out all open-net pen salmon farms in the area around the Discovery Islands immediately south of the ...
National Geographic news

How First Nations-led protests in Canada sparked a conservation movement

In one of Canada’s wild natural expanses lies a sleepy beach town known for sand, surf, and one of the country’s largest acts of civil disobedience. The temperate rainforest in the sound—the largest ...
Winnipeg Free Press

Ottawa, province breached First Nations’ constitutional rights, Manitoba judge says in ‘historic’ ruling

The federal and provincial governments have managed First Nations child welfare in Manitoba in a way that breached the ...
The Conversation

The way we talk about First Nations issues is striking, as our analysis of 82 million words of Australian news and opinion shows

With just three words, then-prime minister Kevin Rudd said in 2008 what his predecessor wouldn’t say in parliament. And so swelled the tears, emotion and silent pain of generations of Indigenous ...
The Conversation

First Nations children are still being removed at disproportionate rates. Cultural assumptions about parenting need to change

Child protection processes in Australia have a history of injustice that disproportionately targets and harms First Nations children, families and communities. As a result, contemporary child ...