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Current events affecting First Nations today.
OTTAWA — The RCMP monitored and compiled lists of potentially violent, politically active native Indians for inclusion in a secret “Red Power” photograph album during the 1970s, according to newly released intelligence documents.…Continue to RCMP kept secret ‘Red Power’ file on dissident natives
The G’psgolox totem pole, stolen from the Haisla people of Kitimat in northern British Columbia nearly 80 years ago and shipped to Sweden, finally returned home Wednesday after 15 years of efforts by band members.…Continue to Stolen totem pole returned after 80 years
Premier Gordon Campbell and Guujaaw, President of the Haida Nation, announce a 'reconciliation protocol' they say ends a century of conflict.
The backlog of more than 800 native land claims across the country crying out for government attention could be expedited thanks to a new bill the House of Commons passed last week.
The unchecked expansion of contraband cigarette sales has meant an economic windfall for smoke shops on First Nation reserves such as Kahnawake, Six Nations, and Tyendinaga Reserves.
Julian Black Antelope and his business partner Ruby Eaglechild - both from the Blood Reserve - are hoping the idea of giving up modern conveniences for one month to live the traditional Blackfoot way will appeal to 12 native men and women.
A unanimous vote to abandon the British Columbia Treaty Commission (BCTC) at last week’s Treaty Forum held on the Nak’azdli Reserve, near Fort St. James, has some members of the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council (CSTC) upset.
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine is pleased to announce that residential school survivors are officially eligible to apply and receive a Common Experience Payment, now that the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement has been finalized. Survivors are also entitled to apply for the Independent Assessment Program (IAP) for compensation for serious abuses experienced during their time spent at residential schools.
Yesterday rescuers were set to help a troubled killer whale find his family, but the orca had other plans.…Continue to Mowachaht-Muchalaht band oppose capture of orca whale
ARCTIC VILLAGE, ALASKA – In this tiny Alaskan town of 120, north of Anchorage and the Arctic Circle, beyond the imaginary line where summer days and winter nights become endless, Sarah James, a Gwich’in Indian leader, is rolling in cash……Continue to Sarah James leads Alaska’s Caribou People in defense of their way of life