June 9, 2015 OTTAWA – An aboriginal child welfare advocate says she has been vindicated by a recent ruling from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, which found a government official…
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June 9, 2015 16 Aboriginal graduates celebrate their success at Concordia Proud parents, elders, siblings, professors, mentors — June 3 saw a full house come out to the Aboriginal Student…
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June 10, 2015-06-11 Christa Jonathan, a Sociology student at McMaster University and a member of Six Nations, crossed the stage at her convocation in a traditional ribbon dress, customarily worn…
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June 8, 2015 The Assembly of Manitoba chiefs are vying to take the province’s into its own hands. This comes on the heels of a brutal attack on a 15…
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June 8, 2015 Jules Koostachin raises Indiegogo funds to commemorate Cree student who fought for better schools For Jules Koostachin, attending school in inner-city Ottawa was a bit of nightmare.…
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May 27, 2015 TORONTO (May 27, 2015) – The Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Wedaseh Madahbee and the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry Bill Mauro met today at…
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FIRST NATIONS have turned the tables as a result of their hard-won legal empowerment in the resources sector. They have asserted their constitutionally protected rights in Canadian courts and have…
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May. 18, 2015 The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has restarted its review of Pacific NorthWest LNG after an 11-week delay, putting the regulator in a position to issue a draft…
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5/15/2015 If $1.15 billion aren’t enough to satisfy the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation, it’s likely that money isn’t the issue. The Lax Kw’alaams made international headlines the week of May…
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APTN National News A new documentary is shining a spotlight on a federal bill the Harper government passed in 2012. Part of the bill overwrites the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act…
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