In a boardroom in a soaring high-rise on Wall Street, Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel is sitting across from one of the most powerful financial agents in North America ( Read more... )

This year, the Idle No More movement called for Earth Day rallies to focus attention on the links between Indigenous issues and the environmental movement ( Read more... )

THOSE WHO TAKE US AWAY: Abusive Policing and Failures in Protection of Indigenous Women and Girls in Northern British Columbia, Canada

SummaryOn December 5, 2012, a man walking his dog found the murdered body of 16-year old Summer Star (C.J.) Fowler in a ravine near the British Columbia (BC) town of Kamloops. The Gitanmaax teenager from Hazelton ( Read more... )

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Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence has signed off on her will and is prepared for death, APTN National News has been told ( Read more... )

I woke up just past midnight with a bolt. My six-month-old son was crying. He has a cold - the second of his short life - and his blocked nose frightens him. I was about to get up when he started snoring again. I, on the other hand, was wide awake ( Read more... )

You have to look at history to understand what is happening in Indian Country ( Read more... )

'Idle No More': Hunger-striking Attawapiskat chief vows to 'die' for her people as aboriginal protests spread

OTTAWA - Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan is offering to meet this week with a northern Ontario chief who embarked on a hunger strike Tuesday out of frustration with the federal government.
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First Nations children send heartbreaking letter to drug-addicted parents

CAT LAKE, Ont. - Item number nine in the letter to members of the Cat Lake reserve from the children in Grade Six is as blunt as it is painful.
"It hurts us and shoomis and kokum (grandpa and grandma) when you're doing drugs and you're not at home."

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