Cree Nation Government seeks intervenor status to challenge proposed settle agreement
The Cree Nation Government is joining the growing opposition to the proposed McLean Day School Settlement with the federal government
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Indigenous Rights Declaration is held up in the Senate as election deadline looms
MP Romeo Saganash is raising concern that his private member’s bill to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights on Indigenous Peoples is threatened with dying a death by delay in the Senate.
“Life-changing” child-welfare legislation will shift jurisdiction to Indigenous communities
On February 28, Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O’Regan introduced the long-awaited Bill C-92, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families.
The battle over BC’s LNG pipeline highlights crucial First Nations issues
“We don’t want to pitch Canadians against other Canadians,” Catherine McKenna, Canada’s Environment Minister, told Liberal Party supporters at an Outremont riding by-election campaign rally on January 22.
A lack of consultation on proposed federal rights framework is raised
First Nations leaders are raising concerns about a proposed set of policies and laws from the federal government.
State of the Cree Nation
Thank you for the opportunity to share my thoughts with the Cree Nation as we bring 2018 to a close and look forward to a new year
Lessons learned from the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) hosted a community gathering in Montreal December 4 to hear from Indian residential school survivors and how they have fared since the Canadian government’s settlement agreement in 2006.
Questions remain over Chisasibi spending for a respite home that has yet to be built
Further evidence has surfaced that appear to corroborate previous allegations of financial irregularities in the spending of funds intended to construct a respite centre in Chisasibi.
Indigenous journalist spoofs the issues on Walking Eagle News
In this Trump-ed up era of “fake news”, Native journalist Tim Fontaine‘s satirical website Walking Eagle News pokes fun at Native issues, the relationships between Indigenous peoples and Canada as well as many other aspects of current events.