- — Long lineups for treaty annuities in Winnipeg spark discussion about 'insulting' $5 payment
- Dozens of First Nations people braced long lineups and a humidex of 30 on Thursday afternoon to get their treaty annuity payments at The Forks in Winnipeg, leading to discussion on whether the $5 payments are outdated.
- — Ontario-born NHL star Brandon Montour races to Florida during playoffs to see birth of 1st child
- The Florida Panthers hit the ice Saturday for Game 4 against the Vegas Golden Knights, but no matter the outcome, one Panthers player has already had a life-changing week.
- — Aaniin, an Indigenous pop-up fashion hub, opens in downtown Toronto
- Aaniin Retail Inc. is a collective of about 25 designers and artists in Toronto’s shipping container market, Stackt.
- — Cherished Cree hunting camps vulnerable to the flames of Quebec's raging forest fires
- The wildfires have forced some Cree communities to evacuate this week as some worry about the possible loss of traditional hunting and fishing camps.
- — In Bones of Crows, Grace Dove found healing among the heaviness
- Actor Grace Dove plays the role of Aline Spears in the new film Bones of Crows. It follows a Cree woman's journey from her childhood to old age as she navigates trauma from her time in the residential school system.
- — New urban, rural and Northern Indigenous housing organization gets $287.1M for urgent projects
- The federal government announced $287.1 million in funding on Thursday for the National Indigenous Collaborative Housing Incorporated (NICHI), a coalition of Indigenous-led housing organizations in urban, rural and Northern communities.
- — NCC to vote on new SJAM name after selecting Algonquin recommendation
- Algonquin communities consulted over what to rename Ottawa's Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway have reached a consensus and the new name will be recommended to the National Capital Commission's board of directors later this month, according to a letter sent to a chief.
- — 3 Indigenous police services in northern Ontario could cease operating due to lack of funding
- Three Indigenous police services that serve 45 First Nation communities across northern Ontario have arrived at an impasse in negotiating agreements with the federal government. With no funding since March 31, they could be forced to close.
- — Southwestern Manitoba First Nation cheers on its Dakota Knight's Stanley Cup final run
- Sioux Valley Dakota Nation is cheering on Las Vegas Golden Knight Zach Whitecloud, hoping his team can claim the Stanley Cup.
- — B.C. woman says doctor shortage, anti-Indigenous bias may be why doctors missed her cancer
- A northern B.C. woman wants to know why multiple doctors over the span of six years failed to investigate symptoms that were indicators of the multiple myeloma she is now fighting.
- — Expecting parents in Akwesasne receive bountiful baby bundles
- Twenty-five women in Akwesasne, a Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) community straddling the Ontario, Quebec and New York state borders, received baby bundles this week from the Onkwehonwe Midwives Collective.
- — Land tribunal rules in favour of Larga Baffin development
- The Ontario Land Tribunal has dismissed the zoning appeal against a new medical boarding home for Inuit that's proposed for south Ottawa.
- — Kuujjuaq celebrates its biggest Pride parade yet
- In its third year, about 100 people walked and drove the streets of Kuujjuaq as part of the community's Pride parade, which was larger than its previous two iterations.
- — After overnight evacuation, Cree Nation of Waswanipi finds shelter, solace in Quebec City
- As wildfires approached the Cree village, 1,012 people left their homes when the municipality issued an evacuation order.
- — After struggling with substance abuse, this Yukon man rose to the top of his trade
- Not everyone has the mettle to win a gold medal in sheet metal, but Isaiac Tracey proved he’s got what it takes.
- — Ancient Indigenous 'clam gardens' could be modern-day climate solution
- In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we explore how "clam gardens" can be a climate solution and learn about the importance of biodiversity in forests.
- — 'My heart sank': KFN residents grieve impact of wildfire on their community
- Isabelle Sunrise tried hiding her tears from her daughters when they drove through the Kátł'odeeche First Nation reserve for the first time in three weeks. Clean-up and damage assessment throughout the community is ongoing.
- — Manitoba waives fees to recover traditional Indigenous names changed by residential school system
- Manitoba is inviting Indigenous residential, day school and Sixties Scoop survivors to reclaim their traditional names.
- — Why planting black ash trees is so important for P.E.I. and the Mi'kmaq
- Numbers of P.E.I.'s native black ash have dwindled to just a few hundred, while Mi'kmaw communities need the wood for basket weaving and other cultural endeavours.
- — Universities need to value Indigenous knowledge, Mi'kmaw youth tells Senate committee
- A Mi’kmaw man from Eskasoni First Nation in Nova Scotia told the Senate standing committee on Indigenous Peoples Wednesday that academic institutions should place a higher value on the knowledge shared by Indigenous people.
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