Indigenous parents struggle to register traditional names for babies

There are calls for provinces to allow special characters in naming rules so Indigenous parents can register traditional names for their babies.

Search underway for missing five-year-old boy in Red Earth Cree Nation

A large-scale search continues for five-year-old Frank Young in the Red Earth Cree Nation area

RCMP to receive $5.1-million to aid community responses to unmarked burial sites at former residential schools

The RCMP, who have long faced criticism over their troubled relationship with Indigenous people in Canada, are poised to receive $5.1-million over five years, beginning this fiscal year, to support community-led responses to unmarked burial sites at former residential schools.

Haunting Canada boarding school shot wins World Press Photo

This latest photo win came less than a week after Pope Francis made a historic apology to Indigenous peoples of Canada, for mistreatment in catholic schools

Rare Indigenous eye-witness account of Battle of the Little Bighorn found in Ontario

Lakota leader's letter, illustration about historic U.S. battle was recently repatriated to his community

Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous delegates for residential schools

Pope Francis has apologized for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in residential schools, a year after the Catholic Church said it wouldn’t do so.

Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief suspended due to accusations of sexual assault

The Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, (AMC) one of the most powerful Indigenous leaders in this province, has been accused of sexual assault, and Winnipeg Police confirmed Friday those accusations have been reported to police.

Indigenous groups line up for Trans Mountain pipeline stakes; B.C. leaders call it ‘economic version of a smallpox blanket’

A prominent Indigenous leaders’ group has urged First Nations to not buy into the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, saying the project poses significant financial risks and could become the “modern-day economic version of a smallpox blanket.”

Top First Nations leader in Manitoba accused of sexual assault by staff member

Formal complaint filed against Grand Chief Arlen Dumas, Winnipeg police confirm

Almost half of prisoners held in isolation are Indigenous, panel says

Indigenous people make up half of all prisoners subjected to the harshest form of federal detention, an indication that problems persist under the federal government’s new model of inmate isolation.