Aboriginal title and land ownership is suddenly a hot topic in Canada — and won’t be settled anytime soon

Aboriginal title pertains to the rights Indigenous groups have to land. Fee simple title refers to the most common way ...
The Canadian Press on MSN

Some Indigenous people wary of Order of Canada's "colonial symbolism": federal study

OTTAWA — Indigenous community members have encouraged federal officials to reflect on how the Order of Canada can overcome ...
Opinion

Danielle Smith’s dangerous referendum rhetoric threatens Canada’s Constitution and Indigenous treaty rights

Alberta will hold a vote this fall on whether to pursue a referendum on separation from Canada. The situation might seem comical if it weren’t so dangerous — both for the majority of Albertans who don ...

Community, culture the answer to combat HIV stigma: Indigenous people

Manitoba and Saskatchewan are home to some of the highest rates of new HIV infections in Canada, and the numbers show ...
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Communities across Canada celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day

Events are being held across the country to mark the 30th National Indigenous Peoples' Day on Sunday, a day meant to honour the culture, histories and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis ...
The Columbian

‘Native Stories for Native People’: New Confluence leader means to refocus and grow small Vancouver nonprofit with big influence

Leah Altman, an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, said she owes much of her dynamic success in life to help from nonprofit agencies aimed at urban Native American kids who struggle with ...

Indigenous Treaties feeling threatened once again

Due to colonialism, many Indigenous people have a complicated relationship with Canada Day, but this year it was amplified with the separatist movement.
syracuse.com

‘Sugarcane’ exposes truths about Indigenous schools in Canada. It’s already made Oscars history

The discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at an Indian residential school in Canada in 2021 was just the catalyst for “Sugarcane.” Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, the filmmakers behind the ...

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) celebrates passing of law that finally prohibits the act of forced sterilization on Indigenous people in Canada

FORT CHIPEWYAN, AB, June 16, 2026 /CNW/ - Athabasca First Nation is grateful to announce the correction of a long-standing injustice in Canada. For generations, Indigenous women, girls, men and boys ...
The New York Times

On Small Islands Off Canada’s Coast, a Big Shift in Power

British Columbia recognized the Haida’s aboriginal title to their islands decades after the Indigenous group launched a battle on the ground and in the courts. Haida Gwaii Dispatch British Columbia ...
Detroit Free Press

Canada looks to centuries-old indigenous use of fire to combat out-of-control wildfires

This report was supported by the Pulitzer Center. As Canada deals with the same wildfire problems plaguing the western U.S. — fires of increasing intensity burning larger areas as the climate and ...
The New York Times

What Lies Beneath Canada’s Former Indigenous School Sites Fuels a Debate

Despite possible evidence of hundreds of graves at former schools for Indigenous children, challenges in making a clear conclusion have given rise to skeptics. The Kamloopa Powwow in Tk’emlups te ...