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First Nations

The sword of the Royal House of Avis on a stylized cross decorates the 56-meter high Monument to the Discoveries by the Tagus river in Lisbon, Thursday, March 30, 2023. 
Justice
Vatican rejects Doctrine of Discovery after years of pressure from Indigenous activists
The Canadian flag is illuminated in the Embassy of Canada in Washington in Washington, Thursday, June 20, 2019. 
Human rights
‘Canada Day is a reckoning’: Many cancel celebrations as nation mourns Indigenous unmarked graves
Flowers, children's shoes and other items rest at a memorial
Human rights
Gruesome boarding school discovery forces Canada to reckon with its cultural genocide history
A group of Sinixt tribal members stand together near a mound and conduct a ceremony.
Justice
Canada’s highest court rules in favor of Sinixt tribal rights at heart of hunting case
Chief Allan Adam of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation exits the passenger seat of a truck before his violent arrest by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers, in a still from police dashcam video obtained during legal discovery, in Fort McMurray, Al
Human rights
Video of police beating Indigenous chief fuels ongoing anti-racism protests in Canada
A close up of a jingle dress
Culture
How a Native American coming-of-age ritual is making a comeback
Black and white image of several people and a horse standing in front of teepees. A dog howls in the mid-foreground.
Immigration Rewind
Ignored and deported, Cree ‘refugees’ echo the crises of today
John A. Macdonald's statue against a grey sky
This founding father’s legacy is darker than some Canadians care to remember
The Honourable Hunter Tootoo from Nunavut talks with two others
Media
This Canadian TV show wants to address racism. Some Indigenous people say it’s doing more harm than good.
Protestors hold up signs at a rally against a proposed Kinder Morgan oil pipeline expansion on Burnaby Mountain in 2014 in British Columbia. In late May, the Canadian government announced it would fund an expansion project for the Kinder Morgan Trans Moun
With pipeline decision, Canada’s Trudeau draws ire of environmental supporters
A grizzly feeds on dead salmon at the end of their spawning run in a river in British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest. Hunting grizzlies was banned throughout the vast region late last year.
Environment
British Columbia has a flourishing grizzly bear tourism industry
Members of the "Omushkegowuk Walkers"
Health
One town, one day, 11 suicide attempts: Indigenous Canadians’ crisis deepens
Environment
Canadian First Nations group raises red flag on proposed oil mining
Environment
Declining moose population in upper Midwest may be due to climate change
Global Politics
Mohawk tribe evicts non-natives
Arts, Culture & Media
Vatican Declares First Ever Native American Saint
Ojibwe Language Thrives in Minnesota
Montana Oil & Gas
Native American Winter Tales
Thanksgiving Native Harvest
Native American Winter Tales
James Bay Hydro Plant in Quebec
Arts, Culture & Media
Iroquois general manager on trying to get to lacrosse tournament
Arts, Culture & Media
Tribal passports keep Iroquois from traveling
Conflict & Justice
Canadian government apologizes