Autumn Peltier up for Nobel children’s prize
Autumn Peltier, a 13-year-old Wikwemikong girl who tearfully pleaded with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to protect the water is up for an international award.
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Family wants inquest into Attawapiskat girl’s suicide
(Sheridan Hookimaw, 13. APTN/File) Jorge Barrera APTN News The family of Sheridan Hookimaw, a 13-year-old…
Quebec premier using Indigenous issues to advance own electoral cause: Saganash
Quebec Premier Phillippe Couillard appears to be using Indigenous issues for his own political aims…
Quebec wants to reopen Constitution before dealing with Indigenous rights
Quebec Premier Phillippe Couillard said during closed-door talks between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, premiers and Indigenous leaders that the Constitution needs to be reopened to deal with issues of Indigenous rights and self-government. , according to Assembly of First Nations Ontario.
Diefenbaker building in Ottawa reminds Michel band descendents of dark times
Kim Beaudin stood with a protest sign Tuesday morning outside a meeting between premiers, the prime minister and Indigenous leaders in the Diefenbaker building, named after the prime minister that wiped out the Michel band.
Former CAP chief sets up protest camp at organization’s offices
The former national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP), an organization created to represent the interests of off-reserve Indigenous peoples has set up a camp protest camp by its Ottawa head office vowing to remain until the current leader resigns.
Conservative MPs want PCO officials to testify on MMIW inquiry
Jorge Barrera APTN National News The Conservative MPs on the Indigenous Affairs committee want to…
Congress National Chief ‘can’t remember’ roots of own Indigenous ancestry
The chief of a national organization representing off-reserve Indigenous peoples that receives millions of dollars…
Ottawa police called after Eagle Staff seized during Congress meeting
The former national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) was detained by Ottawa…