National chief says AFN encased in colonial ‘patriarchal structure’ that guarantees toxicity
RoseAnne Archibald calls for new structure to deal with First Nations issues.
Paul Barnsley
Paul has been described by the Ryerson Review of Journalism as “one of Canada’s best Aboriginal affairs investigative reporters.” He won the Journalists for Human Rights annual Lifetime Achievement award in 2016. Prior to joining APTN, Paul served as national news editor/senior writer for Windspeaker, an Edmonton-based Aboriginal news publication distributed nationally. His stint with Windspeaker began in 1997, after nearly five years with the Six Nations weekly newspaper Tekawennake.
Audit needed to find treaty payments that went to schools rather than residential school survivors
A founding member of the Children of Shingwauk residential survivor group and longtime member of…
Federal motives questioned on band membership, self-government
Catherine Twinn is trying to help people she is convinced have a connection to the…
‘I’m actually repulsed that you’re here’ AFN votes to oust Buller from inquiry
As Marion Buller was telling APTN that she would ask for a two-year extension, the AFN voted in favour of ousting her from the inquiry.
Philpott commits to spending more on child welfare calling it a ‘humanitarian crisis’
Indigenous Affairs Minister Jane Philpott addressed chiefs at the AFN SCA Monday saying more will be spent on First Nation child welfare.
Littlechild tells inquiry that violence against women and girls getting international attention
The grand chief of Treaty 6 territory, on which the Edmonton hearings of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Women and Girls took place, made a brief appearance on the final day of the hearings to offer encouragement to the commission and to the 75 witnesses who testified during the three-day session.
Inquiry faces criticism from families about care
The executive director of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls says there have been some serious failings in the way families have being treated by commission staff.
Family of Amber Tuccaro still waiting for answers
Paul Tuccaro, the brother of a murdered Mikisew Cree First Nation woman spent most of his testimony before the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls laying out his complaints about how the RCMP handled the case.