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…
A deep look into the troubles within the Chiefs of Ontario
APTN News obtained internal documents and interviewed stakeholders to help shed some light on the trouble within the Chiefs of Ontairo.
Ottawa let Catholic Church off the hook for millions in residential school compensation
The source of an April 2016 Globe and Mail report outlining a mistake by federal government lawyers which allowed the Catholic Church to escape paying $21 million in obligations to the Residential School Settlement Agreement, now says that number is actually millions of dollars higher.