The Indian Act question
With MP Rob Clarke’s new bill tabled, APTN wanted to take a look at the legislation the Tory politician hopes to amend.
With MP Rob Clarke’s new bill tabled, APTN wanted to take a look at the legislation the Tory politician hopes to amend.
A new report is out about the impacts of mercury on the Grassy Narrows First Nation.
MP Rob Clarke’s home province of Saskatchewan isn’t reacting well to his private members’ bill to repeal the Indian Act.
British Columbia RCMP officers arrested at least five people who were blockading the McLeod Lake Indian band office Monday over a litany of grievances including chief and band council decisions to sign onto resource development projects.
Saskatchewan Conservative MP Rob Clarke introduced a private member’s bill Monday that, if passed, would increase the power of bands to pass bylaws, repeal sections of the Indian Act dealing with residential schools, the governing of wills and that barred First Nations in the prairies from freely selling agricultural products.
After six days of hearings in Vancouver Supreme Court, the decision on what to do with Calgary law firm Blott & Company now rests in the hands of Justice Brenda Brown, one of nine judges across the country who oversee the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.
A 22-year-old Cree man says he is planning to burn the Canadian flag on Canada Day to symbolize a “cleansing” of Indigenous lands.
As the Dakota in Manitoba continue their fight against the provincial government to sell cheap cigarettes, they also continue to claim their tribe is a sovereign nation.
The Yukon Supreme Court is hearing a judicial review into the inquest for Raymond Silverfox.