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Labrador government, U.S. museum given cultural repatriation award for returning Inuit remains
The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) has awarded the Nunatsiavut government in Labrador and Chicago’s Field Museum with a cultural repatriation award for returning Inuit bodies that had been dug up and taken for scientific study.
Interim report on Indigenous man’s death seeks end to racism in health care
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG — An interim report on the role racism played in the…
Keeseekoose First Nation elders spark RCMP investigation into band council
The RCMP has confirmed to APTN National News that it has launched an investigation on Keeseekoose First Nation in Saskatchewan after two elders came forward providing a stack of financial documents.
Alberta minister sorry after fish were seized from Metis camp
Alberta’s Indigenous relations minister is apologizing after provincial fish and wildlife officers seized dozens of smoked fish from an annual Metis cultural camp.
Manitoba NDP pick rookie MLA, author Wab Kinew as party and Opposition leader
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG – Rookie politician and Indigenous author Wab Kinew is the new…
Indigenous offenders in federal prison highlight challenges for Trudeau government
The number of Indigenous offenders in the federal correctional system has risen almost 40 per cent in the last decade, says a government report.