Leonard Peltier given award as longest-serving ‘political prisoner’ in US
The Mario Benedetti Foundation gave out its first international human rights prize earlier this week.
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Ottawa told to release Aboriginal Affairs emails kept under cabinet secrecy shroud
The Federal Court has ordered the Privy Council Office to either release internal emails between Aboriginal bureaucrats or better explain why the documents should be shrouded beneath the blanket of cabinet secrecy.
Layton remembered as “ally” to Indigenous people
In a final letter, written before he died, NDP leader Jack Layton called on Canadians to build a more equal country where love trumped anger and hope trumped fear.
Atleo’s leadership questioned as chiefs reject education panel
First Nations chiefs in three provinces have struck a crippling blow against a blue-ribbon panel created by the Assembly of First Nations and Ottawa to study on-reserve education and create a template for new legislation.
Suspended Lonechild never disclosed drinking-driving charge: FSIN
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations has responded to threats of legal action from suspended Chief Guy Lonechild.
AFN joins tobacco battle
The Assembly of First Nations has joined the battle over First Nations cigarettes after chiefs passed a resolution directing national Chief Shawn Atleo to press Ottawa and the provinces to back off attempts to regulate the tobacco trade between communities.
Conservatives unveil belt-tightening federal budget with few changes
The Conservative government unveiled a carbon-copy federal budget Monday containing modest investments to First Nations policing, reserve infrastructure and for a highway in the Northwest Territories.
Atleo: mining and energy the ‘new fur trade’
Assembly of First Nations national Chief Shawn Atleo says the energy and mining industries represent the “new fur trade” for First Nations communities, according to a report in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal.
Atleo faces fire over lack of consulation from Ontario grand chief
Assembly of First Nations national Chief Shawn Atleo is facing accusations of overstepping his authority by holding discussions with Ontario and organizing an energy and mining summit without first consulting First Nations leaders in the province.