Why national media's IKEA monkey coverage overshadowed Idle No More rallies
Monday’s rallies seemed hard to miss with the drumming, chanting and marching in some of Canada’s largest cities.
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Top oil producing First Nation seeks OPEC audience
The chief of Canada’s highest oil producing First Nation has requested an audience with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries during the oil-cartel’s meeting in Austria next month.
Vigils remember missing, murdered women
A record number of vigils were held across the country last week in honour of the over 600 missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada.
Backroom deals, speeches key to AFN national chief victory
With less than 24 hours until chiefs elect a new leader of the Assembly of First Nations, it’s make-or-break time for the eight candidates.
Montreal protests offer lessons for Canada's Indigenous people: Shawn Brant
APTN National News reporter Annette Francis sat down with Shawn Brant about whether First Nations, Metis and Inuit could learn a thing or two from Quebec students.
Riding across the country for friendship centres
Just as the heat of summer is starting, a Montreal man is biking across the country with an important message to share.
Iranian President Ahmadinejad's top aide rebukes Canada in letter to AFN candidate Nelson
A senior aide to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rebuked Canada for its treatment of Aboriginal people in a letter to former Ojibway chief Terrance Nelson who is running for the leadership of the Assembly of First Nations.
Former First Nation chief seeking audience with Iran
A former Manitoba chief who says the federal Aboriginal Affairs department orchestrated a “coup” against him plans to ask Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for permission to address Iran’s parliament on how Canada treats First Nations people.
Thousands rally across country to remember murdered, missing
Thousands of people across Canada spent Valentine’s Day remembering Aboriginal women who have either gone missing or have been murdered.