Athabasca Tribal Council starts petition to get Ottawa to remove sections of the Indian Act
The sections relate to the federal government operating schools and transporting children.
Indigenous Services
State of emergency declared in Shamattawa because of suicide crisis says chief
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‘Incredibly toxic’: More Indigenous women share stories of racism in the federal bureaucracy
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Ottawa won’t end on-reserve water advisories until at least 2023, long term solutions coming later
‘This is an unacceptable failure’: MPs grill Indigenous Services top bureaucrat on when communities will have clean water for good
Ministers promise ‘thorough review’ following APTN report on racism in their departments
People from across the country have come forward breaking their silence says Letitia Wells on N2N
Indigenous Services braces for audit of department’s efforts to supply First Nations with clean water
Auditor general set to table report in the House of Commons on Thursday afternoon
Overworked, underpaid: Ottawa’s chronic lack of funding leaves First Nations water operators behind
An investigation reveals Indigenous water operators sometimes earn less than half of what municipal operators are paid, but an Indigenous-led group in Atlantic Canada has a solution.
Indigenous Services admits feds will miss March 2021 target to lift First Nation water advisories
Feds to pour more money into First Nations drinking water woes.
Feds can use spending power to fight anti Indigenous racism in health care: Miller
First Nation, Metis and Inuit leaders are scheduled to meet with Marc Miller Friday.