indigenous people

• Joyce Echaquan’s death prompts Manawan Atikamekw Council to turn to United Nations

  The Manawan Atikamekw Council has filed an official complaint with the UN and a demand for an investigation into systemic racism within government organizations in Canada.

  Canada

  Mar 8
• Indigenous leaders call for transparency after police shooting death near Tofino

  Indigenous leaders are calling for an open and transparent investigation into the fatal police shooting of a 28-year-old man on a reserve off Vancouver Island.

  Canada

  Mar 1
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• Feds need plan to vaccinate urban Indigenous people, friendship centres say

  Indigenous leaders are pushing the federal government for a vaccination plan for Indigenous peoples who live in urban areas instead of traveling to their home reserve.

  Canada

  Feb 25
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• Building trust in its tap water will be Neskantaga’s next big challenge

  More than 200 members of Neskantaga First Nation returned to their homes this weekend, 60 days after being evacuated because of unsafe water.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2020
• Bellegarde says Canada must close gap for Indigenous People amid COVID-19 pandemic

  ``That gap amplifies every threat and every harm from this pandemic, from the risk of infection to the stress of lockdown,'' National Chief Perry Bellegarde said.

  Canada

  Dec 8, 2020
• Director of health board overseeing hospital where Joyce Echaquan died has been replaced

  Caroline Barbir will be taking over from the current president and CEO Daniel Castonguay, effective Dec. 3.

  Health

  Dec 2, 2020
• Systemic racism ‘runs very deep’ in Canada, Freeland says

  In the wake of the violence towards Indigenous fishers in Nova Scotia, Freeland said on Tuesday that systemic racism runs deep in the country.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2020
• ‘You have very big hearts’: Husband’s message to supporters after death of wife, Joyce Echaquan

  "It's unfortunate that it happened this way, but I know that there is good in this world," said Joyce Echaquan's husband, Carol Dubé.

  Oct 8, 2020
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• Quebec premier offers apology to family of Joyce Echaquan, addresses decades of discrimination

  The apology comes after Legault and Indigenous Affairs Minister Sylvie D'Amours met with Atikamekw chiefs on Monday to discuss ways of ensuring similar incidents don’t happen again.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2020
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• Ontario judge rules intermittent sentence law unfair to Indigenous accused from remote areas

  Judge David Gibson said forcing the mothers to leave their children for extended periods would be harmful.

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2020