Indigenous Rights

• Ottawa will not recognize ‘southern Inuit’ as holding Indigenous rights

  Inuit governments dispute the Nunatukavut Community Council's (NCC), a group representing roughly 6,000 people in southern Labrador, claims to Indigeneity.

  Canada

  Sep 9
  
• Premiers of Alberta, Manitoba spar over need to consult with First Nations

  The premier of Alberta was taken to task over the issue of Aboriginal and treaty rights by the premier of Manitoba at Tuesday's closing of the annual Western premiers' meeting.

  Politics

  May 26
  
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• B.C. not ruling out regulations for wild mushroom picking after Indigenous concerns

  Indigenous groups in B.C. say mushroom pickers are flocking to areas burned by forest fires last summer, creating ecological and safety risks. B.C. may consider new regulations.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2024
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• Manitoba MP asks UN for international oversight over failure to search landfills

  A written submission by local MP Leah Gazan was sent to the United Nations' special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

  Canada

  Jul 19, 2023
• Indigenous leaders in B.C. call on government to change cannabis laws

  Leaders said Indigenous businesses are unfairly subjected to excessive taxation and onerous regulations in B.C.

  Cannabis

  Apr 20, 2023
• Enshrining UN’s Indigenous rights vow is a work in progress: Lametti

  The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples affirms the rights of Indigenous Peoples to self-determination, to their language, culture and traditional lands.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2023
• λugʷaləs becomes first baby in B.C. to have his Indigenous name on birth certificate

  λugʷaləs K’ala’ask Shaw has become the first child in British Columbia to have his Indigenous name registered and printed on his birth certificate.

  Perspectives

  Mar 29, 2023
• Ottawa pledges $43M for clean drinking water on Oneida Nation of the Thames

  To end a long-term drinking water advisory, Oneida Nation of the Thames will switch to Lake Huron as its water source, and have its existing piped distribution system upgraded.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2023
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• ‘We are still here:’ Indigenous Tunisians still fighting for rights 1,300 years after colonization

  It's been more than 1,300 years since the Arabs colonized Tunisia. Why are its Indigenous people, the Amazigh, still struggling for basic recognition?

  World

  Mar 21, 2023
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• Bill Wilson on the fight for Indigenous rights 40 years after negotiating constitutional change

  The constitutional reform, enshrining Indigenous land and treaty rights, was born out of the First Ministers Conference in March 1983.

  Perspectives

  Mar 15, 2023