News/Indigenous

Indigenous First Nations leaders are urging Canada to establish a national inquiry into systemic racism in policing to address what they’re calling an “inter-related epidemic” of violence and death, following 10 deaths between August and November. AFN meeting in Ottawa also continues debate on child welfare reform Brett Forester ·Continue Reading

WARNING: This story contains details of deaths at residential schools. An Ontario coroner’s investigation has identified 220 additional deaths linked to Indian residential schools in the province — deaths that were previously unknown to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission or the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR). The NCTR’sContinue Reading

Indigenous Kimberly Murray says she’s received no word from Canada a month after she hand-delivered her two-volume final report in Gatineau, Que., finding that children who died and were buried at Indian residential schools were victims of a crime against humanity. Senator says he’s concerned about the response given theContinue Reading

In a quiet hotel room in downtown Ottawa, Georges Erasmus calmly recalls what may have been the low point in his 50-year fight for Indigenous rights.  It was 1996, and the Dene leader had just finished co-chairing the landmark Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP). The time had come to present its vision for pivotalContinue Reading

Indigenous The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the Liberal government to deal immediately with a backlog of claims under the Jordan’s Principle program for First Nations kids. Some of the backlogged requests “may very well be urgent,” the panel says. Canada also ordered to consult with First Nations onContinue Reading

Indigenous Kimberly Murray has opened an uncomfortable and difficult but long overdue conversation about justice for Canada’s “disappeared” residential school children, Indigenous leaders say in response to the special interlocutor’s two-volume final report. Interlocutor calls for reparations, new legislation, criminal code changes and new commission of investigation Brett Forester ·Continue Reading

Many Indigenous children who died and were buried at Indian residential schools are not missing but are “victims of enforced disappearance,” says Kimberly Murray. Murray, who is Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools, released her final report at a ceremony TuesdayContinue Reading

Indigenous A former student of federal Indian boarding schools in the U.S. says Joe Biden’s rare presidential apology was long overdue. “They should have done it years ago,” says 74-year-old Rosie Yellowhair. ‘It’s a start,’ says 74-year-old Navajo Nation member Rosie Yellowhair Brett Forester · CBC News · Posted: Oct 25, 2024 6:31Continue Reading

First Nations chiefs from across Canada are calling for a new negotiation process after voting to reject a settlement agreement on long-term reform of First Nations child and family services. On Friday, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) wrapped up a three-day meeting in Calgary to debate a $47.8 billion agreement reached with CanadaContinue Reading