Kanehsatake remembers the Mohawk resistance a quarter century ago
(Kanehsatake Grand Chief Serge Simon speaking Saturday at commemoration. Photo: Danielle Rochette/APTN) APTN National News…
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In the pines: Going back 25 years to the Mohawk resistance at Kanehsatake
APTN National News 25 years ago, shots rang out on the Mohawk territory of Kanehsatake…
Canada guilty of cultural genocide against Indigenous peoples: TRC
The TRC builds a case that leads it to conclude Canada committed cultural genocide
PM Harper failing to fulfill Mulroney’s Oka promise on modern treaties
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt pushing ‘reconciliation framework’ to deal with modern treaties
Aboriginal Affairs shared wide range of information with spy agency to bolster Idle No More surveillance: documents
The federal Aboriginal Affairs department shared information with Canada’s spies and other federal law enforcement agencies to bolster surveillance of the Idle No More movement […]
Harper government forcing relocation of FN claims tribunal to “smother” it, says grand chief
A tribunal created to deal with historic First Nation grievances is slowly being smothered by the Harper government, said a British Columbia grand chief in response to revelations the independent body is now being relocated and stripped of the ability to run its own affairs.
Valcourt attacks Confederacy of Nations, calls chiefs ‘rogue’ and threats to national security
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt moved aggressively to undermine the Confederacy of Nations Thursday, labeling the chiefs behind the organization as rogues who are “threatening” national security.
Oka-era Mohawk Warrior Society lawyer headed to US prison
(Stanley Cohen, a long time politically active criminal defence lawyer who advised the Mohawk Warriors…
Aboriginal Affairs slashes specific claims research budget triggering Oka-repeat warnings
The federal Aboriginal Affairs department cut its specific claims research budget as part of on-going government-wide belt-tightening in a move that one senior British Columbia chief says is contributing to creating the same environment that produced the 1990 Oka crisis.