Ojibway former child sex worker says striking down prostitution laws does nothing to help Aboriginal women
By Kenneth Jackson APTN National News OTTAWA– Some celebrated Friday after the Supreme Court struck…
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Half of First Nations children living in poverty should 'shock' Canadians: report
APTN National News Half of First Nations children in Canada are living below the poverty…
Condolences pour in for Aboriginal leader Elijah Harper
APTN National News Condolences are pouring in for Aboriginal leader Elijah Harper who died Friday…
American Lakota woman accuses border guards of racial profiling after they probe heritage, involvement in Idle No More
An American Indian woman is accusing border guards in Saskatoon of racial profiling after she was stopped while entering Canada and asked her heritage and if she was part of the Idle No More movement.
Akwesasne Longhouse's lawyer filed for bankruptcy, accused of 'malpractice' in California
A New York City lawyer hired by the Kanienkehaka Longhouse in Akwesasne to handle a casino case filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and faced allegations of “malpractice” in California over his handling of a family estate dispute involving waterfront property on an island in Honduras.
The casino, the case, the 'prisoner of war,' and the Akwesasne Longhouse
About 114 km southeast of Akwesasne, on Tuesday, Rarahkwisere, his wrists and ankles in cuffs and chains, enters the boardroom of a county jail in New York State for a federal U.S. court hearing about a casino.
Budget offers little for murdered, missing Indigenous women, silent on calls for national inquiry
The 2013 federal budget unveiled Thursday contains little in response to ongoing calls for a national inquiry into the high number of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Former Ojibway chief Terry Nelson heading to Iran in October
Former Ojibway chief Terry Nelson is expected to lead a small delegation on a visit to Iran in October, APTN National News has learned.
Defence Minister MacKay's Iranian-born wife "pleaded" with AFN candidate Nelson to cut Iranian ties
A prominent Iranian-Canadian human rights activist and wife of Defence Minister Peter MacKay says she “pleaded” with Terry Nelson, a former Manitoba chief running for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, to end his dealings with Iran and cancel a planned trip to the country’s capital.