Walker says Elders' tears over Harper government's treatment of First Nations people sparked march to Ottawa
The tears of elders drove a group of six Mi’kmaq from Listuguj to walk about 900 kilometres from their community in Quebec to Ottawa.
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Ottawa threatening to shut down land claim negotiations, says grand chief from Mohawk community at heart of Oka Crisis
The grand chief for the Mohawk community at the heart of the Oka crisis says Ottawa’s lead negotiator threatened to shut down land claim negotiations over plans to dissolve Kanesatake’s band council.
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.
Idle No More shifting to 'localized activism,' says Sinclair
Professor and writer Niganwewidam Sinclair was an Idle No More organizer from the beginning of the movement.
Supreme Court loss pushes Athabasca Chipewyan FN towards Sovereignty Summer campaign
The chief of an Alberta First Nations battling a tar sands expansion on its territory says he is considering joining Idle No More’s call for a “Sovereignty Summer” campaign after the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed its case.
'I thought they were going to shoot me'
Elder Ryan Tibbetts says the moment he pointed out the gun with his finger to his 12 year-old son the RCMP officer raised the weapon toward them.
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.
Idle No More confronts Aboriginal Affairs minister
Tempers flared as Idle No More protesters confronted Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt at a media conference in Winnipeg Wednesday.
Journey of Nishiyuu walkers' names now "etched" into "history of this country"
-A January walk that began in Quebec’s northernmost Cree community with a snow machine breaking trail ended 1,600 kilometres later with a crowd of people forming a path on Parliament Hill to make way for a group of Cree youth who had captured the attention of a nation.