Family of Elsie Knott remember her historic election as first female chief
Rita Rose proudly sifts through old photos of her mother Elsie Knott. Knott is celebrated…
Indian Act
Alleged assault by Sto:lo chief shows First Nation at boiling point
Chief Marilyn Gabriel is accused of physically assaulting an elder in her community; RCMP are investigating
Reflections after the second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Survivors of a brutal policy regime are left wondering what we do with history and National Truth and Reconciliation Day
Feds call UNDRIP an ‘interpretive aid only’ in election delay legal battle for First Nation in Alberta
‘It’s disappointing, on that level, to see kind of an impoverished interpretation of what the new legislation implementing UNDRIP means in practice,’ says lawyer
Canada looking for resolution in First Nations enfranchisement charter challenge
For decades, Nadia Salmaniw has been fighting for First Nations status. “My grandmother and my…
Indigenous community mourns passing of women’s rights trailblazer Yvonne Bedard
Bedard was one of the first to challenge gender discrimination in the Indian Act
Athabasca Tribal Council starts petition to get Ottawa to remove sections of the Indian Act
The sections relate to the federal government operating schools and transporting children.
For First Nations under the thumb of the Indian Act, where does justice come from?
Governance on First Nations in Canada is complicated. For more than 140 years, the Indian…
Trudeau keen to move away from the Indian Act and put more power into Indigenous hands
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says to get reconciliation right, Canada needs to listen to Indigenous…