Colonial child protection system being imposed on Indigenous families says Irwin Elman
Elman not giving up the fight despite having child advocate office shuttered by Ford government
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‘A band without land’ no more: After 230-year fight, Caldwell First Nation secures reserve
“We haven’t been able to have a lot of the benefits that other communities do that have land, have that connectedness to the land, connectedness to each other”
‘Spirits of our ancestor’: Shoal Lake 40 is rectifying a century of hardships
Documentary maker and band councillor talks about life on the forced island.
High-risk youth abruptly removed from Weechi foster home despite counsellor’s objection
Removal happened day after foster mom appeared in APTN story on Weechi
First Nation on Ontario-Manitoba border to enter lockdown over virus surge in region
The region’s positivity rate for COVID-19 is now six times higher than it was in the summer
Indigenous and Black rights activists block off major Ottawa intersection
Algonquin and Black rights activists in Ottawa took to the streets Thursday and blocked off…
Changes made in Ontario Marriage Act to recognize Indigenous marriage ceremonies
Recent changes to the Marriage Act in Ontario will help recognize the role Indigenous communities…
McKenzie Meadows phase 2 developer ‘undecided’ about future of remaining 83 acres
Approved in 2003 and sold in 2015, development one of many subject to resistance along the Grand River tract
Neskantaga evacuees to return home in December but still won’t have access to drinking water
Indigenous Services expects clean water by Dec 11, chief disputes that.