Chiefs slam Harper on murdered Indigenous women, support growing for direct action
By Kenneth Jackson APTN National News Two of the chiefs that stormed Parliament Hill a…
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
NWAC neutral on Mohawk activist’s plan for direct action to force missing, murdered public inquiry
The president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada says she supports Mohawk activist Shawn Brant’s call for a public inquiry into the high number of murdered and missing Indigenous women, but remained neutral on his plans to use unspecified direct action to force Ottawa’s hand on the issue.
Ottawa-AFN strike ‘historic’ deal on education bill, reserve school funding
Calling it a “historic” announcement, Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday unveiled reworked and renamed proposed legislation for First Nations on-reserve education that comes with $1.9 billion in funding.
‘War’ looms over the fight for inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women: Mohawk
By Kenneth Jackson APTN National News Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been warned. According to…
RCMP believe some Inuit parents in Nunavut sell children to pimps, human traffickers
By Kenneth Jackson APTN National News The RCMP in Nunavut have long “suspected” Inuit parents…
Abused Mohawk woman fears becoming statistic among growing number of missing and murdered
By Kenneth Jackson APTN National News The bedside alarm clock said it was 1:58 in…
Former Aboriginal affairs minister Strahl quits CSIS watchdog amid controversy
Former Aboriginal affairs minister Chuck Strahl quit his post as chair of Canada’s spy agency watchdog after facing criticism for also lobbying for Enbridge and a First Nation energy company doing business with the Chinese.
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…
Mother of missing Aboriginal woman: I can’t say my daughter was murdered
Claudette Osborne isn’t a household name. But maybe she should be.