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'It acknowledges our place': RCMP explores adding ribbon skirt as part of ceremonial uniform

After 10-year-old Saskatchewan girl Isabella Kulak started a movement of ribbon skirt wearing, she was made an honorary member of the Indigenous women advisory committee.

Canada Saskatchewan June 17

'Man camp' threat to Mi'kmaw women unchanged since MMIWG inquiry, say advocates

Indigenous June 17

Winnipeg's Inuit-run vaccine clinic delivers welcome dose of familiarity

Marina von Stackelberg

Canada Manitoba June 17

End to St. John's Days celebrations gets full support from St. John's Indigenous group

Canada Nfld. & Labrador June 17

Nunavut MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says departure from Parliament not the end of her story

Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says she keeps her parliamentary badge close every time she enters the House of Commons — just in case she has to prove who she is.

Olivia Stefanovich

Politics June 17

COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: What you need to know

The number of vaccinations against COVID-19 is steadily increasing in First Nations and Inuit communities, with just over 29,000 doses administered this week according to the latest data from Indigenous Services Canada.

Indigenous June 16

Residential school survivor's planned memorial wall about 'humanizing' Mohawk Institute students

For years, Geronimo Henry carried a folding "travelling wall" bearing some 1,500 names of children like himself who were forced to attend the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ont. Now, he's launched a fundraiser to make it a permanent monument.

Canada Hamilton June 17

'A huge task': Search will take time at former Shubenacadie residential school site

Canada Nova Scotia June 16

Council of Elders helping incorporate Wabanaki content into school curriculum

Canada New Brunswick June 16

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs applies to intervene in case against VPD for handcuffing Indigenous pair

Angela Sterritt

Canada British Columbia June 16

Couple who snuck into Yukon community for vaccine pleads guilty to breaking pandemic rules

Canada North June 16

Abegweit First Nation and Parks Canada partner for P.E.I. weddings, events

Tarini Fernando

Canada PEI June 16

How my grandfather changed my life by teaching me the ways of our ancestors

Canada PEI June 16

Community freezer program provides meat, lessons for Samson Cree Nation

Canada Edmonton June 16

Dene stories, environmental protection focus of new Nahanni National Park action plan

Canada North June 16

Cree plan candlelight vigils instead of Canada Day

Canada North June 16

Northern Sask. First Nation helps get COVID-19 vaccines into arms of non-Indigenous people

Colleen Silverthorn

Canada Saskatchewan June 16

Métis elder remembered for touching students' lives, creating cultural connections

Canada Manitoba June 16

Watch Nunavut MP's powerful goodbye message highlighting racism in Canada

Politics June 16

Kamloops burials should be investigated as 'crime against humanity,' says Windsor law school's acting dean

Canada Windsor June 16

Families of residential school students optimistic after Ontario says it will ID, commemorate burial sites

Canada Sudbury June 15

Stories from the Kamloops Indian Residential School

Radio Front Burner June 15

Family wants apology after pastor throws out shoes left on Catholic church steps to honour Indigenous children

Canada Hamilton June 15

Nunavut's MP says feeling 'extremely isolated' spurred decision not to run again

Canada North June 15

Ontario pledging $10M to identify and commemorate residential school burial sites

Canada Toronto June 16

Fort Smith residents mull legacy of residential school buildings still in use

Canada North June 15

Sask. chemist bringing Indigenous perspectives to science hopes to spread knowledge in schools

Canada Saskatchewan June 15

Queen's University response to false Indigenous identity claims 'concerning,' say academics

Canada Ottawa June 15

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