Rezolution Pictures International announced that Reel Injun, Cree film director Neil Diamond’s latest film, will get its world premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival in September. Offering an insightful and entertaining look at the Hollywood Indian, Diamond’s feature-length […]

According to Audrey Lawrence, the director of the Aboriginal Nurses Association, the H1N1 virus, also know as swine flu, has been hitting Aboriginal communities harder as the virus tends to affect the youth more severely. As over 50% of Canada’s […]

The Co-operative Financial Services have set up a fund of almost $100,000 (£53,000) to back the Beaver Lake Cree Nation in their legal battle over their traditional lands which are being developed for tar sands. United Kingdom residents are also […]

According to a new Statistics Canada report, Aboriginals account for over half of Manitoba’s prison population. The report, released on July 21, looked at adult prison populations from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008 and showed that while 69% […]

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy expressed  congratulations on behalf of himself and the NAN Executive Council to Angus Toulouse following Toulouse’s re-election as Regional Chief of Ontario July 8. Beardy made a statement at the All Ontario […]

In the early hours of June 29, at approximately 1:50 am, three armed masked men entered Bar le Boreale in the heart of Radisson and held the barmaid up for approximately $3000. According to the Sûreté du Québec in Radisson, […]

The federal government knew there could be problems when they recognized their favourite band council over another. In the latest round of attempts to resolve this problem, the Algonquin Nation Secretariat (ANS) funded former Liberal MP Keith Penner to act […]

This summer in all nine Cree James Bay communities, Elephant Thoughts will be bringing its science program to students interested in expanding their scientific knowledge. Elephant Thoughts is a global development group that will be encouraging the Cree youth to […]

A familiar face in many Crees communities will leaving the Cree camp and moving to newer hunting grounds. The Honourable Robert Mainville, a partner with Gowling Lafleur Henderson in Montreal, has been appointed a judge of the Federal Court. Justice […]

On June 11, McMaster University awarded Philip Awashish a degree as a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa. McMaster President Peter George said the degree was given because of Awashish’s contributions to Aboriginal rights, culture, governance and laws. George commented on […]