The final stage of the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) took place in Toronto July 17-21, but for participating athletes, the preparation stretched back a whole year. More than 20 Cree athletes competed across a variety of sports as part […]

It’s not easy being a Native person in this country. My people have had extreme challenges over hundreds of years and the fact that we have managed to survive is amazing. As a Mushkego Cree from the James Bay coast, […]

North Battleford, Saskatchewan, lawyer Eleanore Sunchild was eloquent in describing the context of the shooting August 9 of a 22-year-old Cree man, Colten Boushie. “There’s been more than 100 years of stereotypes and racism building, and the Battleford here has […]

The Val-d’Or Chamber of Commerce wants to mend the relationship with Aboriginal people, and recently issued a four-year action plan intended to keep First Nations money rolling into the city hit by a business downturn following last fall’s crisis over […]

The sound of drums beating kicked off Native Montreal’s Aboriginal Youth Against Discrimination Campaign at Place des Arts on March 22. Native Montreal provides services to the diversified urban Aboriginal community of Montreal. Their campaign aims to eliminate racial discrimination […]

As December dawned and Christmas approached, posts on social media showing pictures of the streets of Val-d’Or began to multiply: the streets, reported post after post, were empty. The boycott was working. The economic impact clearly influenced Val-d’Or municipal council […]

No one can claim that John Trudell led a charmed life. His was an interesting life and he lived it well. How many people have had a song written about them while in the prime of their lives. Who of […]

As children ran through the fountains at Montreal’s Place des Festival, gleefully dancing around a sacred turtle sculpture beneath a sky-high artistic representation of a teepee, A Tribe Called Red mix pulsed the speakers and local Native artisans flogged their […]