Indigenous Front Lines: #LandBack & MMIWG

War, famously, is the pursuit of politics by other means. Cliche though it may be, the impacts of war and militarism are often overlooked by social movements focusing on formal political processes. And this is understandable: we cannot always have our minds on military spending and the structural conditions that…

The White House on Thursday released a presidential proclamation designating Monday, October 13, 2025, as Columbus Day. In the statement, President Donald J. Trump praised the 15th-century explorer as “the original American hero” and “a giant of Western civilization.” About The AuthorAuthor: Native News Online StaffEmail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Native News Online is one of the most-read publications covering Indian Country and the news that matters to American Indians, Alaska Natives and other Indigenous people. Reach out to us at editor@nativenewsonline.net.

The documentary The Good Canadian documents various forms of discrimination against Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

Following Bill 5 becoming law in Ontario in July, Amnesty International is calling on the provincial government to repeal it. The law would see the

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While the United States shudders in the shambles of another election year, whether from a collective sigh of relief or fear of what’s to come, a different system of governance blooms in a swath of woodlands jutting into the Atlantic Ocean. This shandy shoreline now part of what is

While various media outlets are reporting that Jonathan Joss was engaged in a dispute with a neighbor, his husband has revealed that it was a hate crime. Rec...

Lindsay Nixon surveys the Indigenous artists making work about displacement, decolonization, and resurgence

Three Treaty 9 First Nations chiefs say they will challenge a proposed Ontario law to implement "special economic zones" to speed up development, if passed.

Mark Carney unveiled his first cabinet as elected prime minister on Tuesday.For more on the cabinet appointments, APTN News spoke with Cody Groat, a Mohawk a...

Chiefs from Treaty 6, 7 and 8 gathered in Edmonton for an emergency meeting where they were blunt in their criticism of Premier Danielle Smith

Ignoring Indigenous nations and rights as Canada enters a new economic chapter would shred Canada’s reputation, much as ignoring the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement shreds America’s. Ignoring us is contrary to the last decade of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation work and is a risk to both the legitimacy of political elites and the profitability of Canadian industries.

Carney told a final leaders election forum "we need to get back to the table." It is the first time the AFN organized the leaders forums.

Twenty years after Amnesty International released its first report on missing and murdered Indigenous women...

Cold Lake First Nations Chief says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will have some questions to answer at a May 6 meeting with Treaty 6 chiefs

OTTAWA - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says he doesn't expect Prime Minister Mark Carney to get everything right immediately as he learns about and crafts policies for Indigenous Peoples, but it's clear he's willing to learn.

Historically, Black and Indigenous trans women were honoured within our communities. Today, Land Back means undoing transmisogyny in our movements and restoring the cultural importance of non-colonial gender identities.

The election is behind us and Mark Carney is now the elected prime minister of Canada with a slim minority. There are now questions about how long his govern...

A new generation of Indigenous voters is rising — informed, passionate, and ready to be heard.

Under Mark Carney's leadership, global investment firm Brookfield was accused of breaching Indigenous rights or harming the environment in at least four countries — Brazil, Canada, Colombia and the United States — CBC Indigenous has found.

The federal election campaign is well underway, and so are efforts to get out the Indigenous vote.But Indigenous issues have been absent from the political d...

More and more states are choosing to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day instead of Columbus Day.

Thousands of pages detailing abuse and poor conditions are now public and searchable

Indigenous fire stewardship enhances ecosystem diversity, assists with the management of complex resources, and reduces wildfire risk by lessening fuel loads. Although Indigenous Peoples have maintained fire stewardship practices for millennia and continue to be keepers of fire knowledge, significant barriers exist for re-engaging in cultural burning. Indigenous communities in Canada have unique vulnerabilities to large and high-intensity wildfires as they are predominately located in remote, forested regions and lack financial support at federal and provincial levels to mitigate wildfire risk. Therefore, it is critical to uphold Indigenous expertise in leading effective and socially just fire stewardship. In this perspective, we demonstrate the benefits of cultural burning and identify five key barriers to advancing Indigenous fire stewardship in Canada. We also provide calls to action to assist with reducing preconceptions and misinformation and focus on creating space and respect for different knowledges and experiences. Despite growing concerns over wildfire risk and agency-stated intentions to establish Indigenous Peoples as partners in wildfire management, power imbalances still exist. The future and coexistence with fire in Canada needs to be a shared responsibility and led by Indigenous Peoples within their territories.

Intergenerational organizing to unite communities within so-called Vancouver’s Chinatown

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he would incentivize First Nations to support natural-resource projects through industry taxes.