Indigenous Issues

Indigenous filmmakers and curators share their must-see recommendations from the National Film Board's catalogue of hundreds of films.

By Nikki Sanchez @nikkilaes For the Wet’suwet’en living at Unist’ot’en, maintaining cultural practices is just as important as stopping the pipelines. The camp is one of the most significant global examples of Indigenous land-based sovereignty

Amber Bracken: The difference between Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and elected chiefs is rooted in Aboriginal title, an issue that the Government of Canada continues to leave unresolved

The Two Row Wampum Treaty, also known as Guswenta or Kaswentha and as the Tawagonshi Agreement of 1613 or the Tawagonshi Treaty, is a mutual treaty agreement, made in 1613 between representatives of the Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee and representatives of the Dutch government in what is now upstate New York. The agreement is considered by the Haudenosaunee to be the basis of all of their subsequent treaties with European and North American governments, and the citizens of those nations, including the Covenant Chain treaty with the British in 1677 and the Treaty of Canandaigua with the United States in 1794.

A federal judge on Wednesday struck down permits for the pipeline and ordered a new environmental review of the project.

If you're confused as to why you're now seeing Tkaronto in place of Toronto you're not alone.  You may have seen it on a "Tkaronto vs. Akwe:kon&…

The Iroquois Confederacy of upper New York state and southeastern Canada is often characterized as the world’s oldest participatory democracy. Learn more about the Native American peoples who made up this influential body.

Nutritional experiments were performed on intentionally malnourished Indigenous children in residential schools in the 1940s and ’50s. These experiments are directly connected to Canada’s Food Guide, explained historian Ian Mosby

When Landyn Toney, 12, laces up his shoes for the last day of his walk, the Mi'kmaw boy will have already covered 180 kilometres — pushing himself through each step with the reminder that his ancestors were forced to walk through their pain. He hopes to raise money and awareness for residential school survivors.

The first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was a solemn occasion to reflect on, as well as a time […]

The Indigenous Nightmare Podcast formerly known as The SideShow Podcast is a Afro-Indigenous Decolonial Anarcho-Communist, Pan-Africanist podcast with the sole intention of providing a platform for indigenous voices across the world, to have credible conversation and coverage for other indigenous matters to listen to. This podcast was also intended for Non-indigenous comrades to learn from indigenous decolonial communists and how we can mend the gap between what you think you know and understand versus what we actually endured. This podcast promotes Scientific Socialism, Communism for these methods will end capitalism for all..

Fox News host Jesse Watters claims dam removals requested by tribes left firefighters without water to fight Los Angeles blazes that have killed 16 people.

The marketing and reality of the United Fruit Company

If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were to visit Neskantaga First Nation in northern Ontario, where there is no running water, he would see citizens “in his backyard” living in Third-world conditions, says the community’s chief.

In honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, here are 10 Indigenous content creators you should be following.

She’s out-debated politicians and outmanoeuvred diplomats. Now, Canada’s first Inuk governor general sets her sights on reconciliation

The real and complicated story of Ireland's past is a lot more interesting than Irish Americans make it out to be

First Peoples Law is a law firm dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples. We work exclusively with Indigenous Peoples to defend their inherent and constitutionally protected title, rights and Treaty rights, uphold their Indigenous laws and governance and ensure economic prosperity for their current and future generations.

The Chrétien Liberal government led efforts to weaken the original draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, working secretly with Australia to develop a watered-down, state-friendly substitute in the early 2000s, newly released documents show.

Dodem Kanonhsa' Elder's Cultural Facility is a learning and sharing facility which fosters greater acceptance, understanding and harmony between members of First Nations and Non-Aboriginal People.