Indian Act
Ian Campeau on Leaving A Tribe Called Red for a Life of Advocacy
‘In Tribe I didn't feel I was doing the political work I could be doing.’
Changes to Canada’s Indian Act could give up to 2 million people Indian status
The Senate is trying to make huge changes to the Indian Act, but the Trudeau government is vowing to block their amendments, which would vastly expand who is considered ‘Indian’
This Unrecognized Aboriginal Community Is Pissing Off Quebec Mohawks
Indigeneous leaders say the Mikinaks are making a mockery of their struggle.
Justin Trudeau: 'We Have Discriminated Against Indigenous Children for Generations'
Trudeau made the comments while in Shoal Lake 40, an Aboriginal reserve in Canada of around 250 people that has been on a boil water advisory for two decades. He was there as part of an upcoming VICELAND documentary.
Inside the Occupation by Indigenous Peoples That Has Spread Across Canada
A suicide crisis on the Aboriginal reserve Attawapiskat drew protesters, leaders, and mothers with young children in tow, to occupy offices of the Canada's Indigenous and Northern Affairs ministry this month.
An Inside Look at Canada’s Program to Strip Indigenous Kids of Their Culture
For over a century, the Canadian government plucked 150,000 kids away from their communities and placed them in schools used to strip them of their culture and assimilate them into Euro-Canadian society.
Canadian Protesters Keep Shutting Down the Line Nine Oil Pipeline
Activists chained themselves to a valve in the name of Indigenous land claims before being arrested on Monday.
Inside One Family’s Bureaucratic Struggle to Find Out if Their Missing Daughter Is Still Alive
Canadian regulations around government records for Status Indians makes it impossible for even investigators to access basic clues to her whereabouts.
Canada Launches Inquiry Into Murdered Aboriginal Women and Opens the Door to Repealing 'Racist' Indian Act
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised “nothing less than a total renewal of the relationship between Canada and First Nations Peoples" on Tuesday, as he launched a national inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women.
Inside the Course Canadian Officers Are Taking to Improve Their Relationship with First Nations
But can a two-day course really improve decades of abuse and mistrust?
Skateboard Decks Highlighting First Nations Issues Are Gaining Popularity in Saskatchewan
The debut design from Colonialism Skateboards brings the history of the Pass and Permit System to halfpipes across the province.
How 'Indian Status' Figures into the Unsolved Case of a Murdered Canadian Aboriginal Woman
Sonya Cywink died without an aboriginal name or official Indian status. But her story is very much a part of the 1,200 murdered and missing aboriginal women in Canada.