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With moratorium on open pit mining in Alberta lifted, Piikani First Nation environmental group plans to keep fighting – APTN News
Jan 27, 2025 A Piikani First Nation environmental group lobbying against a proposed open pit coal mine isn’t happy with the Alberta Government lifting a moratorium on new development and exploration in their territory. “It’s quite confusing because it really has trumped that initial announcement they made less than a month ago. It’s really negated […]
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Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps – CNN
January 27, 2025 At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials. The reports, which have caused panic amongst tribal communities […]
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Unravelling the church through beadwork: How one Indigenous artist is healing – CBC
Melcolm Beaulieu, the artist in residence at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton until the end of January, says growing up Indigenous and queer in the Catholic Church was suffocating. Now, they’re exploring and unpacking those feelings in their beaded art. Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6623079
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In Brief: Wolastoqey Nations v. New Brunswick and Canada – First Peoples Law
January 23, 2025 What it’s about A New Brunswick Court confirmed that Aboriginal title can include privately owned land, and that the Crown could be required to use its expropriation powers to return private lands to Indigenous groups. What happened In 2021, the Wolastoqey Nations filed a claim for a declaration of Aboriginal title to […]
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Indigenous community wants to sit down with N.S. premier to discuss green energy development plan – CTV News
January 23, 2025 Indigenous leaders in Nova Scotia are urging Premier Tim Houston to sit down with them and share the green energy and natural resource plan he issued in a memo to caucus members on Wednesday. The memo outlined Houston’s priorities for growing the green economy and expanding the development of natural and the […]
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Nova Scotia Indigenous Liberal MP submits application for Liberal leadership – CBC
January 23, 2025 Jaime Battiste officially announces he is running to become the next Liberal Party leader to replace Justin Trudeau. Battiste is the first Indigenous candidate ever to be in the running for prime minister of Canada. Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6621346
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N.S. MP to be recognized by Mi’kmaq chiefs as he sets sights on Liberal leadership – CTV News
January 23, 2025 Speaking in front of chiefs, councillors and supporters Thursday morning, Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste said he has officially submitted his application to run as the first Indigenous candidate for leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. Battiste was elected in the riding of Sydney-Victoria in Cape Breton in 2019, becoming the […]
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Federal government pitches $260M plan to increase First Nation fishing access – CBC
Jan 22, 2025 First Nation and commercial industry representatives have questions and concerns A nearly $260-million initiative by the federal government aimed at expanding fisheries access to First Nation communities is being met with questions from Mi’kmaw and non-Indigenous representatives alike. The three-year project by Fisheries and Oceans Canada was included in last month’s fall […]
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UNB Saint John hosts Indigenous Film Festival for anniversary of 94 Calls to Action – CBC
Jan 21, 2025 Festival begins Tuesday with documentary about Murray Sinclair To mark the 10th anniversary year of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action, UNB Saint John is beginning a year of programming, starting with an Indigenous Film Festival. The festival begins Tuesday night in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre with Honour […]
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“All of these women are healing’: Cape Breton’s Elizabeth Fry Society to hold powwow for Indigenous women in justice system – Cape Breton Post
Jan 16, 2025 The Elizabeth Fry Society (EFS) of Cape Breton will be holding its first-ever Reconciliation Mawio’mi, otherwise known as a Reconciliation Powwow, to support incarcerated Indigenous women on Friday. Organized by EFS Indigenous Navigator Karla Stevens, a Mi’kmaw woman from Paqtnkek First Nation, the event aims to support recently released Indigenous women re-integrate […]
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