First Nations

It was quiet on the summer day when Cora Morgan and her cousin stood on the waterfront and performed a smudging ceremony for a young Indigenous girl pulled out of the Red River in Winnipeg not long before.

The Six Nations of the Grand River are creating an economic success story by reinvesting the returns on significant renewable energy investments into community services and other economic development.

Some of North America's top conservation scientists have written to the federal government urging it to speed up land protection in Canada.

An Indigenous group planning to bid for ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline is launching a "listening tour" of Indigenous communities in B.C. and Alberta.

The federal government will roll out a simplified application form for the Canada Child Benefit this month — just as it gets a bump in value — after hearing about barriers for newcomers and Indigenous people who are eligible but don't go through the paperwork needed to get it.

Tradition and technology are clashing on the tundra where Indigenous groups are debating the use of drones to hunt caribou.

Research into free-roaming plains bison in Saskatchewan's Prince Albert National Park says the herd could go extinct from overhunting in fields outside the protected area.

A popular British Columbia backcountry trail known for challenging hikers is slated to become part of a treaty agreement in principle between the federal and provincial governments and two Vancouver Island First Nations.

The federal government will fund more than 100 projects to "honour the lives and legacies" of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef announced on Monday, June 24, 2019.

The British Columbia government announced an interim moratorium on resource development in parts of the south Peace region on Thursday, June 20, 2019, giving itself more time to sign a long-term strategy to protect dwindling caribou populations.

Conservative senators are being blamed for running out the parliamentary clock on a number of bills, including several aimed at advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Indigenous competition for the right to buy an equity stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline system is heating up, with an Alberta group announcing Wednesday it intends to assemble a province-wide coalition of supporters.

The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women wants health service providers across Canada to develop programs that could help young people recognize the signs of being targeted for exploitation.

The final report of a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is calling for broad and widespread changes to the way the justice system handles cases, including standardized response times, better communication with family members and strict protocols to ensure investigations are thorough and complete.

New Canadians will soon swear to honour the rights of Indigenous Peoples if a proposed legislative change is adopted.