Indigenous peoples

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says today's National Day of Truth and Reconciliation is about the survivors of Canada's residential schools and the children who died in them and never made it home.

Friday, September 30, 2022, is the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day.

Dr. Meghan Beals says she wants Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to resemble Remembrance Day.

Shaundria Yellowback travelled almost 600 kilometres by plane — a 90-minute flight via Perimeter Aviation — to get to class for the first day of Grade 12.

Winnipeg Free Press columnist Niigaan Sinclair writes on provincial governments’ approaches, and how making Sept. 30 a provincial statutory holiday should be a no-brainer in Manitoba.

Some Indigenous leaders and community members say they're concerned about making progress on reconciliation with King Charles III.

The largest loan in the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's history was awarded to the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) on Tuesday.

A delegation that included Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu and Indigenous leaders signed a knowledge-sharing arrangement with officials from Aotearoa-New Zealand last week.

The flag will remain raised on Parliament Hill until 2024, when a decision will be made on its permanent home.

Winnipeg Free Press columnist Niigaan Sinclair on the 2015 secret deal between the Harper government and Catholic leaders to discharge the church from its legal obligation to raise $25M for residential school survivors.

The initiative aligns with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action 50, which calls on the federal government to support and promote Indigenous laws.

The Mi'kmaq's relationship to Catholicism stretches back over 400 years, but there is a growing shift away from the church. And the Pope's apology is unlikely to stem that flow.

On the eve of the German chancellor's visit to Canada, Wolastoq Grand Council, other Indigenous people and allies in Atlantic Canada will voice opposition to proposals for East Coast LNG export projects and related fracking.

Eight spirit horses live on Mādahòkì Farm, a tourism and events destination run by Indigenous Experiences, where they are a living representation of the farm’s larger work of reclamation, education and celebration of Indigenous cultures and traditions.

A new survey finds more Canadians report a strong attachment to their primary language than to other markers of identity, including the country they call home.