Perry Bellegarde

Canada's premiers emerged from meetings with Indigenous organizations on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, with little in the way of concrete initiatives after several major Aboriginal groups refused to participate in the gathering for the second year in a row.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett is keeping mum on a call by First Nations chiefs for the ouster of the head of the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott is calling for an emergency meeting early next year on Aboriginal child welfare, likening the current state of affairs to Canada's residential school legacy that forcibly removed young people from their culture and families.

Approval of a ski resort in a region held sacred by Indigenous people does not violate their constitutional right to freedom of religion, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday, November 2, 2017.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is proposing to levy a federal excise tax on recreational marijuana once it becomes legal next July, with the provinces and territories receiving half the revenue.

The Liberal government has been fielding a lot of complaints about controversial proposed tax reforms — and now the premiers are taking a turn as they gather in Ottawa to meet Justin Trudeau.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used the brightest stage in international politics to shine a light on the darkest corners of Canada's story on Thursday.

"We never created borders," said Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde. "We've always had a lot of international trade amongst ourselves as Indigenous Peoples."

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations has opened the organization's annual meeting with an impassioned plea to end racism.

Canada’s premiers met with a reduced group of Indigenous leaders Monday after three national bodies — including the Assembly of First Nations — boycotted the event.

Thousands cheered on Toronto's annual Pride parade on Sunday, June 25, 2017, and waved rainbow flags.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be returning to one of Canada's largest Pride celebrations this weekend.

Ojibwa-Cree elder Ma-Nee Chacaby says coming out nearly 30 years ago was like unzipping her skin so she could reveal her true self.

The Site C project goes against Trudeau government's pledge to have a nation-to-nation relationship, says Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde.

The federal Conservatives say Environment Minister Catherine McKenna needs to repay money paid to a photographer during a climate change conference in Paris last year.