Cree Elder Patrick Etherington went to see the bishop in 1986 at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Moosonee, Ont. As a 30-year-old man, now a father, he walked straight into the local headquarters of the organization that had stolen him from his own parents.
The Beaver Lake Cree case will be the first time a court is asked to draw the line defining too much industrial development in the face of constitutionally-protected treaty rights.
The Heiltsuk Nation in coastal British Columbia has announced a new partnership with Horizon Maritime in a joint effort to prevent and respond to marine incidents and preserve the west coast for future generations.
The Haíłzaqv (Heiltsuk) are marine people. Our oral history confirms our existence in our territory since time immemorial. Archaeological evidence corroborates that my people have continuously lived in relationship to our lands and waters for at least 14,000 years, over 700 generations.
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, Carolyn Bennett said yesterday in the House of Commons, that Trudeau's exoneration was a step in a longer process of reconciliation.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered an historic apology on Monday in the House of Commons, more than 150 years in the making, exonerating six chiefs from the Tsilhqot'in Nation who were unjustly killed by a colonial government in British Columbia in 1864.
The Trudeau Liberals are wading carefully into a national dialogue on combating racism and discrimination to ensure a national plan focuses on solutions, instead of sparking a contentious debate that could thwart federal efforts.
A new survey is offering some insight into how non-Aboriginal Canadians view their role in Canada's efforts to foster reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and accept responsibility for the historic injustices they have endured.
The federal government is embarking on a coast-to-coast-to-coast consultation process before drafting its new Recognition and Implementation of Rights Framework for Indigenous peoples.
Work began Wednesday to remove a statue of Halifax's controversial military founder from a downtown park, less than a day after Halifax council decided it should be taken down at least temporarily.
Senator Murray Sinclair, who served as chief commissioner of the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission, wants to see a new royal proclamation solidify a new nation-to-nation relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples.