Aboriginal Rights
The Heiltsuk Nation Is Occupying a Government Office to Stop Commercial Herring Fishing in British Columbia
Chief Marilyn Slett has declared that if the feds don't have the authority to shut down commercial herring fisheries, the Heiltsuk Nation would.
Aboriginal Inmates Go on Hunger Strike in Regina, Winning Access to Cultural Practices
Fifteen inmates at the Regina Provincial Correctional Centre stopped eating until the Ministry of Justice agreed to requests
Redfern's Tent Embassy Is Ready to Fight for the Block
Indigenous leaders in Sydney have called on all Australians, white and black, to rally around around the tent embassy situated at the iconic Redfern housing project.
Two Kids Died in a House Fire on a First Nations Reserve as Canadian Firefighters Stayed Put Over an Unpaid Bill
The deaths of two kids over an unpaid bill highlights the horrible state of fire prevention on Canada's reserves.
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Report Said Anti-Oil Activists Were National Security Threats
We spoke to some environmental and aboriginal activists to see if they were worried about a coming crackdown.
Indigenous Canadians Are Fighting the Uranium Mining Industry
A group of remote northern Dene trappers are fighting to preserve some of their traditional land from exploitation.
We Interviewed Australia's Warriors of Aboriginal Resistance
"Unlike other groups we're not here to dance with other existing enslaving power structures. We are young and ready to fight for everything our ancestors had taken from them."
A Canadian First Nations Girl Who Chose Traditional Medicine over Chemo Has Just Died
Makayla Sault, an 11-year-old Ojibwe girl with leukemia, chose indigenous medicine rather than chemotherapy.
Aboriginal Australians Are Still Dying in Police Custody
A 22-year-old Aboriginal woman was arrested for unpaid fines. After three days in police lockup, she was dead. How far has Australia come in 30 years?
Aboriginal Australians are Still Dying in Police Custody
Last month, a 22-year-old Aboriginal woman was arrested for unpaid fines. After three days in police lockup, she was dead. How far has Australia come in 30 years?
The Supreme Court's Decision to Award the Tsilhqot’in First Nation Their Rightful Land Could Be a Game Changer
The most important court case over aboriginal rights in Canada’s history ended with a landmark decision from the Supreme Court of Canada, which granted declaration of aboriginal title to more than 1,700 square kilometres of land to the Tsilhqot’in...
The Former Owner of a Chain of Canadian Novelty Stores is Building His House on an Aboriginal Burial Ground
Hundreds of protesters descended on the rock off Ganges, Salt Spring Island, concerned that the aboriginal burial cairns on Grace Islet are being desecrated by the construction of a 3,000 square-foot home by an Edmonton man, Barry Slawsky, former owner...