Walking Eagle News Weekend Update
From the Walking Eagle News weekend desk, here are the top stories making headlines in Indigenous country and beyond. Sen. Lynn Beyak now free to focus more hate on Indigenous…
AFN top Chief orders largest headdress ever to intimidate challengers
With an election looming, National Chief Perry Bellegarde is attempting to intimidate any challengers by ordering craftsmen to construct the largest headdress ever. The organization’s 633 Chiefs are expected to…
Walking Eagle News: Top 5 stories of 2017
From a pair of brave, fallen floorwalkers in Saskatchewan to the perils of Indian Status cards, it’s been a profoundly challenging year for Indigenous Peoples. Lucky for you, though, Walking…
Walking Eagle News Weekend Update: Holiday Edition
From our illustrious weekend desk, here is the holiday edition of our roundup of the top stories making headlines in Indigenous country and beyond. Walking Eagle News will return with…
‘Cool, rebellious’ Chief disrupting Assembly of First Nations meetings, leaders say
Leaders at the Assembly of First Nations complain that a new Chief has been disrupting meetings and that several younger impressionable Chiefs have fallen under his influence. Chief Elmer Meekis,…
Shroud of Atleo goes on display for first time at AFN meetings
For the first time ever, the Shroud of Atleo was displayed publicly at the Assembly of First Nations special chiefs meeting, underway in Ottawa this week. The Shroud, a piece…
Trudeau observed shooing away playful wolf before meeting with AFN, witnesses say
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had to shoo away a playful wolf before a meeting with Chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations, witnesses say. Trudeau was leaving the grounds of…
‘Secret Santa’ eating up too much time at AFN assembly, critics say
Some leaders say the annual ‘Secret Santa’ gift exchange is taking up too much time at the Assembly of First Nations special Chief’s assembly, which is underway in Ottawa this…