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A powerful 8.3-magnitude reconciliation quake has struck parts of B.C., just a day after the provincial government green-lit a controversial hydroelectric project. Residents picked through the rubble of destroyed government-Indigenous…
Finance Minister Bill Morneau has worked out a deal with the provinces that sees First Nations get 0% of legalized pot tax revenues. Under the deal, announced Monday, provinces and…
The B.C. government has decided to go ahead with the controversial Site C hydroelectric project on the condition it be renamed Reconciliation Dam, the province announced on Monday. The project,…
From the Walking Eagle News weekend desk, here are the stories making headlines in Indigenous country and beyond. World Cribbage Championship coming to APTN APTN will be the official broadcaster…
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…
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…
The head of Quebec’s largest not-actual Indigenous group said her people are left devastated after an early morning fire razed a turkey feather headdress factory in the Eastern Townships. “We…
Starting early next year, the federal government will begin issuing ‘Elite Tier’ Platinum Certificates of Indian Status to a select number of people. Featuring a holographic image of a smiling…
National Chief Perry Bellegarde will make a dazzling entrance at the Assembly of First Nations Annual Assembly halftime show, entering the show on dogsled Walking Eagle News has learned. “This…
The Assembly of First Nations has come under fire for its new educational campaign, We Are All Treaty People, Except for Métis and Inuit. The campaign, a series of posters…