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The Minister of the newly created federal Indigenous Services department said the press event held in Ottawa on Tuesday had numerous hints and hat-tips to its sister government branch, Crown-Indigenous…
Months after announcing that the federal Indigenous Affairs department will be split in two, government officials are laying out how the new departments will work at a technical briefing in…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he is shocked to learn that residents of a northern Ontario First Nation live in poverty, some with dilapidated housing and no running water. “My…
The Liberal government said it would lash out at itself after a British Columbia Supreme Court justice ruled that new evidence of abuse was not enough to reopen rejected Indian…
Ottawa is set to fight a Supreme Court appeal that would force the country to consult with First Nations when drafting laws that deal with treaties. “It would be an…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hugged a First Nations man for 37-minutes straight in near silence at a town hall in Sudbury, Ont., on Thursday evening. “Shhh,” Trudeau told Brad Nootchtai,…
Dozens of northern Manitoba First Nations will soon have access to clean, virtual reality running water, thanks to an $84-million investment in high-speed internet. At an announcement made on Tuesday,…
Dryden, Ont., city councillor Nick Beyak angrily destroyed his favourite G.I. Joe action figure, Spirit, in a rampage on Tuesday morning. Witnesses say the blowup was triggered by the ouster…
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…
Members of the Canadian media are unsure if a controversial senator is ‘racist’ or just plain racist. The confusion emerged in headlines on Friday, just hours after senator Lynn Beyak…