Feds employ renowned ‘Indigenous whisperer’ for Trans Mountain consultation process
The federal government has hired renowned ‘Indigenous whisperer’ Frank Iacobucci to lead consultations with Indigenous people for the Trans Mountain pipeline project. “We heard he helps politicians with Indigenous problems,”…
Indigenous-themed costumes ok after online commenter says ‘I’m native and I’m not bothered’
Hundreds of thousands of Indigenous people will no longer denounce ‘Native American-themed’ Halloween costumes because an anonymous Twitter user claims to be okay with them. “Yeah, well, I’m native and…
Shock waves from Saganash f-bomb continue to reverberate in Ottawa, across nation
Hours after Cree New Democrat MP Romeo Saganash accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of not giving a f*** about Indigenous peopleāan f-bomb that left several of his colleagues in the…
MPs get vapours, faint after Saganash uses ‘unparliamentary language’ in House
At least a dozen MPs from each side of the House of Commons suffered vapours and fainted after Cree New Democrat Romeo Saganash said that the Liberal government ‘doesn’t give…
Headlines on CBC articles about Indigenous people now almost entirely quotation marks
Headlines on CBC News articles about Indigenous Peoples are now almost entirely quotation marks, a practice that has been gradually phased in over the past several years. “It started with…
New report finds Indigenous people ‘pretty jazzed’ about frameworks
Hundreds of thousands of Indigenous people are ‘pretty jazzed’ about all the frameworks the federal government is talking about, according to a new report released on Wednesday. The report, Indigenous…
Nation-to-nation sometimes means scolding Chiefs: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending his actions after leaked video shows him angry with Saskatchewan Chiefs who went over the time limit for a meeting. “This is a nation-to-nation…
‘Do better’: Racist ‘this close’ to not hating Indigenous people before being challenged
A Canadian man says he was almost to the point of not hating Indigenous people before his racist views were challenged online. Now he says Indigenous people need to do…
In bold move, Liberals give First Nations little bit of money generated from their own lands, resources
In a bold act of benevolence, the Liberal government is giving a small amount of money to First Nations that has been generated from their own lands and resources. The…
Reconciliation, continuing to over-police Indigenous communities top priority: new RCMP commissioner
The new head of the RCMP said that reconciling with Indigenous Peoples while at the same time continuing to over-police Indigenous communities is going to be a ‘juggling act’ but…