Feds to roll out new ‘Elite Tier’ Certificates of Indian Status
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…
Impasse at AFN assembly broken by haunting singing of Quebec, Labrador Regional Chief
A political impasse was broken at the Assembly of First Nations annual assembly in Ottawa on Tuesday only by a sudden haunting and angelic song from Quebec and Labrador Regional…
National Chief to enter AFN Annual Assembly halftime show on dogsled
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…
Indigenous people, stop eating our animals so we can kill them for sport: hunting org
One of Canada’s largest outdoor sports organizations warns there simply aren’t enough animals around for everyone and is calling for major sacrifices to be made by Indigenous Peoples. “Please, stop…
First Nations man wakes up white after Indian Status card expires
Allan Amisk still can’t believe it. “Like, how do you go from brown to white overnight? No one told me this could happen.” It turns out Amisk is just one…
AFN under fire for ‘We Are All Treaty People, Except Métis and Inuit’ campaign
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…
Executive utters touching territorial acknowledgment before flipping switch on new fracking operation
Moments before a cacophony of hydraulics broke the pre-dawn stillness and began to plunge state-of-the-art fracking drills into the ground, American Extraction Inc. COO Turk Arkansas captivated the assembled crowd…
Montana’s unveils massive new moose wings
Montana’s restaurants unveiled a new menu item sure to delight Indigenous families — moose wings. The wings are actually whole moose hindquarters, breaded, deep-fried and then slathered with an assortment…
Weekend News in Brief
Here is a roundup of news making headlines in Indigenous country and beyond this weekend. Rez dog commandos conduct daring raid Rez dog commandos conducted a daring raid on Friday…
Liberals create two more Indigenous Departments, bringing total to four
In a move it said will better serve the needs of Indigenous peoples, the federal government is once again re-organizing its bureaucracy, sub-dividing both the department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and…