Indigenous affairs

The retired senator and Indigenous jurist talks with Marie-Danielle Smith about colonial systems, the legacy of Sir John A. Macdonald and the role of the new governor general

A new agreement with B.C. and Ottawa is shifting focus from the gas pipeline to how the First Nation should be governed in the future

Jane Philpott won respect as Indigenous services minister. Can Seamus O’Regan—a pal of the PM who has yet to distinguish himself in cabinet—fill her shoes?

Many terms have been used by the Canadian media to refer to the original inhabitants of Canada. The Trudeau era has seen rapid change.

Jane Philpott talks to Paul Wells about her decade in Africa, life as a political rookie and working on the government’s toughest file

The 2016 census revealed that Indigenous children still make up about half of children in Canada’s foster care system.

Métis author Chelsea Vowel argues for the official protection of Canada’s Indigenous languages, which are currently on the brink of extinction

Moose Cree leaders hope an experiment with drone delivery will solve the persistent problem of sky-high food prices in northern communities

Canada’s two ministers of Indigenous affairs on the MMIW inquiry, First Nations child welfare, and a tuberculosis crisis in Canada’s north

Opinion: And it might not be much of a solution to the issues that plague "Indians" in Canada, anyway