OpinionDismantling the Indian Act and modernizing treaties is possible—and necessaryOpinion: As the Indian Act comes under scrutiny, treaties could serve as a reminder of what we could achieve—or a mark of our collective failure
OttawaWhy dismantling the Indian Act will be nearly impossibleOpinion: And it might not be much of a solution to the issues that plague "Indians" in Canada, anyway
OpinionWhy are some First Nations leaders resisting the UNDRIP?Opinion: For First Nations, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a useful—but under-applied—tool
OpinionThe Liberals’ plans for Indigenous reconciliation are just beads and trinketsAs the Assembly of First Nations prepares for its annual general assembly, the Liberals try to repackage old promises as new principles
OpinionThe Canada most people don’t hearFour Indigenous writers respond to what they say is a ‘counterproductive’ piece in Maclean’s
CanadaThe people left behind by Trudeau’s promised nation-to-nation relationshipThe feds’ talk around Bill S-3 reveals Indigenous women and children are being ignored in discussions on Indian status
OpinionMy son asked me a question—and I felt the pain of the ’60s Scoop againAs an Indigenous filmmaker, I witnessed—and felt keenly, myself—the unique, hard-to-explain heartbreak caused by the ’60s Scoop
ArtsThe real challenges of reviving a Louis Riel operaThe Canadian Opera Company has reworked a problematic opera about the story of Louis Riel. Does it succeed, all the same?
CanadaFrom foster care to missing or murdered: Canada’s other tragic pipelineHow the foster-care system—which disproportionately affects Indigenous children—shows that Canada hasn’t learned from past policies
CanadaHow Indigenous people are rebranding Canada 150The Canada 150 birthday celebrations could stand to be more inclusive of the Aboriginal experience. Vancouver is trying to make that happen.