Perry Bellegarde on Gord Downie: ’He will continue to walk with us’
The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations on Downie’s advocacy for Indigenous peoples and his continuing legacy
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Dismantling the Indian Act and modernizing treaties is possible—and necessary
Opinion: 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
Why dismantling the Indian Act will be nearly impossible
Opinion: And it might not be much of a solution to the issues that plague "Indians" in Canada, anyway
Inside the meltdown of Canada’s MMIW inquiry
The inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women is crumbling amid defections, bureaucratic chaos and personal conflict. Can the meltdown be stopped?
Why 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
The Liberals’ plans for Indigenous reconciliation are just beads and trinkets
As the Assembly of First Nations prepares for its annual general assembly, the Liberals try to repackage old promises as new principles
Thunder Bay’s divided community is haunted by its “river of tears”
Seven Indigenous children have died in Thunder Bay waterways since 2000, leaving a racially divided community searching for answers—and praying for change
The Canada most people don’t hear
Four Indigenous writers respond to what they say is a ‘counterproductive’ piece in Maclean’s
The people left behind by Trudeau’s promised nation-to-nation relationship
The feds’ talk around Bill S-3 reveals Indigenous women and children are being ignored in discussions on Indian status
My son asked me a question—and I felt the pain of the ’60s Scoop again
As an Indigenous filmmaker, I witnessed—and felt keenly, myself—the unique, hard-to-explain heartbreak caused by the ’60s Scoop