Native Indian News and Articles in Canada (Page 137)

Canada Marks Fifth Anniversary of Historic Residential School Apology

June 11 marks the fifth anniversary of the day that Prime...

Visit Nunavut's Mount Thor, World's Steepest, Tallest Cliff

In Auyuittuq National Park on remote Baffin Island in...

British Columbia’s Enbridge Pipeline Rejection Could Raise Keystone XL Questions

Citing environmental-safety concerns, the newly elected...

'Gifts From the Elders': Documentary Follows Anishinaabe Youth Journey to Environmental Awareness

In the film Gifts from the Elders, five Anishinaabe youth...

Desecrated Pow Wow Grounds Healing

The sacred Mount McKay Pow Wow Grounds on Fort William...

400-Year-Old Moss Emerges From Under Arctic Glacier, Still Alive

It’s eons-old moss, and it has not been seen in at least...

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Ontario Scraps Lake Wind-power Plans

ICTMN Staff

February 12, 2011

The Star is reporting that the Ontario provincial government has halted its march toward wind power built on lakes, citing environmental concerns...

Caribou Is the Canary in the Coal Mine

ICTMN Staff

February 11, 2011

Global warming and a rush to exploit the natural resources of the Arctic are killing off Caribou herds, which is bad news for them, for the indigenous peoples who share their lands...

Supreme Court to Hear Métis Land-claims Case

ICTMN Staff

February 10, 2011

For three decades the Métis have been fighting in court over territory that was promised to the aboriginal group in 1870 under the Manitoba Act, which agreed to divide nearly 566,5...

Cherokee: From Printing Press to iPod

ICTMN Staff

February 10, 2011

The Cherokee syllabary has gone a very long way from the the printing press to some of today’s hottest technology...

Use It or Lose It: Inuit Language Week in Full Swing

ICTMN Staff

February 09, 2011

Inuit and other indigenous people have long fought for the right to speak and be spoken to in their own languages...

National Aboriginal Hockey Championship Gets Host

Sam Laskaris

February 09, 2011

Officials with the Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) stepped up a year earlier than they had originally planned to...

Tar Sands Panelist Quits Before First Meeting

ICTMN Staff

February 09, 2011

The panel appointed by the government of Alberta to design an environmental monitoring system for the Alberta oil sands is fracturing even before its first meeting. U.S...

TRC to Gather International Expertise for Research Center

ICTMN Staff

February 08, 2011

Germany. South Africa. Guatemala. Argentina. Serbia/Croatia. Each of these countries has been through its share of painful history, repression and attempts at redemption...

Elders on Par with Teachers in Nunavut Schools

ICTMN Staff

February 08, 2011

It’s traditional to honor elders as keepers of knowledge. However, nowadays many cultures seem to have lost that perspective, celebrating the young and dismissing the old...