First Nations Claim Coercion as Harper Makes Aid Contingent on Legislation Support

David P. Ball
April 06, 2013
Numerous First Nation bands are alleging that the federal government is threatening them with loss of funding for essential services if they do not, in essence, endorse controversi...

Panda-Harper Memes Fly as Prime Minister Jets to Toronto Instead of Greeting Nishiyuu Walkers

ICTMN Staff
March 27, 2013
As the Nishiyuu walkers basked in the glow of their triumphant arrival in Ottawa after a 900-mile snowshoe trek from remote Whapmagoostui, Quebec, on March 26, the memes started fl...

Bernard Valcourt Replaces John Duncan at Helm of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada

ICTMN Staff
February 28, 2013
Bernard Valcourt, Progressive-Conservative Member of Parliament for New Brunswick, has replaced John Duncan as Minister of aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development (AAND), Prime...

Two Officials Bash Mohawk Idle No More Protest; One Apologizes

Gale Courey Toensing
January 14, 2013
Massena Town Supervisor Joseph Gray has apologized for calling an Idle No More protest that shut down the Seaway International Bridge between New York state and the Province of Ont...

NCAI: First Nations of North America Will Not Be Divided

ICTMN Staff
January 11, 2013
Today, January 11, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is set to host a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of his cabinet in hopes to help right ...

Mohawk Women Forge Solidarity in Visit to Chief Spence

Gale Courey Toensing
January 09, 2013
A delegation of women chiefs from three Mohawk Nation communities visited Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence during the second week of her hungry strike last month to offer her thei...

Joint Statement Supporting Chief Spence and Idle No More

ICTMN Staff
January 06, 2013
The following statement is in support for Chief Theresa Spence who continues her hunger strike until Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with her, and the Idle No More mov...

Denver Idle No More Calls Out the Canadian Prime Minister via Letter

Carol Berry
January 02, 2013
Despite drumming, Round Dancing and megaphoned speeches far below its lofty offices in Denver, the Consulate General of Canada remained silent December 31 about the First Nations’ ...

Idle No More Support: Ojibwe Woman Embarks on 1,400-mile Journey to D.C.

David P. Ball
December 31, 2012
When Mishkomekinaak Ikwe learned about the Idle No More movement exploding across Canada, and Attawapiskat First Nation chief Theresa Spence's hunger strike – now on its 21st day –...

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