Allegations of Police Abuse of Native Women Have Rocked Canada

David P. Ball
March 14, 2013
“Dismissive.” “Out of touch.” “A travesty for the victims.” With these forceful words, one of the world’s leading human rights organizations fired back at Canada’s national police ...

Aboriginal Housing Crisis in Canada Threatens to Explode

David P. Ball
February 08, 2013
When the housing crisis in Attawapiskat First Nation made headlines worldwide in October 2011 after the community declared a state of emergency, few had heard of the band’s chief, ...

The Week That Was: The Big Stories in Indian Country, January 6, 2013

ICTMN Staff
January 06, 2013
It's our weekly roundup of the biggest stories in Indian country: • MORE IDLE NO MORE: Idle No More continues to be the biggest story in Indian country, with protests continuing ac...
Darren Bonaparte

Why I'm Not Willing to Die for My People

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January 05, 2013
Winona LaDuke

Idle No More, Indeed

As Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence enters her fourth week on a hunger strike outside the Canadian parliament, thousands of protesters in Los Angeles, London, Minneapolis and New York City, voice their support....

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January 03, 2013
Chuck Trimble

Deathly Silence at a Deadly Time

Several weeks ago I was sent a link to a ominous report from the First Nations Strategic Policy Counsel, dated June-October 2012. It puzzles me that I haven’t read anything about it in Indianz.com or on other blogs, nor in any Native American news periodical....

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January 01, 2013

Aboriginal Art Disappears from Canadian $20 Bill

ICTMN Staff
December 20, 2012
It's called the "Spirit of Haida Gwaii," and it can be seen in at the International Terminal of Vancouver Airport and in front of the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C...

2012 Retrospective: January

ICTMN Staff
December 19, 2012
Take a look back at January 2012's biggest stories from the pages of our weekly magazine, This Week From Indian Country Today ...

Mitt Romney Answers Questions From Indian Country Today Media Network in Exclusive Exchange

Rob Capriccioso
October 10, 2012
Not willing to cede the American Indian vote in what promises to be a close presidential election this November, Republican candidate Mitt Romney agreed to discuss with Indian Coun...

Harper Touts Commitment to African Food Security While Being Derided by U.N. for Domestic Shortcomings

ICTMN Staff
May 18, 2012
Canada is in the international hot seat yet again, this time over food security for aboriginals. A U.N...

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