FORGOTTEN HISTORY: First nation - The Untold Story

Canada owes First Nations billions after making ‘mockery’ of treaty deal, top court rules

Court urges federal and Ontario governments to make payouts after ‘dishonourably’ neglecting 174-year-old deal

The Guardian - US · Jul 26, 2024

‘It was like the wild west’: meet the First Nations guardians protecting Canada’s pristine shores

From crab monitoring and bear patrols to rescue operations, the watchmen are the official eyes and ears of indigenous communities

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024

Is a previously unheard-of First Nation just Canada’s latest Pretendian case?

Local chiefs claim Kawartha Lakes First Nation is part of a wave of cases in which people falsely claim Indigenous identity

The Guardian - US · May 9, 2024

Mercury poisoning Indigenous community

"Our way of life has been totally destroyed.”

Salon · Aug 4, 2023

How Indigenous economic development corporations can support a just, low-carbon energy transition

There are over 50,000 Indigenous businesses in Canada today. According to the 2020 census, the Indigenous economy generated a gross domestic product of $48.9 billion dollars. A growing number of First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities are establishing economic development corporations (EDCs), of which many are involved in the renewable…

The Conversation · Jun 26, 2023

After the migrant deaths in Akwesasne, Canadian immigration law must reckon with its colonial history

On March 29, two families of four died while attempting to cross the St. Lawrence River from Canada to the U.S. Their bodies were found in Akwesasne Mohawk territory which straddles the Canada-United States border.

The Conversation · Apr 20, 2023

First Nations are using 'creative disruption' to foster economic growth in their communities

First Nations have been resisting the historic and ongoing impacts of Canada’s extractive economy on their communities by exercising their right to self-governance and taking control of their economic futures.

The Conversation · Mar 1, 2023

For a lot of First Nations peoples, debates around the Voice to Parliament are not about a simple 'yes' or 'no'

A referendum to vote on a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous Voice to Parliament will be happening later this year.

The Conversation · Feb 22, 2023

First Nations get conservation

Guardian programs offer one example of how governments can work with Indigenous peoples

Salon · Dec 15, 2022

‘A soul wound’: a First Nation built its culture around salmon. Now they have to fly it in frozen

As chinook numbers migrating to Canada fall 95% to record lows, communities are resorting to importing fish to keep their traditions alive

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022