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Mohawk girls met racism in soccer game: parents

By Ryan Paul • Jun 19th, 2010 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

An official with a Quebec girls soccer team has apologized to members of a Mohawk team from Kahnawake following allegations that players on his squad ...

Cree chief earns more than Alberta premier

By Ryan Paul • Apr 26th, 2010 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

The chief of the Enoch Cree Nation is defending his salary of $180,000 a year — which, because it is tax-free, means he earns more than Alberta̵...

Grassy Narrows protests mercury poisoning

By Ryan Paul • Apr 12th, 2010 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

Members of Grassy Narrows First Nation converged on Queen’s Park on Wednesday to protest against decades of mercury poisoning in their northern ...

Income gap persists for aboriginal Canadians

By Ryan Paul • Apr 12th, 2010 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

Income disparity between aboriginal people and other Canadians is decreasing but remains “significant and troubling” and will continue for...

Quebec Innu caribou hunt protests N.L. deal

By Ryan Paul • Feb 21st, 2010 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

Some Innu in Quebec have embarked on a week-long caribou hunt that will take them across the provincial boundary into Newfoundland and Labrador to pro...

Policing deal broken: Sask. First Nations

By Ryan Paul • Feb 2nd, 2010 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

First Nations in Saskatchewan say an agreement to bolster policing services on reserves is not working out as promised. “Enough is enough,”...

Karuk Tribe blockades logging on ceremonial site

By Ryan Paul • Dec 17th, 2009 • Category: United StatesNo Comments »

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Members of the Karuk Tribe blockaded a logging crew along the Klamath River in Northern California on Wednesday after learning t...

Canada’s Holocaust

By Ryan Paul • Dec 16th, 2009 • Category: FeaturedNo Comments »

FOREWORD Jasper Joseph is a sixty-four-year-old native man from Port Hardy, British Columbia. His eyes still fill with tears when he remembers his cou...

Feds Give Approval for Shinnecock Recognition

By Ryan Paul • Dec 15th, 2009 • Category: United StatesNo Comments »

The federal government gave preliminary approval Tuesday to formally recognize a small tribe of Indians based in Long Island’s Hamptons region, a de...

Sovereignty

By Ryan Paul • Dec 14th, 2009 • Category: Editorial1 Comment »

An issue that’s extremely important and relevant to many First Nations in Canada and Tribes in the United States is sovereignty. The definition ...