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Brazil clears Indian reservation

By Ryan Paul • May 1st, 2009 • Category: South AmericaNo Comments »

A deadline has passed for non-indigenous residents of an Indian reservation in northern Brazil to leave the area. It follows a that the Raposa Serra d...

First Nation against armed border guards

By Ryan Paul • May 1st, 2009 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

Mohawk leaders say they will oppose the federal government’s plan to begin arming border guards next month, if guards at Ontario’s Cornwal...

Key charge dismissed in 1975 Pictou-Aquash slaying

By Ryan Paul • Apr 30th, 2009 • Category: United StatesNo Comments »

A U.S. federal judge dismissed a key charge against one of two men accused in the 1975 slaying of a Canadian aboriginal activist and scheduled a heari...

Pope expresses ‘sorrow’ for abuse at residential schools

By Ryan Paul • Apr 29th, 2009 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

Pope Benedict XVI expressed “sorrow” to a delegation from Canada’s Assembly of First Nations on Wednesday over the abuse and “...

Plans dumped for First Nation casino north of Brandon

By Ryan Paul • Apr 27th, 2009 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

A plan to build a First Nations owned and operated casino in southwestern Manitoba has been scrapped once again. Talks between owners of the building ...

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Announces $500 Million for Tribes

By Ryan Paul • Apr 26th, 2009 • Category: United StatesNo Comments »

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says $500 million in federal stimulus money will go to American Indian tribes across the U.S. f...

Innu hunter arrested over caribou poaching case

By Ryan Paul • Apr 24th, 2009 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

Wildlife officials in Labrador have confirmed that an Innu hunter has been arrested for poaching an animal in a protected group of caribou. The Depart...

Tempers flare as Yukon MLAs debate First Nations schools

By Ryan Paul • Apr 23rd, 2009 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

Heated debate shook the Yukon legislature Thursday, as the opposition NDP demanded to know how the government plans to deal with recent decisions by s...

Ottawa ready to help flooded First Nations: Chuck Strahl

By Ryan Paul • Apr 23rd, 2009 • Category: CanadaNo Comments »

Federal Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl said Ottawa is ready to help First Nations communities in Manitoba hit hard by flooding. At the height of...

First Nations chief charged for stealing $16,000 from health group

By Ryan Paul • Apr 22nd, 2009 • Category: Canada1 Comment »

The chief of a Manitoba First Nation has been charged with theft and fraud related to money stolen from an aboriginal health group. David Traverse, ch...