Intertribal Times

Native and Aboriginal news stories from around the globe.

Canada

Mohawk girls met racism in soccer game: parents

19 Jun, 2010 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: Canada | Share: Digg | Facebook

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

26 Apr, 2010 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: Canada | Share: Digg | Facebook

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

12 Apr, 2010 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: Canada | Share: Digg | Facebook

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

12 Apr, 2010 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: Canada | Share: Digg | Facebook

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

21 Feb, 2010 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: Canada | Share: Digg | Facebook

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

2 Feb, 2010 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: Canada | Share: Digg | Facebook

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

Indigenous delegates: climate pact should include human rights

10 Dec, 2009 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: Canada | Share: Digg | Facebook

COPENHAGEN — Indigenous leaders from the Arctic, Africa and small island nations are using International Human Rights Day to call for human rights t...

Federal legislation to unlock up to $7 billion in development on Capilano reserve

10 Dec, 2009 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: Canada | Share: Digg | Facebook

The federal government on Thursday introduced legislation with the potential to kick start $7 billion worth of real estate development on the Squamish...

British Columbia signs economic protocol with six coastal First Nations

10 Dec, 2009 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: Canada | Share: Digg | Facebook

VANCOUVER, B.C. – The B.C. government has signed a wide-ranging agreement with six coastal First Nations to promote economic development on the ...

Indigenous people convene in Carbondale

9 Dec, 2009 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: Canada, South America, United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

CARBONDALE, Colorado — Humankind can take one of two trains, says Dr. Ramon Nenadich, organizer of this past weekend’s gathering of indigenous...