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Fallout continues from the last-minute cancellation of an exhibition of Innu culture and history in “Newfoundland and Labrador” — after its organizers said the province tried to censor it.

The arachnid species found in the Columbia River Gorge was given the Indigenous name ‘Tulishpun’ alongside its scientific name ‘Trogloraptor’

A new online video game explores kinship through an interactive world inspired by Métis folklore and teachings.

Nearly every municipality, regional district, and First Nation across the Okanagan and Similkameen watersheds has signed on to a syilx-led initiative to restore and protect the region’s waters for the next seven generations.

The syilx Okanagan Nation has declared an emergency across six of its major watersheds in response to worsening droughts, declining fish populations, and growing threats to long-term water security throughout its territories.

The syilx Okanagan Nation has declared an emergency across six of its major watersheds in response to worsening droughts, declining fish populations, and growing threats to long-term water security throughout its territories.

On a late April morning, a group of Katzie First Nation land guardians, conservation workers, government representatives and others trek down to Xwíʔləm̓nəc (Addington Point Marsh).

Red Dress Day brought out more than a thousand supporters this week in Winnipeg, with many donning red clothing to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S+).

The Upper Nicola Band released 11 captive-born owls in spax̌mn — part of a decade-long effort to reinstate the tiny birds of prey whose populations have plummeted

The Upper Nicola Band released 11 captive-born owls in spax̌mn — part of a decade-long effort to reinstate the tiny birds of prey whose populations have plummeted

The Upper Nicola Band released 11 captive-born owls in spax̌mn — part of a decade-long effort to reinstate the tiny birds of prey whose populations have plummeted

Another focus of this year’s Permanent Forum is the climate crisis. In a February report focusing on nomadic peoples, experts warned that rigid state borders and exclusionary “fortress conservation” models are curbing the traditional mobility of pastoralists, hunter-gatherers, and seafarers, even as they deal with the fallout of both climate change and increasing lack of access to ancestral lands and waters.

Between 1962 and 1970, the Dryden Chemicals pulp and paper mill leaked about 10,000 kilograms of mercury — a powerful neurotoxin — into the river system upstream of our community.

Using a system known as aquaponics, the nation plans to raise fish in tanks and use their waste to fertilize vegetables in the greenhouse, cutting down on or eliminating the use of synthetic fertilizers.

More than two decades after modern treaty leaders first began calling for independent oversight, they are now urging Parliament to move forward on Bill C-10 — an Act respecting the Commissioner for Modern Treaty Implementation.

Indigenous leaders from the Similkameen Valley are “deeply disappointed” by a provincial decision to approve a contentious mine expansion in their territories — emphasizing that they did not give consent for the project to move forward.

Indigenous leaders from the Similkameen Valley are “deeply disappointed” by a provincial decision to approve a contentious mine expansion in their territories — emphasizing that they did not give consent for the project to move forward.

Every River Has a Mouth, the newest exhibition at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, plunges deep into connections that flow between Salish artists on the province’s coast and its interior.

Too often, people assume West Coast “native art” is all the well-known northern Indigenous style known as formline, he notes.

A new children’s book tells the story of Cree Elder Shirley (Fletcher) Horn’s experience over a decade of attending residential “school” — recounting the experience from a kid’s perspective.

A new children’s book tells the story of Cree Elder Shirley (Fletcher) Horn’s experience over a decade of attending residential “school” — recounting the experience from a kid’s perspective.

Leaders of the Lower Similkameen Indian Band (LSIB) are again demanding the protection of their community’s river, nməlqytkʷ.

Kanien’kehá:ka filmmaker Courtney Montour takes IndigiNews behind the scenes of the high-energy contact sport in her documentary ‘Rising Through the Fray’

This year marks a decade of the partnership between the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and a syilx hatchery upriver

Indigenous foods are varied, delicious and plentiful — but getting them to customers can be a challenge for small producers

Kyra Wilson, grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, told rally participants that First Nations people are “always having to wait for government to make a decision on how much our lives matter.”

Walking down the aisles of one of “Canada’s” major groceries, it’s rare to see Indigenous food products. Even in smaller, independently-owned retailers, they are still few and far between. Fish might be from Alaska and seaweed from Japan, despite being plentiful on the coast of “British Columbia” and harvested by local First Nations. There are many “Canadian” products big and small, but Indigenous producers, as well as their local traditional foods, are rare. Where are the Indigenous goods?

In 2019, “British Columbia” unanimously passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.

“The year even saw editor Cara McKenna travel to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in “New York City,” she reported on the proceedings and met fellow members of the global Indigenous News Alliance.