Manitoba Metis Win Historic Ruling. "Louis Riel must be smiling." That’s the front–page headline in the Winnipeg Free Press two days ago.

Native Americans more ‘European’ than thought

 

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Hunger strike pressures Canada PM, aboriginal protests spread

No NYC Marathon to run for group of Native Americans who were racing to inspire hope, raise funds for the Pine Ridge reservation

Native American activist Russell Means dies

THE DOs AND DONT&rsuo;s OF TRAVELING IN INDIAN COUNTRY

Turning Over the Rocks: What is Uranium Mining in Nebraska Doing to Pine Ridge’s Drinking Water?

That’s the way the Indians do it…

US should return stolen land to Indian tribes, says United Nations. UN’s correspondent on indigenous peoples urges government to act to combat ‘racial discrimination’ felt by Native Americans

Oglala Sioux Tribe Demands Justice for Appalling Number of Unsolved Reservation Murders

RIGHTS OF MOTHER EARTH: RESTORING INDIGENOUS LIFE WAYS OF RESPONSIBILITY AND RESPECT. International Indigenous Conference APRIL 4 – 6, 2012

Citizenship and Nations ~ By Steve Russell

Perpetuated War: British interests blocks Canada’s First Nations message of Global Peace.

Lakotas arrested halting Keystone XL pipeline trucks

Perpetuated War: British interests blocks Canada’s First Nations message of Global Peace

Squamish Nation, B.C. Parks sign management plans. Squamish Nation and B.C. Parks officials on Thursday (Feb. 16) signed two park management plans marking their first collaborative achievement under the 2007 agreement for the management of protected areas in the Squamish Nation traditional territory.

Hundreds rally against Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline. First Nation, opponents shut down main street in Prince Rupert, B.C.

The Lost City of Cahokia. In last week's issue of the journal Science, Andrew Lawler gives a lengthy report on the forgotten city of Cahokia. For a while now archaeologists have known about this Native American settlement beneath modern East St. Louis, but many believed it was what Lawler calls a "seasonal encampment." A new round of archaeological digs, done in preparation for a bridge being constructed across the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois, has unearthed evidence of "a sophisticated, sprawling metropolis stretching across 13 kilometers on both sides of the Mississippi" that existed about a thousand years ago, Lawler writes…

Natives organize to oppose pipeline. First Nations unite against more movement of oil through their territory.

Native American Blankets Made With Dog Hair

Who is the 99 Percent? Part 2, By Kanya D’Almeida

First Nations Trade Mission to China a Multicultural Celebration.

Opposition to destructive mining and pipeline practices. Thursday November 3 – Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories – Indigenous communities from across BC are gathering in Vancouver this weekend to oppose destructive mining and pipeline practices.