Political institutions and political leaders have effectively played their part in minimizing the horrors of residential schools.

British Columbia's Environmental Assessment Office has signed an agreement with the Simpcw First Nation on how a proposed open-pit copper mine will be assessed, including the requirement for the nation's consent for the project to proceed.

The UBCIC says the denialism associated with residential schools since the Kamloops announcement represents "racism and colonial violence."

Working towards the recognition, implementation and exercise of our inherent Indigenous Title, Rights and Treaty Rights

The Mikisew Cree First Nation (MCFN) is suing the governments of Alberta and Canada over the impacts it says industrial development such as oilsands mines have had on its territory over the years.

As lobbying intensifies, the Carney government is ‘considering how it can best move sustainable aquaculture forward.’

Torn from loved ones, Indigenous children suffered brutal medical injustices

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A sourced, plain-language fact-check of British Columbia's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.

B.C. premier has reversed course once again after the First Nations Leadership Council threatened legal action, protests

First Nations sources say British Columbia Premier David Eby’s government will introduce legislation to suspend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act on Monday.

Amnesty International is concerned Canada is backsliding on Indigenous rights under Prime Minister Mark Carney. The organization warns in its annual global human rights report that new laws passed las...

This case study explores First Nations’ visions of food sovereignty in the context of sea otter recovery and climate change.

Some First Nations leaders in the Williams Lake region have mixed opinions on Thompson Rivers University's proposal to close its satellite campus, some saying they're focused on coming up with suitabl

Defying significant Indigenous opposition, Ottawa quietly handed Alberta control over environmental impact assessments in a new cooperation agreement.

By Katie Carson, Sarah Kittilsen, and Sean Carleton Canada 150—the sesquicentennial celebration of the country’s confederation—was marked with pomp and circumstance, as the Federal Government encou…

A recent gathering of the Salish Fire Keepers Society brought together over 100 experts and community members to discuss the role of fire on Indigenous territories in Interior B.C. Over a century of fire suppression practices have left Interior B.C. vulnerable to catastrophic wildfires, like the one that destroyed Lytton in 2021. Indigenous firekeepers advocate for the use of cultural and prescribed fire to manage risks and restore balance to ecosystems. In 2022, one year after wildfire tore through the Village of Lytton, a blaze broke out at the nearby Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Heritage Provincial Park. The site, co-managed by Lytton First Nation and the B.C. government, contains pictographs, petroglyphs and culturally modified trees, along with more important cultural sites. So the BC Wildfire Service called in Sheresa Brown, a 31-year-old Lytton First Nation member who works as a field technician and archaeology monitor with the Nlaka’pamux Nation Tribal Council. When fires happen near registered archaeological sites, Brown works with BC Wildfire Service crews and structural protection specialists to safeguard cultural heritage. “I was all for it,” Brown says. “But I wanted to do it in the right way.” To avoid the pictographs washing away from firefighting efforts, Brown outlined...