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Cherokee Nation opens new 127-bed hospital in Oklahoma
The Cherokee Nation has completed a US$470 million (AUD 671 million) replacement...
Giovanni Torre 21 Jul 2026
First Nations Leadership Council sounds alarm over fast-tracked fossil fuel expansion without consent
Canada's First Nations Leadership Council says it is "deeply troubled" by the ef...
Giovanni Torre 10 Jul 2026
International trade mission strengthens Indigenous business opportunities
A recent trade delegation to Canada has strengthened Indigenous business engagem...
Callan Morse 25 Jun 2026
Canadian First Nations leaders urge government to protect wild salmon in British Columbia
Canadian First Nations leaders have urged the country's federal government to ke...
Giovanni Torre 18 Jun 2026
Trump restores commercial fishing - sparking fears for Pacific's protected areas

Donald Trump has returned mass commercial fishing in the Pacific; rolling back protections for oceans that are considered pristine ecosystems.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jun 18, 2026
Amnesty International condemns Canadian court system’s treatment of Wet’suwet’en land defender Chief Dsta’hyl

Amnesty International has condemned Canadian authorities for unjustly criminalising an Indigenous leader defending Country. On April 28, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia ruled that Likhts'amis...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 7, 2026
British Columbia First Nations leaders demand end to sex discrimination and violence against women

Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs Secretary-Treasurer, Chief Marilyn Slett (K̓áwáziɫ), was in Ottawa on Tuesday - Canada's National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murde...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 6, 2026
Alberta separatism in Canada: 'One of the most troubling times in my lifetime for First Nations people'

With the threat of separatism from Canada and annexation by the United States, persistent treaty violations, fast-tracked resource development projects, and ongoing societal issues, the present moment...

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Thomas Law Apr 28, 2026
'First Nations children in Canada should not have to wait for justice' - advocates

The Our Children Our Way Secretariat, British Columbia's Indigenous Child and Family Services peak body, has taken its call for justice to the world stage.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 27, 2026
Canadian First Nations leaders fight back against attack on Indigenous rights in British Columbia

Canadian Indigenous leaders have urged legislators in British Columbia to vote down a bill which would suspended parts of the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 20, 2026
British Columbia Court of Appeal overturns decision limiting Nuchatlaht Nation's claims on Nootka Island

The British Columbia Court of Appeal has overturned a 2024 lower-court ruling this week after finding the judge used an "arbitrary boundary" to determine a First Nation's native title over a swath of...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 3, 2026
Drastic caribou decline sparks urgent talks between Indigenous leaders and Quebec officials

Indigenous leaders in Quebec are weighing measures to address the decline in Caribou numbers. The Leaf River caribou population in the north of the Canadian province have been in drastic decline in re...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 3, 2026
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