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A first ever NAIDOC rodeo and music festival is coming to Mount Isa
There's a new addition to NAIDOC Week celebrations in Mount Isa in 2026, includi...
Jarred Cross 2 Jun 2026
United Nations urges Canada to stop assimilatory impacts of the ‘Indian Act’
The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recently...
Giovanni Torre 13 May 2026
Tender for Indigenous business verification system to open amid major IPP transition
The Federal Government is preparing to open the Indigenous business verification...
Reece Harley 9 May 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...
Giovanni Torre 6 May 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
Union of BC Indian Chiefs honours their first female VP, celebrates First Nations women in leadership

In February 2026, the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs elected Chief Councillor Linda Innes, Gitxaala Nation, as Vice-President through acclamation, becoming the first female Vice-President of...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 9, 2026
More than 100 British Columbia First Nations leaders join growing opposition to proposed Declaration Act changes

A growing list of more than 100 First Nations leaders and organisations from across the Canadian province of British Columbia have renewed their vow to defend the Declaration on the Rights of Indigeno...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 10, 2026
Price slams ABC show which focused on decolonising the news

Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has criticised the ABC's satirical news special Always Was Tonight, describing it as "odious" and "activist-driven".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 29, 2026
Governance drives development of Indigenous leaders

Proper governance, leadership growth and succession planning are at the heart of a corporate leadership program enhancing skills of the next wave of Indigenous executives.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Jan 14, 2026
Waanyi People regain more Country at Boodjamulla National Park

A further 167,400 hectares of Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park has been handed back to the Waanyi People. The Waanyi Native Title Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC has agreed to lease the land back to...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 9, 2026
NAAJA raises alarm on prison conditions in the NT after UN access denied

The Northern Territory's largest Indigenous legal organisation has welcomed UN criticism of states and territories' "tough on crime" policies, which they says fail to make communities safe.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 15, 2025
Indigenous Nations win 'ground-shaking' legal victory in Canadian rights case

Indigenous Nations have won a major legal victory in the Canadian province of British Columbia. On Friday, the Gitxaala and Ehattesaht Nations secured a landmark victory at the BC Court of Appeal, wit...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 6, 2025
BC Indigenous leaders welcome identity reform push: 'an important step in safeguarding the future of First Nations'

First Nations leaders in the province of British Columbia have celebrated the decision by a key Canadian senate committee to eliminate the second-generation cut-off and implement a one-parent rule on...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 3, 2025
British Columbia Indigenous leaders urge Province to implement CleanBC review’s climate measures

The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs has called on the government of the western Canadian province to implement the priorities in the CleanBC review final report, released Wednesday, and "re-co...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 27, 2025
British Columbia Indigenous leaders urge authorities to take action on gender-based violence and declare epidemic

The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs marked the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence wit...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 26, 2025
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