Indigenous

WINNIPEG — The chief of a Manitoba First Nation allegedly forced a young girl into a bathroom in his Winnipeg home, took photos of her and sexually assaulted her, court heard on the first day of the man's trial.

HALIFAX — Two commercial fishers harvesting baby eels under new federal rules say they felt they had to stop fishing on Sunday night when a large group of Indigenous harvesters arrived at the river with nets.

NEW YORK (AP) — Two books on the history of indigenous people in the U.S. have received $10,000 awards presented by the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project.

Manitoba may be smack dab in the middle of the country, but its premier wishes to remind Canadians it's a maritime province.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Education officials in Newfoundland and Labrador recently ordered the destruction of thousands of textbooks because they contained inaccurate information about the province's Indigenous population.

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WINNIPEG — Albert Shingoose never wavered in his belief that the unidentified victim of a Winnipeg serial killer who was given the name Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, was his daughter Ashlee. He would travel from his family home at St.

EDMONTON — Alberta's government is putting $19 million toward municipal flood and drought prevention projects as part of its new budget.

WINNIPEG — For years, she was known as Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, an Indigenous woman who disappeared from the streets of Winnipeg and was determined to have been the victim of a serial killer.

British Columbia has introduced a new framework for consultation on mining claims, but the B.C. Assembly of First Nations regional chief says it "does not come close" to the collaborative approach outlined in the province's Indigenous rights law.