Forty years after four brothers first came together as Northern Cree, they are releasing their first fully self-published and owned record.
Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce talks with Indigenous female powerlifters about what draws them to the sport and what keeps them going.
The Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation has protected Thaidene Nëné under their own law since time immemorial.
A scholar who has made a name for herself in Native food sovereignty has vowed to stop claiming to be of “Mohawk/Mi’kmaq descent” despite doing so for decades.
A group of Inuit teenage girls face off against murderous aliens that inhabit the bodies of people and animals in a new film.
The lack of baseline data on the scale and scope of Indigenous involvement in agriculture continues to be an obstacle to effective engagement of Indigenous communities.
A new documentary tackles a topic that continues to generate controversy. Why are so many people claiming to be Indian?
Many Canadians are coming to terms with the nation’s history of schooling and settler colonialism.
Richard Thasriwasatse Oakes changed our culture, our politics, our economies.
Indigenous leaders are among those reflecting on the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II.
A film crew follows an Inuit and Gwich’in hunter as he builds a traditional Inuvialuit log cabin off the grid.
Dawn Walker has been accused of faking her disappearance and that of her child in a case that attracted widespread attention in Canada.
No Native entity knows the answers and to truly heal we need our children returned to our homes.
The pictures of Pope Francis wearing a headdress spurred controversy across the globe — and across social media.
Today on Native America Calling, Andi Murphy hosts the Indigenous food show The Menu.
Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, delivers remarks at Maskwacis Park in Alberta, Canada.
Religious communities, bishops and popes were variously complicit in a system that dispossessed Indigenous peoples and cruelly oppressed their children at Native residential schools.
One of the intents of the Canadian and U.S. governments in creating the boarding-residential schools was to alienate indigenous people from their ancestral lands.
Nothing will be done for us without us. No one may speak on our behalf without our express approval.
Pope Francis is set to visit with First Nations leaders again, this time on their own homelands.
Three young Indigenous people died under mysterious circumstances in Prince Rupert in British Columbia. The investigations into their deaths were inadequate.
The government of Canada will pay $20 billion dollars to Indigenous children and their families following a historic settlement.
The Haudenosaunee Nationals women’s team is on a winning streak at the World Lacrosse games.
For many in Canada, #LandBack means taking back positions as stewards of the land and bringing balance to the community.
An all-Native send-up of the musical turned hit movie “Grease” is connecting with audiences across Turtle Island.
If you know the names Brian Trottier, Reggie Leach, and Theo Fleury, you are a hockey fan.
On an intuitive and experiential level, the Catholic Church as an institution was an agent of harm. But Pope Francis has avoided saying so.
The apology from Pope Francis sought forgiveness for the role the Catholic Church played in atrocities at Native residential schools.
Tens of thousands of Native children suffered abuse at residential schools run by the Catholic Church, all with the compliance of the Canadian government.
The 2016 shooting death of Coulton Boushie, from the Red Pheasant Cree Nation, touched off a national discussion about race and justice in Canada.
A social media figure who built a following by creating “Native” content is backing away from her tribal affiliation claims.
There is a growing movement to identify and call-out people who have fraudulently held positions by claiming indigeneity like Cheyanne Turions, Joseph Boyden, Michelle Latimer and Carrie Bourassa.
The Indigenous artistry of Inuksuk Mackay (Inuit) and Tiffany Ayalik (Inuit) comes together as PIQSIQ.
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by watching Indigenous cinema from around the world.
Pope Francis is scheduled to meet with an Indigenous delegation when he visits Canada in December.
Indigenous ceremonies have been central to Indigenous health and well-being since time immemorial.
The education system needs to help teachers address, repair and heal education towards and beyond reconciliation.
People ask why the residential-boarding school survivors, their respective families and supporters wear orange.
The sordid history of the U.S. effort to bring Native children into boarding schools is, quite frankly, staggering.
Almost 2,000 Native children have been found on the grounds of former residential schools and thousands more have yet to be located.
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