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November 14, 2024


Contentious New Zealand bill leads to Maori protests, including in Parliament

MPs from the Te Pati Maori Party stood and began a haka, as hundreds march in protest across country New Zealand MPs protest Indigenous treaty bill with haka in Parliament: 5 days ago, Duration 1:31 A group of MPs in New Zealand performed a haka, a traditional Māori performance, in Parliament on Thursday to express opposition...

October 26, 2024


Canadian Indigenous leaders hope Biden’s residential schools apology leads to meaningful change

America needs its own truth and reconciliation commission: former AFN chief Maura Forrest · The Canadian Press  CBC News: The Canadian Press – Canadian Indigenous leaders say U.S. President Joe Biden’s apology for his country’s residential school system is only the first step toward healing generations of harm. On Friday, Biden apologized for the U.S. boarding school...

October 25, 2024


Historic Apology: Boarding school history ‘a sin on our soul’

President Joe Biden delivers an apology to Native people for the nation’s ugly history of Indian boarding schools. WARNING: This story contains disturbing details about residential and boarding schools. If you are feeling triggered, here is a resource list for trauma responses from the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition in the U.S. In Canada, the...

October 24, 2024


President Biden to issue boarding school apology – at last

The president will be at Gila River Indian Community to acknowledge the trauma wreaked by U.S. forced assimilation policies *UPDATED ICT: More than 150 years after the first Native children were forced to attend Indian boarding schools that robbed them of their families, culture and language, President Joe Biden will issue a long-awaited apology for...

July 31, 2024


Investigation finds at least 973 Indigenous children died in U.S. government boarding schools

Report calls for a formal apology from the U.S. government The Associated Press · Posted: Jul 31, 2024 4:03 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago WARNING: This story contains details of experiences at residential schools. CBC News: At least 973 Indigenous children died in the U.S. government’s abusive boarding school system, according to the results of an...

May 21, 2024


Yellowknives Dene scholar on the ‘critical history’ of community’s self-determination

Dene self-determination is part of a global decolonization movement, says Glen Coulthard  Ideas, 53:59 – How global liberation efforts helped shape the Dene fight for self-determination Click on the following link to listen to Ideas: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/dene-self-determination-glen-coulthard-1.7208086 CBC News: CBC Radio – In the mid-20th century, a powerful exchange of ideas took place — between the...

August 29, 2023


Australians to vote on whether to recognize Indigenous people in constitution

Referendum will be held Oct. 14, prime minister announced Wednesday  CBC News: The Associated Press – Australians will vote on Oct. 14 on a proposed law to create a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the nation’s first referendum in a generation. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday announced the referendum date, triggering just over...