Exploring Theme: "International Issues"

NationTalk: ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB – The Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) will host an International Seminar on the Right to Self-Determination in support of the United Nations’ (UN) Expert Mechanism on the Rights for Indigenous People (EMRIP). EMRIP was created by the UN’s Human Rights Council to provide expert advice on the Rights of...

KATHLEEN DUVAL SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL Kathleen DuVal is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she teaches early American and Indigenous history. Her latest book, Native Nations: A Millennium in North America, was the winner of this year’s Cundill History Prize. The Globe and Mail: In...

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...

It’s not clear if Arctic strategy will be enough to relieve pressure from new Trump administration First peoples Law Report: CBC News – Ottawa is finalizing its long-awaited Arctic foreign policy with Inuit leaders for release before the end of the year, as Canada braces for a second Trump presidency and increasing threats to its...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

‘You don’t have to go far back in Canadian history to see how state powers use suppression of Indigenous cultural dress, language, ceremony and beliefs as tools of genocide,’ says MPP Sarah Jama.  An image posted on social media of a member of the Ontario legislature addressing Independent MPP Sarah Jama. Photo: X  APTN News:...

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...