An official at the International Commission on Missing Persons wants to ease concerns about the organization's contract to advise on unmarked graves, which some Indigenous leaders continue to raise. Last week, a UN rapporteur said he heard "numerous concerns" about the arrangement.
The $200,000 lawsuit alleges Onigaming First Nation Chief Jeffrey Copenace made defamatory remarks against NAN Grand Chief Derek Fox, calling him a woman abuser, during the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa
Two days of confidential talks have yielded “substantial progress” toward revising a proposed $20-billion settlement package for victims of the chronically underfunded First Nations child-welfare system on reserves and in the Yukon.
The CEO of the Assembly of First Nations is resigning, according to an email seen by CBC News, another blow to the national organization that has been hounded by allegations of a toxic workplace.
OTTAWA - The federal government does not have a willing partner to find a way to introduce fire codes on First Nation reserves, a newly released document shows.