Since 2011, the state of Vermont has legally recognized four groups as Abenaki tribes. Abenaki in Quebec have long opposed them, and raised their concerns at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Close to 4 million hectares of forest burned this summer in the northern region of Quebec, much of it in Cree territory. Cree leaders have begun a process to quantify the losses.
Officials in northern Quebec Cree communities are hoping for help from rain in the forecast, and also preparing for continued challenges and the long-term impacts of what's being called an unprecedented wildfire season in the region.
Organizers say the First Nations Expedition is the longest off-trail snowmobile expedition ever attempted and carries a message of reconciliation, education and a desire to reconnect different Indigenous nations across Quebec.
Two years and a day after the death of Joyce Echaquan at a hospital near Joliette, Que., the Atikamekw woman's family announced Thursday that they are launching a civil suit against the regional health authority that oversees it.