Indigenous Stories and Education

The Montreal-based Anishinaabe artist created this year’s National Indigenous Peoples Day Doodle using the sculptural beadwork practice he has spent a decade developing

Indigenous comedians from across the country point out the things that connect First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities.

A unique, week-long ceremony on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation included both Indigenous and Tibetan Bön ceremonies. Monks from Nepal were invited to conduct spiritual ceremonies on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation to bring healing to its members.

A First Nation in British Columbia says a new native plant orchard established in its territory could help reclaim and restore thousands of industrial sites around

Brooke Metchewais from Cold Lake First Nations in Alberta was recently crowned Miss Indigenous Canada 2026. Heather Wolf Ear from Siksika Nation was first runner-up and Miss Congeniality.

The artist Skawennati has spent decades envisioning Indigenous futures through fashion collections, quilts, beadwork and films created entirely in virtual environments using game-like software as both camera and set.

Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta has officially changed its name to Treaty 8 Sovereign Nations.

Ten years after the Government of Canada officially adopted the term "Indigenous" instead of "Aboriginal," discussions persist on what terms best describe First Nations, Inuit and Métis.

A new Statistics Canada report suggests wildfires disproportionately impact Indigenous peoples. Data from Canada's most destructive wildfire season in 2023 shows nearly half of the evacuations were in Indigenous-majority communities. The authors note wildfires can impede cultural practices, among other things.

Members of Pukatawagan say they’ll camp outside the community’s band office until chief and council do something about the housing crisis.

A First Nation in the central interior of B.C. says Canada and the province have failed to halt the decline of southern mountain caribou, and wants the federal government to intervene.

District works closely with the Tsawout and Tsartlip First Nations

Hall E of the Edmonton Expo Centre is home to some quintessential Canadian wildlife during KDays, but don’t worry – they’re not real bears.

Reports for Indigenous offenders will have a new name in an Alberta court over concerns the term stigmatizes people with a common surname.

The shelter has 7 bedrooms, a shared kitchen and a living area

Alaya McIvor, a prominent Manitoba-based advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit individuals, is being remembered as a generous and passionate person who fought to make a difference for families that have lost loved ones.

The Indigenous Seed Collection Program at the National Tree Seed Centre in Fredericton is helping preserve native tree species threatened by climate change, invasive insects and other pressures. The program combines scientific seed collection with Indigenous knowledge.

Treaty 8, signed in 1899, is the only numbered treaty in B.C. A new film, featuring vignettes from the lives of Indigenous people across the territory, premiered in Fort St. John on Sunday.

The spectre of generational trauma haunts the latest feature from Indigenous Canadian filmmaker Tim Riedel. As a troubled young Metis woman returns to her late mother’s rural home in an attempt to reconnect with herself, this atmospheric if occasionally uneven film explores the insidious, destructive power of buried emotion and the dark legacy of systemic abuse.

Mark Thomas, Upper Columbia salmon chief for the Secwépemc Nation, welcomes groups of students to a narrow stretch of the Columbia River, between the Rocky and Purcell mountains in western Canada. It’s late May, and snow still graces the distant peaks. 

Over the last two years, host Mary Powder has continued combing the archives for stories in Inuktitut to share on her podcast. It’s a process that keeps cultural teachings alive by transmitting oral history through modern technology.

The Stoney Knoll First Nation — also known as the Young Chippewayan band — signed Treaty 6 then had its reserve land taken away by the federal government two decades later.

The police watchdog in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia is hiring an Indigenous investigator after years of advocacy by First Nations.

The collection, which is valued at roughly $14.4 million, includes works by such renowned artists as Christi Belcourt, Elisapee Ishulutaq, Kent Monkman and Norval Morrisseau.

Many Native American languages are endangered. With the help of his mentor, a 12-year-old in Michigan hopes to help preserve his language through robotics.