In the second of a series, we have an update for you concerning our map of missing and murdered Aboriginal women across Canada, which has now reached the 50-name mark. In our initial post, we featured a woman’s story for every province or territory. Now, with the addition of 37 more names, the map includes […]
The rhetoric continues to rage over Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070 — aka the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act — and, as MI just discussed, there is every possibility that Indigenous peoples in the area (on either side of the border) could face repercussions from its enforcement. One obviously implicated people are the members […]
When it comes to “illegal immigration” debates in general, count me among the Aboriginal people who find the concept just a tad ironic in the case of the United States. But last week, in what some call “the toughest crackdown on illegal immigration in the country,” the governor of Arizona — home to some 20 […]
This past weekend, mediaINDIGENA was one of the first outlets to break the news of the emerging alliance between Hollywood heavyweight James Cameron and indigenous people affected by the Alberta tarsands. It comes after similar lobbying efforts by Cameron for indigenous people in Brazil. But regular readers of this blog may find this script a […]
The following is the second half of my two-part interview with former Chief Marcel Balfour, who recently opted not to run for re-election in his home community of Norway House Cree Nation in northern Manitoba. In part one of our conversation, we discussed the realities and frustrations of working with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada […]
