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Two of Alberta's largest First Nations have written letters to coal companies saying they will oppose any new mine proposals in the Rocky Mountains since the provincial government has consistently ignored their concerns.

When students, teachers, and community members across Kahnawake, Que., came together on Wednesday wearing bright pink shirts and a message to "be kind," one teenage girl, Lexi Fox, was on the minds of many.

Tahltan-Tlingit master carver Dempsey Bob is one of six artists across Canada to be recognized with a 2021 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts Artistic Achievement Award.

Recent social media posts spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 outbreak in Wabaseemoong Independent Nations are not only false, but they are creating fear and mistrust in the nearby city of Kenora, Ont., and surrounding areas, according to Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders in the region.

First Nations leaders are rallying behind the Birch Narrows Dene Nation in its dispute with the provincial government and a uranium company.

It’s a professional development week for teachers in Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., but that doesn't mean they and their students didn’t still celebrate Pink Shirt Day.

While active cases are tending downward, the number of cases of COVID-19 in First Nations communities reached a grim new milestone over the weekend, surpassing a cumulative total of 20,000 cases.

An outdoor camp near Thunderbird House erected by various Indigenous grassroots organizations and dozens of volunteers nearly two weeks ago was taken down Tuesday. But one organizers says it was vital to hundreds of people while in operation.

While Fort Chipewyan, Alta., has seen half of its population vaccinated for COVID-19 with the first dose, the remainder is growing reluctant as misinformation spreads on social media, community leaders say. 

For the first time in over a century, plains bison are roaming on Poundmaker Cree Nation territory in Saskatchewan again. 

Jessica McCallum-Miller posted to social media thanking voters and saying she has enjoyed working with Terrace city staff but found her ethnicity, age and gender made it "challenging" to fulfil her role.

It is time for Jeep to stop using the Cherokee Nation's name on its Cherokee and Grand Cherokee SUVs, the chief of the Oklahoma-based tribe said.

Saskatchewan RCMP say the death of a 21-month-old boy was the result of a homicide. 

Germaine Arnaktauyok is a printmaker, painter and drawer, originally from Igloolik, Nunavut, and now based in Yellowknife.

Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm says the death of former MLA Darius Elias last week has left a huge hole in his community.

The MLA for Pond Inlet is criticizing the Nunavut government for taking a back seat in negotiations for the Mary River expansion.

Five years after Caitlin Potts disappeared in B.C.'s North Okanagan, her mother is begging anyone who has information on what happened to her to come forward and share what they know.

A First Nation in northern Manitoba will be receiving military aid to battle its COVID-19 outbreak, the community's chief told CBC News.

A new program offered by the Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society is looking to tackle feelings of anger and frustration, and provide guidance for how to process those feelings.

Protests were held in Watson Lake and Whitehorse today calling for urgent action to protect Indigenous women from violence.