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It is important for those who did not attend an Indian residential school to remember that the legacy of those dark halls did not end with Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s apology to the survivors in June 2008. Nor does the legacy end with the...
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Long before John Cabot arrived on the shores of Newfoundland in 1497, Mi’kmaq People occupied what we now know as the Atlantic provinces. Mi’kmaq...
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Myth #4: Indigenous Peoples receive free post-secondary education. Reality: To say that Indigenous Peoples receive free post-secondary funding is...
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The Indigenous population is the fastest-growing population in Canada. Whether teaching at a Federal Reserve school, or in the Provincial system, it...
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A few years ago, while on a driving vacation in the United States, my travel companion and I had an opportunity to visit the Little Bighorn National...
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Richard Peter, a proud member of the Cowichan Tribes of Vancouver Island, is a veteran on the men’s wheelchair basketball team and will be competing...
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Robert Janes, Janes Freedman Kyle Law Corp, Aboriginal Law in Canada Blog
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There has been a lot of discussion of late on whether or not the Prime Minister of Canada is going to revamp the Indian Act. All the discussion...
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Earlier this year, I wrote about Kevin O’Leary, a business commentator and co-host of The Lang & O’Leary Exchange, unwisely using the term “Indian...
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Tobacco, one of the four (sweetgrass, sage and red cedar being the other three) sacred plants of Indigenous Peoples has a very long history and a...
