Akaitcho First Nations to form working group to decide new name for Great Slave Lake
By Sarah St-Pierre First Nations have long wanted to drop the N.W.T. lake’s ‘colonial name’ Akaitcho First Nations in the
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Millions in funding for First Nations and Inuit policing left unspent, says budget watchdog
By Sis’moqon Parliamentary budget office blames mismatch between federal and provincial funding cycles A report from the federal spending watchdog
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Carney appoints 11 members to Major Project Office’s Indigenous Advisory Council
By Joy SpearChief-Morris First Nations, Inuit and Métis members appointed to 2-year terms Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the members
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Draft document outlines sweeping changes to Yukon’s mining laws
Draft, obtained by CBC News, would give First Nations more say over mining projects A draft framework for Yukon’s proposed
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Fort Selkirk, Yukon moose scapula sheds light on First Nations hunting practices
By Tori Fitzpatrick A recent paper highlights the artifact’s physical and spiritual uses Nearly 20 years ago, anthropologist Victoria Castillo
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Yukon minister defends mining amendments blasted by First Nations
‘We’ll do our best to work through these differences of understanding,’ says Minister John Streicker Yukon’s mines minister says the
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Conservationists, Yukon First Nation say decision on Whitehorse dam could help salmon
By Julien Greene Some Yukoners say there’s a lot the territorial and federal governments have done right with a recent
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Whitehorse dam relicensing gets the OK, but with new terms and conditions
Federal and territorial gov’t say new terms aim to better mitigate impacts on chinook salmon, First Nations The Yukon and
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Children, families harmed by on-reserve child welfare system can apply for compensation
By Brett Forester Claims process in $23.4B First Nations child and family services settlement opens Monday First Nations people harmed
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Changes to Inuit child funding program putting families at risk: health-care workers
Health-care workers in Nunavut say changes to a federal funding program for Inuit children are forcing some pregnant women to
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Recovery plan for Southern Lakes caribou hailed a ‘success story’ 31 years later
By Tori Fitzpatrick First Nations working on new plan now to guide relationship with herds About 30 years ago, Danny
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Concordia University to waive tuition for Indigenous students in Quebec
By Vanna Blacksmith First Nations and Inuit students’ tuition will be waived starting this fall Concordia University is waiving tuition
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Community committees allow Yukon First Nations to have more say over schools
Local First Nation governments appoint members to the committees The First Nation School Board (FNSB) in Yukon is making a way
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Remote flight school for First Nations to open in Faro, Yukon
By Tessa Vikander Organizers say their goal is to offer the program in several communities A new flight school for
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Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in medical student dreams of offering ‘culturally safe care’
By Asad Chishti Special internships at Whitehorse and Dawson hospitals gave Jamie Thomas a boost The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation has
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