Traditional knowledge guiding caribou management plan in Canada’s western Arctic
People in Colville Lake, Northwest Territories, are drawing on traditional knowledge and Indigenous Dene law as they draft a caribou
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Set of Indigenous Yup’ik masks reunited in Alaska after more than a century
It’s a reunion that’s been more than a century in the making — a set of century-old Yup’ik masks have
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Ottawa announces compensation for students of Indian Day Schools, $200M legacy fund
Canada’s Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett announced today that eligible Indian Day School students will be entitled to thousands of
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Indigenous oral history gives archeologists insight into early human life
University of Alaska archeologists are employing Indigenous oral history to gain more insight into what human life was like thousands
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Norway sends song with Sami joik to Eurovision Song Contest
KEiiNO, a Norwegian-Sami group mixing pop, electronica, dance and joik, was crowned as winner of the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix
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Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory reflects on Gladue Indigenous sentencing principle
It’s been one year since the Gladue Report Writing Program was launched in Yukon, which formalized the process for creating
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Métis Nation in Northern Canada says Ottawa shortchanged them millions in land claim money
The president of the Northwest Territory Métis Nation says a lack of federal money is holding up its land claim
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Child advocates worry about funding for Canada’s ‘path-breaking’ Indigenous child welfare bill
An Indigenous child welfare bill tabled Thursday by the federal Liberal government is potentially “path-breaking,” but falls short in guaranteeing
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Inuit, First Nations, Métis welcome Canadian gov’s Indigenous child protection legislation
Canada’s Inuit, First Nations and Métis organizations say they welcome the Indigenous child protection legislation introduced by the federal government
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Not a ‘bad thing’ if Canada’s Nunavut territory sued over bilingual education, says lawyer
A Nunavut lawyer says it wouldn’t be such a “bad thing” if the government of Nunavut (Canadian eastern Arctic) was
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Northern Canada: Northwest Territories land and culture programs get $1 million
Programs that connect people in the North with their culture and the land are getting a collective $1 million boost.
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Young players play to win at hand games tournament in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The crowd roars as Jay Masuzumi flashes a grin and waves his fingers to show his empty palm. Once again,
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Caribou and drilling in ANWR: Canadian research critical of U.S. report
As Canada prepares its final submissions to the U.S. about Porcupine caribou and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, two pieces
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Stricter mining regulations and oversight needed in the Arctic, Finnish report says
A new report has called for closer and broader regulation of mining activity in the Arctic region. The authors of
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No big shake-up in Nunavut budget, territorial Inuit org says
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. feels the second budget from this government is just more of the same. Aluki Kotierk, president of
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