Edmonton Police Officer receives no jail time for assaulting Indigenous man
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Const. Michael Partington, an Edmonton Police Officer who was found guilty of assaulting an Indigenous man…
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Ontario academic looks at history of forced sterilization of Indigenous women
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – An academic at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont., has been researching the forced sterilization of…
Kristopher Buffalo takes his family legacy in Canadian Rodeo to new heights
by Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Kristopher Buffalo, a professional bullfighter raised in a Cree rodeo family, has reached new heights in…
Papal apology will wait until his Turtle Island visit next year: AFN delegate
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegates who will be travelling to the Vatican next week and…
Ashley Callingbull signs prestigious contract with Next Models
by Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Ashley Callingbull has been snapped up by a top modelling agency. The fashion industry traditionally lacks…
AFN announces names of the delegates who will travel to the Vatican
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On November 25, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) released the names and titles of the…
Catastrophic flooding in BC will have long term detrimental impacts
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Over the past week, a major storm in B.C. has caused catastrophic flooding and mudslides within…
RCMP clashes with Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Last Friday, the RCMP forcibly entered an Indigenous resistance camp in B.C. that opposed the construction…
Online resource allows users to view Blackfoot items held in British museums
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A group of Blackfoot researchers have put together a website where people can view Blackfoot artifacts…
Family of Blackfoot man who died in jail last year still don’t know how he died
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The family of a Blackfoot man who died in a Calgary jail still doesn’t know his…