Indigenous

This month, several Anishinabek nations are voting on what could be one of the largest self-governance agreements in Canada. So what does that mean?

Two years ago, Joey Knapaysweet and Agnes Sutherland died in police custody, and the city was forced to reckon with its “pervasive” anti-Indigenous racism. TVO.org looks at what has changed — and what hasn’t.

Lah tehotí:ien ne kanakerahserá:kon ne Kanien’kéha iakotirihonnién:ni — tho ki’ nón:we niwentorá:tie ahonnóhetste ne raotiwén:na.

The community is short on Kanyen’kéha instructors — and that’s making it harder to pass the language down to the next generation.

Devon MacKinnon Ottertail ogii-ozhitoon jiibegamigiwaakaa’igaans wemitigoozhi inaakonigewin gii-kagwe-wanishkwechigemagad.  

After the family of Devon MacKinnon Ottertail placed a spirit house on her grave, the city objected, saying it violated a bylaw — now this part of a sacred Anishinaabe burial practice could lead to legislative change.

In Ontario, more than 80 per cent of Indigenous people live off-reserve, but public-health data about them is almost non-existent. A new research initiative aims to change that.  

OPINION: Indigenous songs communicate knowledge, teachings, and wisdom. Recognizing their importance is both a moral and practical imperative.  

TVO.org speaks with Cheekbone Beauty founder Jenn Harper about its Warrior Women makeup collection — and working to “make a difference in the lives of Indigenous youth”  

A reading group in Ottawa is partway through its material — the 1,200 page MMIWG report.  

A year after Brian Ludwigsen was hired as a community-liaison officer by an Ontario mining company, he was fired — and he believes it was because he smudged in the workplace.

Thunder Bay teenagers code new keyboards you can download at home — and teach other students in the process.

Tha changii shukw ktahwalohkeewihna wiichumeewihna huluniixsuw.

Here’s how a small but determined group of volunteers is working to help keep Lunaapeew alive. 

OPINION: I’ve started to learn my own language — but my experience may not reflect what Canadians want from narratives of Indigenous resilience.

Tewakatáhsawen akateweiénste ne akewén:na — Néktsi tsi niwatierenhá:tie iah tóka’ tha’takahswáthe’te nahò:ten ne Canadians tehonatenhontsó:ni ahotitó:kenhse ne Onkwehón:we aonsahontkwatáko tsi nihotiia’tawénhseron