First Nations

Canada observes first ‘Reconciliation Day’ recognizing Indigenous genocide and oppression

September 30, 2021 By C.J. Atkins

Wakerakatste Louise McDonald Herne, a condoled Bear Clan Mother for the Mohawk Nation Council, encouraged all Canadians to “know the history of this country and the corruption it was built upon.”

Oh, Canada…Home and Native land?

June 29, 2021 By Greg Kearney

Evidence piles up of genocide against Native children in Canada. People's World cartoonist Greg Kearney weighs in.

Canada genocide evidence piles up; over 600 more Indigenous children’s bodies found

June 25, 2021 By Jim Morris

“This was a crime against humanity, an assault on First Nations,” said Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous First Nations in Saskatchewan.

Statue of Egerton Ryerson, architect of Canada’s racist residential schools, toppled

June 7, 2021 By Karl Engels

By late Sunday evening, protesters returned with a saw and removed Ryerson’s head, while at the base of his former perch lay 215 pairs of children’s shoes, one for each of the bodies found in Kamloops.

Grave containing 215 Indigenous children evidence of Canadian residential school genocide

June 1, 2021 By Karl Engels

The gruesome discovery in British Columbia has sparked calls for examinations to be made of every former residential school site across Canada.