The United Nations has launched a second International Decade for People of African Descent. This new decade — which officially began January 1, 2025, and will continue until December 31, 2034 — will ...

The Minister of Indigenous Services Patty Hajdu. Submitted photo Minister of Indigenous Services Patty Hajdu issued the ...

The deal does not include a provision to raise the debt limit. After days of heated negotiations on Capitol Hill and eleventh-hour interference from President-elect Donald Trump and his ally Elon ...

The landmark legislation that gave Indigenous communities the power to enact and fund their own child-protection laws hit its fifth anniversary as Kahnawake makes its way toward having its own ...

One of his first moves to demonstrate his commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples was to appoint Jody ...

Grant Amjad Miller, who was just elected to the state House representing a portion of Salt Lake City, has filed what is being called a "Homeless Bill of Rights." "Those specific rights include the ...

A bill introduced by Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne that would have under-minded the right to protest in Belgium was withdrawn. This followed demands made by trade unions and civil society ...

Legislation to grant Metis self-governance and ancestral land rights is dead. Six Nations Elected Chief Sherri Lyn Hill told the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) at its Dec., 16th General Council ...

One of the major provisions left out of last week’s government-funding bill were new restrictions on Americans’ investments in China, with a particular focus on advanced technologies like ...

On Christmas Eve, President Joe Biden signed into law 50 bills that ranged from environmental conservation efforts and child abuse prevention measures to seemingly mundane actions meant to curb ...

Under this system, Métis individuals were offered land or money, intended to extinguish their claims and rights to traditional lands. But the process was steeped in deceit and exploitation.