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Federal Watchdog Finds Systemic Failures in Ottawa’s Indigenous Procurement Program

Flawed oversight calls into question Ottawa’s claimed 5% Indigenous contracting results.

Ottawa Unveils $738.9 Million Plan as Chiefs Press Over Deadly Fire Gaps

Canada Tells First Nations Travelers To Carry Passports for U.S. Border Crossings

Ottawa Details Nearly $230 Million for Inuit Priorities, Including $50 Million for First Inuit-Led University

Brazil Extends National Force Deployment to Pirititi Indigenous Land for 90 Days

Tens of Thousands Rally Across Australia to Protest Australia Day

Tripura Rolls Out New Tourism Projects as Saha Cites Gains and Alliance Strains Intensify

Power Restoration Underway in Pimicikamak After Manitoba Hydro Repairs River Span

AIC Reports Record Indigenous Deaths in Custody in Australia for 2024–25

NSW Records Most Indigenous Deaths in Custody in a Year as State Coroner Issues Rare Public Letter

PC Majority Advances N.S. Bill to Penalize Crown-Land Road Blockades

Class Action Alleges Discrimination Against First Nations People in Remote Work-for-the-Dole Scheme

Fourth National Award for Indigenous Women’s Rights Opens, Honoring Martha Sánchez Néstor

First Nations Reject B.C.’s One-Month Joffre Lakes Closure as Too Short

Canada Begins Issuing First Compensation Payments Under $23.4-Billion First Nations Settlement

Colombia’s Coca Expansion Fuels Rise in Child Recruitment by Armed Factions

Michoacán Highways Blocked by Indigenous Council on Zapata Anniversary

Mexico Begins Direct Payments to Indigenous Communities Under New FAISPIAM Fund

Sue-Anne Hunter Appointed Australia’s First Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children

Mexico Begins Nationwide Distribution of FAISPIAM Funds to 20,000 Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Communities