Niigaan Sinclair

For anyone who missed it, breakdancing — the dance originated by Black and Latino youth in 1970s New York — made its Olympics debut this year. Breaking is clearly a sport. It just isn’t a sport invented in Greece, centuries ago, with a long history of fair-skinned champions from Europe.

Charles Adler has requested a meeting with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs after it called for his Senate appointment to be rescinded over comments he

In Indigenous communities, one of the primary ways an ogimaa — a chief or leader of the people — is evaluated is by asking the question: who eats last? A strong, effective leader ensures the less stro...

Premier Wab Kinew

Justin Trudeau is the most progressive prime minister for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis in Canadian history. However, the bar to achieve this title is very low. This is not to debate the merits of h...

For Canadians, wearing orange is an invitation by Indigenous peoples to share in the work of reconciliation for every day, for the rest of our lives.

There’s a popular saying that says “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” It means if a different result is desired, the processes that cre...

It was inevitable the proposed $47.8-billion deal — struck by the federal government, the Chiefs of Ontario, Nishnawbe Aski Nation and the Assembly of First Nations — to rectify the underfunding of on...

No matter how distant and deep a spirit travels, the ishkode, or sacred fire, marks a place for a spirit to rest, prepare and hear instructions for the next step of its journey.

In one of his first executive orders, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing the secretary of the interior to “submit a plan within 90 days” that explores legal pathways for the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina to receive “full federal recognition.”