Indigenous News

WIKWEMIKONG, Ont. — Police say two people have been charged in the death of an infant in a First Nation on Manitoulin Island. Ontario Provincial Police say an infant in Wikwemikong First Nation was taken to hospital on May 8.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it wants to put an end to illegal dumping in the Mohawk community of Kanesatake northwest of Montreal, following months of media coverage and calls from local leaders for authorities to take action.

OXFORD HOUSE, Man. — Nearly 3,800 people from First Nations in Saskatchewan and Manitoba remain out of their homes due to nearby wildfires.

THE KEY FIRST NATION, SASK. — A girl is dead and a man is facing drunk-driving charges after a crash on a Saskatchewan First Nation involving four pedestrians, including three children.

TANGAMANDAPIO, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police forces are coming under increasingly deadly fire from drug cartels, authorities said Monday.

WINNIPEG — The Crown has stayed proceedings against Manitoba Métis Federation president David Chartrand, who was given a ticket alleging he was fishing without a licence.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is facing more controversy over Indigenous harvesting rights, as a northern First Nation has filed for a court injunction against moose-hunting licences in its area.

TANGAMANDAPIO, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police forces are coming under increasingly deadly fire from drug cartels, authorities said Monday.

FREDERICTON — A team of firefighters from three First Nations in New Brunswick is helping Alberta battle wildfires.

HALIFAX — A commercial lobster fishing group in southwestern Nova Scotia is seeking a court to have a lobster fishery run by a First Nations community declared illegal.