Indigenous

APIWTXA VILLAGE, Brazil (AP) — It was just before dawn when the Ashaninka people, wearing long, tunic-like dresses, began singing traditional songs while playing drums and other instruments.

FREDERICTON — Interactions between Indigenous people and law enforcement "too frequently" end in violence or death, say the six chiefs of the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick in reaction to the recent killing of a Mi’kmaq man by a Mountie conductin

Provincial police say they've made an arrest in the death of a man whose body was found after he was reported missing four years ago. Police say 29-year-old David Oliver was reported missing by his family in Kettle and Stony Point First Nation.

FORT ERIE, Ont. — An impressive late kick earned jockey Jose Campos and Vitality the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on Tuesday.

The recent fatal shooting of an Indigenous man by a New Brunswick Mountie offers a chilling reminder of two separate incidents in 2020 when police officers in the province fatally shot Indigenous people in distress.

FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick First Nation is calling for a "thorough investigation" after an RCMP officer fatally shot an Indigenous man during a recent wellness check.

CALGARY — A deal that was billed as Canada's largest-ever Indigenous equity ownership agreement has hit a snag. TC Energy Corp.

SANDY BAY, SASK. — Residents of a Cree community in northeastern Saskatchewan have been given the all-clear to return almost a month after a fast-moving wildfire forced them from their homes.

ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION, N.B. — New Brunswick's police oversight agency says an RCMP officer fatally shot an Indigenous man who the Mounties say was carrying weapons when he approached the pair on Sunday.

WINNIPEG — Grand Chief Cathy Merrick of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs will lie in state at the provincial legislature following her sudden death.