Exploring Theme: "Targeted Indigenous Groups"

By Creeson Agecoutay Larissa Bear walks for murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls APTN News: For five hot and windy days, Larissa Bear travelled on foot, leaving her home of Portage la Prairie, heading east down the Trans Canada Highway to bring more awareness to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). “I wanted...

APTN News: Members of a new patrol group, Morgan’s Warriors, says they’re hoping to use their experience and the information they’ve learned through the trial of self-confessed serial killer Jeremy Skibicki to prevent more tragedies. The group is named after Morgan Harris who is one of four known victims of Skibicki. According to Melissa Robinson,...

NationTalk: Vancouver, BC  – Unceded & Ancestral Territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations – Today the BC First Nations Justice Council (BCFNJC) is proud to release the Final Draft of the Indigenous Women’s Justice Plan at the 3rd Annual First Nations Justice Forum in Vancouver. The Justice Forum brings together a...

System also available for other First Nations looking to better prepare for emergencies CBC News: James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) released a new emergency alert system Wednesday, two weeks after the coroner’s inquest into the stabbing massacre at the Saskatchewan First Nation. In September 2022, 11 people were killed and 17 others were injured during a stabbing...

NationTalk: Halifax, Nova Scotia – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) strongly denounces all levels of government for refusing to search for the remains of murdered First Nations women in the Prairie Green landfill in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The AFN calls on the federal and provincial governments to take immediate and concrete action to locate the remains...