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Two months after being arrested, this Indigenous climate leader remains imprisoned in Russia A Russian court is continuing to hold an international advocate for Indigenous peoples on terrorism charges despite international calls to release her immediately. Daria Egereva, who is Indigenous Selkup from Russia, is co-chair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change, which represents Indigenous peoples’ perspectives at United Nations gatherings. She was arrested by Russian authorities on Dec. 17, just weeks after returning from the COP30 climate conference in Belém, where she advocated for greater participation of Indigenous women in climate negotiations. Last week, the Basmanny court, a district court in Moscow, held a hearing where it decided to continue holding Egereva until at least March 15. Egereva is one of two Indigenous advocates jailed and could face up to 20 years in prison. The name of the second Indigenous advocate jailed has not yet been made public, according to one of Egereva’s attorneys. Egereva’s court hearing was also closed to the public, and court documents with details about the charges are sealed. The Basmanny District Court of Moscow did not respond to an email seeking comment. “The detention of Daria Egereva raises concerns about arbitrary detention and the application of counterterrorism legislation against those exercising their fundamental freedoms,”...

Two months after being arrested, this Indigenous climate leader remains imprisoned in Russia
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B.C. budget includes tax increases, 15K public job cuts, projected $13B deficit | CBC News The B.C. government’s 2026 budget announced a series of tax increases, capital project delays, and a reduction of 15,000 public sector jobs over three years, but major deficits are still forecasted fo...

Too many managers at PHSA who are “harassing, threatening and breaching bargaining agreements and much more.” Reported it and lost my job for being ethical and following the law. #Indigenous jobs are vital! 🪶😡🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #bcpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Conservative MP Jamil Jivani - "CDN Liberals have just gone way off the reservation” in expressing anti-American sentiment.
Chief of Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation - “I’m deeply disappointed. Disagreements of politics are normal, but words do matter esp from MP & lawyer.”

BC must recommit to Indigenous Peoples rights Joint Call: BC must recommit to meaningful implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

shorturl.at/VleCd Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights exist independent of provincial legislation. BC has the obligation to ensure that the Province’s laws, practices, and policies are aligned with these rights through frameworks, processes, and negotiation tables co-developed with Indigenous peoples.

Chief serves Carney’s Davos speech back to him highlighting hypocrisy of stated values as applied at home Aaniin Prime Minister Mark Carney, Boozhoo. Atik Dodem, Ajijak Dodem, Mgizi Kwe Ndishnikaz, Laurie Nooswin, Minoomingaming Ndoonjaba, Michi Saagiig Anishinaabe Kwe Ndaaw, Gimma Hiawatha. I am from the...

shorturl.at/fIDU7 Yr speech's values & narratives don't match realities of Sovereign & First Nations Peoples. Your PR says unified & inclusive, but denies nation-to-nation relations, treaty obligatns, ongoing systemic inequities. International representation is not domestic truth!

Petraeus, head of intelligence for KKR, which manages majority stake in Coastal GasLink pipeline, built on lands of Wet’suwet’en people.
Security firms already at work on Gitxsan territory, gathering intelligence on critics of the American-owned gas project & planning for Indigenous resistance.

“Trump’s plan for Gaza follows the tried-and-tested model of North American genocide, where survivors are confined to Indigenous reservations,” said Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu Sitta. And, of course, the White colonists rape the Lands, Waters, Air, & Relatives for their pleasure & profit!

UNDRIP and the Economy: Will the economic sky fall? Gitxaała Nation Chief Councillor Linda Innes discusses how implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) can strengthen the economy. Part 2 in a series featuring intervi...

www.wcel.org/blog/undrip-... Gitxaała employs 100s of people in Prince Rupert & is 1 of top commercial taxpayers, contributing greatly to local economy on north BC coast. Economic sky is not falling due to Declaration Act – rather, it has the potential to boost economic activity and partnerships.

Chief barred from entering QC constitution meeting with Eagle Staff Chief Sipi Flamand of Manawan Atikamekw Council barred from entering Quebec constitution meeting with Eagle Staff

www.aptnnews.ca/featured/chi... “It is unacceptable and inadmissible that the National Assembly does not recognize the decorum of Indigenous Peoples, let alone the sacred objects we bring with us when we meet with various political representatives to make our rights known,” Flamand said.

Minneapolis Community, Indigenous Leaders to Hold Memorial for Those Lost to Federal Immigration Enforcement MINNEAPOLIS — Community members, Indigenous leaders and advocacy groups plan to hold a public memorial Saturday in Powderhorn Park to honor the lives of Renee Good, Alex Pretti and others killed durin...

Community members, Indigenous leaders and advocacy groups plan to hold a public ceremony called Wokiksuye – In Remembrance & Witness Saturday in Powderhorn Park, 1 - 3, to honor the lives of Renee Good, Alex Pretti and others killed during federal immigration enforcement operations.

Pow Wow Grounds Coffee: The Heart of Minneapolis’ Native Community MINNEAPOLIS — Maya Thin Elk ordered a mango smoothie and breakfast burrito at Pow Wow Grounds Coffee before going to the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center to pick up supplies for families homeb...

shorturl.at/t5hSz Native American–owned coffee shop serves as a headquarters for community 1st responders, becaming patrol HQ the day Renee Nicole Good was killed by ICE goon Jonathan Ross. They now serve 600 gallons free coffee, 400 gals of soup & 3,000 pieces of frybread. to volunteers each week.

First Nations Host Wide Range of Energy Transition Projects From transmission lines, critical minerals, and solar projects to wind turbines, battery energy storage systems and green hydrogen, First Nations across Canada are building serious equity in the count...

shorturl.at/5WK2x From transmission lines, critical minerals, and solar projects to wind turbines, battery energy storage systems and green hydrogen, First Nations across Canada are building serious equity in the country’s energy transition.

Alderville First Nation grants legal personhood to Rice Lake Exploring an alternate solution to climate change, and a growing international movement

peterboroughcurrents.ca/environment/... The move asserts the lake’s right to exist, to flow & even to sue would-be polluters, & sets up Guardians Council to speak on its behalf. Ecological personhood is a growing international movement, led primarily by Indigenous people.

Imperial Oil should remove artificial islands at Norman Wells, chief says | CBC News A community downstream from Norman Wells, N.W.T., says it wants to see Imperial Oil destroy several artificial islands the company built decades ago for oil wells on the Mackenzie River.

shorturl.at/f8jFL Chief Grandjambe of Fort Good Hope on Mackenzie River, they have been "concerned for long time about impacts of Imperial Oil to the water. Water levels are getting lower & lower."
Also need removal of underground pipes & local water monitoring independent of Imperial’s influence.

Siksika Nation rejects Alberta separation petition, challenges Bill 14 Chief Samuel Crowfoot of Siksika Nation is among First Nation leaders opposing the Alberta separation petition. Crowfoot joined leaders from the Blackfoot Confederacy, Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, and ...

shorturl.at/RDGzl Siksika Nation, along with other First Nations, have launched legal action against the petition & Bill 14, the Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2025.
The policy amends the Citizens Initiative Act, removing the requirement for petitions to comply with the Constitution Act, 1982.

Feds to blame for slowing ‘additions to reserve’ land process: chiefs Chiefs appearing before a Parliamentary committee say the federal government is slowing the additions to reserve land process.

shorturl.at/DlSNJ “Algonquin chiefs have petitioned Crown for land for > 200 yrs. Canada has been on notice for two centuries. What has changed is not our request legitimacy but how long Canada expects us to wait. This is not about legal uncertainty. It is the result of administrative choice.”

How a ‘Powerful Vision’ on Whales and Oceans Could Change Worldviews - Inside Climate News Māori scientist Daniel Hikuroa reflects on an Indigenous-led declaration recognizing whales as legal persons, challenging the foundations of ocean governance.

insideclimatenews.org/news/0502202... The treaty, He Whakaputanga Moana, was signed in March 2024 in the Cook Islands by Māori and Polynesian leaders, including the late Māori King Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VI

AIM is back and working the streets of Minneapolis to counter ICE Members of the American Indian Movement, or AIM, are back on the streets of Minneapolis to counter ICE agents.

www.aptnnews.ca/infocus/the-... They’re patrolling the area & protecting community from ICE. For many NDNs, the fear of being racially profiled or unlawfully detained by ICE is palpable. In January, four Oglala Sioux members and one descendant of the Red Lake Nation were detained by ICE.

Northern Cheyenne Push Back Against Trump Administration’s Effort to Alter Little Bighorn History The Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council is punching back at the sanitizing of history by the Trump administration that is removing Native American signs, markers, monuments, or exhibits at the Little Big...

nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/... The Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council is punching back at the sanitizing of history by the Trump administration that is removing Native American signs, markers, monuments, or exhibits at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.

Deb Haaland Criticizes Noem for Withholding FEMA Disaster Relief from New Mexico Native Vote 2026. Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland , who is running to be the next governor of New Mexico, on Friday sharply criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for withholding mor...

nativenewsonline.net/currents/deb... Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem withheld more than $1 billion in Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster relief funds from New Mexico. Noem has also drawn criticism for aggressive Immigration & Customs Enforcement operations in New Mexico communities

After Scrutiny, Michigan Moves to Release Redacted Native Boarding School Report A week after Bridge Michigan published an article reporting that the state was withholding a $1.1 million study on Native American boarding schools, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights — which ove...

shorturl.at/lOp6c Michigan Department of Civil Rights, which oversaw the research, shelved the completed study for several months & planned not to release, after asking it be cut from 350 pages to 50! Dozens of survivors or descendants of Indian boarding schools were interviewed.

Study Finds Trump's Spending Bill Breaks Treaty Obligations; Guts Tribal Energy, Risks Native Healthcare and Food Security President Trump’s massive spending bill, signed into law last July, strips tribes of billions in clean energy spending and could have devastating effects on Native communities’ access to healthcare an...

shorturl.at/t1Nia Report from Brookings Institution says OBBBA attacks clean energy, community resilience, housing, and infrastructure, health, economic vitality & environmental safety. Tribes seek funding through court injunctions and additional sources.

Child Welfare: Government reform verses First Nations control Chiefs have pitched a child welfare reform plan that divests control from government and gives power to new First Nations led institutions.

shorturl.at/BU9Oa Chiefs from across country propose that Federal Govt be removed from having control over how on-reserve First Nations Child Welfare system is run. 10 yrs after Tribunal ruled Fed Govt discriminated vs First Nations kids in on-reserve CW system by chronically underfunding services.

First Nations leaders call on universities to ban residential school denialist demonstrations | CBC News The British Columbia Assembly of First Nations said in a statement Friday it is calling on all universities to stand with residential school survivors and prohibit denialist demonstrations to ensure c...

shorturl.at/67jky Ensure campuses remain safe for Indigenous students, says B.C. Assembly of First Nations. OneBC, an anti-Indigenous right-wing group, makes it unsafe for Indigenous students on campuses. "Any sentiment about hate speech, about denialism, should be called out" - Terry Teegee, AFN

Coastal First Nations hit back after pundits and politicians challenge its legitimacy in pipeline debate Coastal First Nations push back against claims questioning their legitimacy, accusing political critics of spreading disinformation as disagreements escalate over the proposed BC coast pipeline.

shorturl.at/ctOma Coastal First Nations leaders have restated longstanding opposition to proposed pipeline & oil tankers on North Coast after latest deal by Carney & AB Premier Smith. Running tankers full of bitumen along the NW Coast poses too great a risk of a catastrophic spill.

Dene Nation to restart work on updating its constitution | CBC News Dene Nation is working to revise its constitution, picking up on work started before the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal is to update the document so it reflects the realities Dene First Nations are curre...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... "We want to ensure priorities aligned with community and regional needs and concerns.” Various priorities within all Dene First Nations. Ɂek'wahtı̨dǝ́ (chief) Danny Gaudet of Délı̨nę Got'ınę Government said Dene Nation constitution hasn't changed meaningfully in decades.

Canada must pay attention to needs of Nunavummiut when planning Arctic security Nunavut’s premier says Canada must pay attention to the needs of Nunavummiut as it plans its strategic defence of the North.

shorturl.at/HqFGo Nunavut’s premier delivered a clear message to a conference on Arctic security Wednesday in Ottawa saying that Canada must pay attention to the needs of Nunavummiut as it plans its strategic defence of the North. No details at all in Carney's plan, so no trust gained.

Millbrook First Nation adds waterfront reserve land at Tufts Cove in Dartmouth | CBC News Chief Bob Gloade announced Friday that more than seven hectares of coastal land and water lot space at Tufts Cove in Dartmouth, N.S., has been added to the Millbrook First Nation reserve.

shorturl.at/oe5Vd Chief Bob Gloade says land will be used to develop homes, commercial buildings, space for new services. More than 108 years after the catastrophic Halifax Explosion caused widespread damage, the chief of Millbrook First Nation says his community is returning home.