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PHOENIX -- The sight can be jarring: As a runner's graceful stride brings her closer, her face comes into focus. A rich, red handprint covers her mouth. We will not [...]

Many times, when the world, non-believers in Jesus, talk about the issue of power, they refer to using your inner power to obtain success. The world says you just need [...]

CALGARY, Alb.--Traumas experienced by Indigenous Peoples due to residential schools and colonization can be passed down through generations, even among those now living in a 'non-trauma environment,' says Metis/Cree traditional [...]

TUCSON--'Getting lost is the best part of trail running,' Marlinda Bedonie said with a chuckle as we shielded our eyes from the morning sun, searching for our cars. We spoke [...]

Sport: Women's Hammer throw 2014- 2015 Ail-American in Track and Field The 2020 Tokyo Olympics--celebrated in 2021 because of concerns for further spread of the COVID-19 Virus and Delta variant--can [...]

One of the things we have accepted today in our world is that we live in a pluralistic society. This is more noticeable in the larger cities where you see [...]

CHEROKEE NATION -- Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker is sending out a message that might be a wise reminder for all Native Americans. 'Native people have been historically [...]

Winnipeg -- In April, Indian Life newspaper received the Award of Merit in the Evangelical Press Association's annual Awards of Excellence contest. The contest had more than 1200 entries overall, [...]

BURBANK, Calif. -- As media offerings in Indigenous languages increase, The Walt Disney Company has joined the team. Those who have the Disney+ streaming service can now see 'Finding Nemo' [...]

MEN ARE UNDER INCREASING ATTACK. They are being called losers, weak, unable to make commitments or take responsibility. Yet North America's Native Peoples have a long tradition of men who [...]

ALBERTA -- New measures are in place to provide assistance to First Nations, Inuit and Metis businesses that have been hit by the pandemic. The Indigenous Community Business Fund (ICBF) [...]

Many of my fellow Indigenous People, Native North American People, and other people groups that have been victims of oppression and injustice have struggles with the issue of trust. Our [...]

WATERLOO, Ont. -- The University of Waterloo has announced a new fellowship designed to support the university's The Indigenous and Black Engineering Technology (IBET) program. The Indigenous and Black Engineering [...]

SASKATOON -- With the new year, the University of Saskatchewan (USask) has begun a six-week pilot for a unique Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence program at the university library. The storyteller will be [...]

LONGMONT, Colo.--In October, the First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) announced a project to help tribal governments and entities establish and strengthen their forest programs for the benefit of their [...]

Mary DesRosier states that she sees the face of God in her family, friends and neighbors she chooses to serve through Indian Health Services (IHS) on the Blackfeet Reservation, in [...]

Many times I have heard nonIndigenous people say that they wish Indigenous people would 'just get over it.' Just get over all this talk about residential schools and financial payments [...]

ST. JOHN'S, NL -- Memorial University has brought in a new policy--which school officials believe is the first of its kind in Canada--requiring any research involving Indigenous people to get [...]

LAC LA BICHE, Alb.--The Resource One Aboriginal Business Association (ROABA) recently hosted a local fundraiser and supplies drive for evacuees of the Fort McMurray flooding last Saturday in Lac La [...]

DURHAM, N.C. -- Like many indigenous people in Canada, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's family was disconnected from the practices of their ancestors. But as a young adult, Simpson, who is Michi [...]

OTTAWA -- The Government of Alberta recently purchased copies of the Canadian Geographies Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada to be distributed in every: junior high school and high school in [...]

WASHINGTON -- Nataanii Means spent part of his childhood on the Navajo Nation with little electricity or running water, while energy companies mined coal and uranium nearby. He said those [...]

New York -- The United Nations General Assembly has named 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages. The UN typically chooses a different topic each year to raise awareness [...]

* Featured in Presbyterian Historical Society's Living History Series * 'So many of our people were told they couldn't be Christian and Indian; they had to choose,' Fern Cloud discloses. [...]

ITHACA, N.Y. -- For the first time in Cornell University's 154-year history, students have been able to take a class to learn the language of the Cayuga Nation, whose traditional [...]

COMOX, B.C. -- The Comox Valley Airport has recently installed above its departures lounge a replica of a First World War Nieuport biplane donated by the late Captain David Freeman, [...]

As Indigenous people across North America, we are known for being a people group that wait. Historically, Indigenous people have waited and relied on the different seasons. We have waited [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Donald Trump authorized creation of an eight-member panel of federal officials Tuesday to coordinate the federal response to the problem of murdered and missing indigenous women. [...]

OTTAWA, Ontario -- Canada's Arctic and Northern Policy Framework was launched in September. The Framework sets out a long-term, strategic vision that will guide the Government of Canada's activities and [...]

WASHINGTON -- Consumer advocates said recently that Wells Fargo's $6.5 million settlement of a Navajo Nation lawsuit that charged the bank with preying on tribal members is a 'tremendous victory' [...]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Frist Art Museum presents Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists, the first major museum exhibition exclusively devoted to Native women artists from all over the [...]

WINNIPEG, Man. -- A group of 34 Indigenous youth left in mid-August for a four-month service trip in Peru that includes a cultural exchange with local Indigenous communities. The youth, [...]

VANCOUVER, B.C.-The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls congratulates more than 100 organizations that successfully applied for funding to host community gatherings and events. These will [...]

WASHINGTON, DC--A landmark decision from the U.S. Supreme Court threatens the long-running case against the Washington NFL team's racist mascot. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A group of young Native activists, [...]

WINNEPEG, Man. -- The University of Winnipeg has launched a flexible, innovative, national education program that supports organizations seeking to understand and respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls [...]

Denver, Colo. -- Kelly Holmes was 20 years old and unable to get regular jobs as a fashion model, she felt, because of her Native American heritage. She was told [...]

Winnipeg, Man. -- Timothy Lawrence Coughlan is no stranger to adventure. As UWinnipeg's Aboriginal recruiter, Coughlan, who is an Anishinaabe from Bloodvein First Nation, has clocked thousands of kilometres, travelling [...]

BRENTWOOD BAY, B.C. -- In celebration of the United Nations 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, the First Peoples' Cultural Foundation (FPCF) and the First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC), in [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Thirty empty red dresses hang near the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., within view of the National Mall and U.S. Capitol. For the [...]

In Woman Walks Ahead, Jessica Chastain plays a liberal white woman who comes to the Standing Rock reservation because she is fascinated with Indians, is looking for meaning and significance [...]

WASHINGTON -- The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is applauding a decision by Little League[R] International (the governing body of all global Little League-affiliated leagues and teams) to institute [...]

CALGARY, Alberta -- Imagine having a teepee room in your school with elder volunteers taking turns being available for students. This is a reality, thanks to the HEADSTRONG program. Across [...]

OPASKWAYAK CREE NATION -- In an historic move, two women were recently held accountable for racist remarks on Facebook. It began last July when Destine Spiller posted on Facebook a [...]

As I start this column I am on day number 12 of 16 of a mission trip to Fort Simpson and Hay River and Fort Resolution in the North West [...]

TORONTO, Ont.--A large delegation from Metis Nation of Ontario (MNO) participated in an Indigenous languages engagement session in Toronto this summer. The information gathered during the session will inform the [...]

WINNIPEG--Starting in August, 174 billboards across Canada took on a new look, highlighting the work of 50 Indigenous women. The Resilience project runs from coast to coast. Images by 50 [...]