Indigenous Peoples

24/05/26
Author: 
Nessie Nankivell
Open pit mine and US flag

May 22, 2026

By fast-tracking critical minerals, Canada is not simply building a green economy. It is being further integrated into the U.S. war industry

Even as Prime Minister Mark Carney touts his plans to protect Canada’s economic sovereignty, the country’s critical minerals are making their way into U.S. weapons. 

13/05/26
Author: 
Emily Enns
The former Kamloops Indian Residential School became the focus of an outpouring of grief, as well as the target of skepticism, after the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc Nation announced ground-penetrating radar had found approximately 200 possible unmarked graves in 2021. Photo for The Tyee by Emily Enns.

May 8, 2026

A network of retired academics and think tanks is chipping away at established truths.

[Editor’s note: This article contains discussion of residential school denialism and abuse at residential schools.]

One morning last November, Shay Paul opened Facebook from her home in Kamloops, B.C., and was shocked to find her online community pages transformed.

Every group she was part of — from a page for Kamloops community updates to one for local thrifters — was awash in what she called residential school denialism.

06/04/26
Author: 
Wolfgang Depner and Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference in North Vancouver, on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Apr. 2, 2026

B.C. premier says legislation to suspend parts of DRIPA will be a confidence vote

A strategy shift away from immediately redrawing the legislation failed to quell First Nations' concerns.

British Columbia Premier David Eby says he will stake his government on suspending sections of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act for up to three years, calling it the "least invasive" way of mitigating its potentially sweeping and unintended impact on the province's laws.

13/03/26
Author: 
andrea bennett
Land acknowledgements ‘reinforce the radical and dangerous legal concept that most Canadians live on “stolen land,”’ wrote MP Aaron Gunn. Photo via Facebook. Collage by The Tyee.

Mar. 12, 2026

The MP denounced land acknowledgements Tuesday. By Wednesday, the response had gone viral. A Tyee Q&A with Hegus John Hackett.

Four First Nations with territories in Aaron Gunn’s North Island–Powell River riding had a message for the Conservative MP last night: “Chillax, bud.”

14/02/26
Author: 
Tyler Olsen
British Columbia is confronting the consequences of refusing to participate in treaty-making processes a century ago, George Abbott says. Photo by StandbildCA via Shutterstock.

Feb. 13, 2026

Recent court rulings show the province can no longer ignore legal injustices, a former provincial cabinet minister says.

While court decisions may set the table, negotiations and handshakes will be needed to finally resolve century-old questions surrounding land title in British Columbia, says former B.C. cabinet minister and current treaty commissioner George Abbott.

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