The CBC report on iconic singer Buffy Sainte-Marie’s ancestry is having deep impact in multiple ways across Indigenous lands across Canada.

Canada’s Catholic bishops are apologizing for the church’s role in the residential school system. In an open letter, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops expressed their “profound remorse” for their participation in the system, which led to the suppression of Indigenous languages and culture.

Ceremony at Ottawa’s Senate building marks start of Mary Simon’s tenure as governor-general

At time of writing, exactly one federal party leader has publicly condemned what is now a quite astonishing church-burning epidemic in Indigenous communities in four provinces. In a tweet on Monday, Conservative leader Erin O’Toole called it “appalling,” which it surely is at a bare minimum. Such acts may or may not “undermine the important discussions” with respect to reconciliation, as O’Toole claimed; we don’t yet know who might have set these fires or why.

The continuing cycle of intergenerational trauma has devastating consequences for Indigenous girls and women.

Around this time every year, Americans come together to share a feast commemorating a myth about its first inhabitants. An indigenous tribe did eat with the Pilgrims in 1621 and sign a treaty with the colonists that had settled on their shores -- an act of survival rather one of goodwill and friendship. But the relationship would eventually break down, decimating the tribe's population and whittling away its land.

The battle over the CGL pipeline in B.C. both on social media and in the press is dividing the Wet’suwet’en Nation some members say.

A recent historical win for Ontario First Nations against the government of Canada is as significant for the legal process, which took into account Anishinaabe law, as it is for the win itself.

Brazil’s indigenous peoples face a powerful foe in the new president, says Fiona Watson of Survival International

The ramifications of appropriating Native identities for a Halloween costume, with particular emphasis on hyper-sexualizing Indigenous women. By Jordan Marie Daniel.

Rich visual parallels between [Australian] Indigenous artworks and microscopic natural structures hidden in the world around us reveal unexpected and intriguing similarities that can deepen our respect for our country and its stories. By Roger Wepf.

In an industry marred by its lack of self-awareness, one project is creating a more inclusive vision of the world. By Cecilia Keating.

Six photographers went out into remote regions around the world where indigenous communities are waging unseen battles against governments and commercial interests to remain on their ancestral land. Here's what they found.

Forget running with scissors; this competitive Quechua dance takes danger to the next level. (Don’t try this at home.)

The late Aboriginal artist Lin Onus hoped his art would create “some sort of bridge” between Indigenous and European cultures, yet it is unlikely he would have imagined his work flying across the sails of the Sydney Opera House every sunset. By Julie Power.

Since 2005, an architect in El Alto, Bolivia has erected over 60 multi-story structures painted in bright colors and packed with bold geometric forms.

Films like The Revenant challenge native stereotypes, but don't change them

Jan Helmer Olsen Karasjok

Dominic Ziegler’s thrillingly thorough geo-history follows the Amur River from its origin on the Mongolian steppes, along the Trans-Siberian Railway and through centuries of Eurasian history. By Jean Zimmerman.

The Indians who first feasted with the English colonists were far more sophisticated than you were taught in school. But that wasn't enough to save them. By Charles C. Mann. (2005)