Pre-Columbian Mississippian settlement at Annis

Human rights tribunal approves $8.5B child welfare deal for Ontario First Nations
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has approved a landmark First Nations child welfare deal between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discrimination case.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/child-welfare-ontario-first-nations-9.7147549?cmp=rss

Human rights tribunal approves $8.5B child welfare deal for Ontario First Nations
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has approved a landmark First Nations child welfare deal between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discrimination case.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/child-welfare-ontario-first-nations-9.7147549?cmp=rss

Human rights tribunal approves $8.5B child welfare deal for Ontario First Nations
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has approved a landmark First Nations child welfare deal between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discrimination case.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/child-welfare-ontario-first-nations-9.7147549?cmp=rss

Vancouver City News: TMU research group working to preserve accounts of residential school survivors . “Thousands of residential school survivors, who spent years sharing their experiences as a way to find healing, closure, and accountability, are facing the prospect of losing the largest archive of their testimonies, which is set to be destroyed next year. However, the Survivors Secretariat, a […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/29/vancouver-city-news-tmu-research-group-working-to-preserve-accounts-of-residential-school-survivors/

Today, I saw a really powerful short film by Aboriginal filmmaker Vernon Ah Kee titled "Code Black/Riot". The film features firsthand accounts from Aboriginal children about their experiences in the youth prison system. They discussed how they were locked away in unlit cells for, in some cases, over a week at a time due to short staffing, and how they are subject to brutal violence by prison guards.

Here's a description from The Guardian:

"Among the biennale’s most powerful works is a collaborative project by Kurdish Iranian journalist and author Behrouz Boochani, Iranian Australian artist Hoda Afshar and Kuku Yalandji/Waanji/Yidinji/Gugu Yimithirr artist Vernon Ah Kee, focusing on the experiences of Indigenous youth in detention. At Campbelltown Arts Centre, a darkened gallery space is devoted to the four-channel video installation Code Black/Riot, featuring the testimonials of former staff members and child inmates of a facility in north Queensland."

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/ng-interactive/2026/mar/13/sydney-biennale-2026-highlights-politics-nuance-beauty

Alongside it is a short film by Kurdish filmmaker Behrouz Boochani, himself a survivor of seven years of detention at the Manus Island immigration detention centre, in which former detainees share their experiences of life in detention.

Both are currently on show for free at the Campbelltown Arts Centre as part of the Biennale.

I really strongly recommend anyone in or around Sydney come down to hear these accounts. They will change how you see the country.

(And yes, I know there's the ick factor around Campbelltown and it's far away from everywhere. Hearing these accounts is 1000% worth the trip.)

Details here: https://www.campbelltownartscentre.com.au/Whats-On/Exhibitions/25th-Biennale-of-Sydney-Rememory/25th-Biennale-of-Sydney-Rememory

#art #FirstNations #Aboriginal #Auspol #Campbelltown #auspol #nsw #Australia

DRIPA legislation will be front and centre when B.C. MLAs return to the legislature
'We want to see a clear path forward,' Scott McInnis, Conservative MLA for Columbia River-Revelstoke and the critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, told Global News.
#Perspectives #Politics #DRIPA #FirstNations
https://globalnews.ca/news/11749508/dripa-legislation-front-centre-bc-mlas-return-legislature/

DRIPA legislation will be front and centre when B.C. MLAs return to the legislature
'We want to see a clear path forward,' Scott McInnis, Conservative MLA for Columbia River-Revelstoke and the critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, told Global News.
#Perspectives #Politics #DRIPA #FirstNations
https://globalnews.ca/news/11749508/dripa-legislation-front-centre-bc-mlas-return-legislature/

DRIPA legislation will be front and centre when B.C. MLAs return to the legislature
'We want to see a clear path forward,' Scott McInnis, Conservative MLA for Columbia River-Revelstoke and the critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, told Global News.
#Perspectives #Politics #DRIPA #FirstNations
https://globalnews.ca/news/11749508/dripa-legislation-front-centre-bc-mlas-return-legislature/