Indigenous activists, leaders in Manitoba were monitored as part of historic RCMP 'Native extremism program'
Two future national First Nations leaders, a deputy premier and a city councillor are among the prominent Manitobans who appear in declassified intelligence files from years of RCMP spying on the Indigenous rights movement in the Cold War era.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rcmp-intelligence-files-indigenous-leaders-activists-9.7140524?cmp=rss

Indigenous activists in Sask. among those targeted by RCMP spying in 1970s
Reports on Indigenous organizations in Saskatchewan are among previously classified RCMP Security Service files released to CBC under the Access to Information Act. Bruce Flamont says he is not surprised. He saw officers surveilling him in the 1970s.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/rcmp-native-extremism-files-metis-nation-sask-9.7138693?cmp=rss

Assembly of First Nations renews cross-border agreement with U.S. counterpart
The Assembly of First Nations and National Congress of American Indians renewed the Declaration of Kinship and Cooperation, first signed in 1999, on Tuesday in Las Vegas. The agreement formalizes the two organizations' collaboration on issues of shared international concern among Indigenous nations on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/afn-ncai-renew-agreement-9.7140385?cmp=rss

How RCMP spies infiltrated the 1970s Indigenous rights movement
A CBC Indigenous investigation has found the Cold War-era RCMP Security Service had a widespread and intrusive surveillance operation targeting at least 30 legitimate Indigenous political organizations and hundreds of Indigenous people.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/rcmp-spies-1970s-indigenous-rights-9.7134112?cmp=rss

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Indigenous activists in Sask. among those targeted by RCMP spying in 1970s
Reports on Indigenous organizations in Saskatchewan are among previously classified RCMP Security Service files released to CBC under the Access to Information Act. Bruce Flamont says he is not surprised. He saw officers surveilling him in the 1970s.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/rcmp-native-extremism-files-metis-nation-sask-9.7138693?cmp=rss

N.W.T. delegates join Keepers of the Water to protect against risks of oilsands tailings ponds
Leaders from the Northwest Territories are in Edmonton this week to discuss the risks and alternatives to treating oilsands tailings water at gathering hosted by Mikisew Cree First Nation and Keepers of the Water. The meeting will bring together Indigenous leaders, legal experts, scientists and youth to di...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-keepers-water-conference-edmonton-9.7140891?cmp=rss

Indigenous activists, leaders in Manitoba were monitored as part of historic RCMP 'Native extremism program'
Two future national First Nations leaders, a deputy premier and a city councillor are among the prominent Manitobans who appear in declassified intelligence files from years of RCMP spying on the Indigenous rights movement in the Cold War era.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rcmp-intelligence-files-indigenous-leaders-activists-9.7140524?cmp=rss

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs targeted by RCMP spies in 1970s 'Native extremism' program
Newly released RCMP Security Service files reveal that it amassed more than 900 pages of intelligence on the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs over more than a decade. First Nations leaders say they were undeterred by RCMP surveillance and instead remained focused on fighting for their rights.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/bc-first-nations-rcmp-spying-70s-9.7136440?cmp=rss