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Indigenous educators in Saskatchewan look to boost graduation rates

Indigenous educators in Saskatchewan look to boost graduation rates

Jason Young measures the success of his students from one year to the next, celebrating wins both big and small.
Losing hope of finding kids in plane crash, Indigenous searchers turned to a ritual: Ayahuasca

Losing hope of finding kids in plane crash, Indigenous searchers turned to a ritual: Ayahuasca

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The weary Indigenous men gathered at their base camp, nestled among towering trees and dense vegetation that form a disorienting sea of green.
Germany hands over 2 Indigenous masks to Colombia as it reappraises the past

Germany hands over 2 Indigenous masks to Colombia as it reappraises the past

BERLIN (AP) — Germany handed over to Colombia on Friday two masks made by the Indigenous Kogi people that had been in a Berlin museum's collection for more than a century, another step in the country's restitution of cultural artifacts as European na
James MacDonald decides to drive Redwood Hanover in North America Cup

James MacDonald decides to drive Redwood Hanover in North America Cup

CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont. — James MacDonald has won plenty of races at Woodbine Mohawk Park but isn't counting on having a home-track advantage Saturday night in the $1-million Pepsi North America Cup. The Guelph, Ont.
Indigenous kept from economic opportunities from pot legalization: Senate committee

Indigenous kept from economic opportunities from pot legalization: Senate committee

A Senate committee says the current cannabis market and legislation has kept Indigenous Peoples from sharing in the economic opportunities that the legalization of recreational pot created.
Lilly Singh takes on role of quiz master in new CTV show 'Battle of the Generations'

Lilly Singh takes on role of quiz master in new CTV show 'Battle of the Generations'

Every generation thinks it knows better than the one before – and contestants will try to prove it on CTV’s new quiz show debuting Monday.
An Amazon rainforest rite of passage in threatened territory

An Amazon rainforest rite of passage in threatened territory

ALTO RIO GUAMA INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil (AP) — The Indigenous adolescents danced in a circle under the thatched-roof hut from nearly dawn to dusk while parents looked on from the perimeter.

Indigenous community wins, then loses, path to reclaim ancestral rainforest land in Peru

A landmark ruling that an Indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon could reclaim ancestral rainforests has been set aside by an appeals court in a move some legal experts called irregular.
MacDonald has to decide between two horses for $1-million North America Cup

MacDonald has to decide between two horses for $1-million North America Cup

CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont. — James MacDonald has a difficult decision to make. The resident of Guelph, Ont., is listed to drive both Redwood Hanover and Moment is Here in the $1-million Pepsi North America Cup on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Manitoba First Nation proposes class action against Ottawa for housing conditions

Manitoba First Nation proposes class action against Ottawa for housing conditions

WINNIPEG — The chief of a remote First Nation in northern Manitoba is proposing a national class-action lawsuit against the federal government for failing to address the housing crisis on reserves. Chief Elvin Flett, of St.