Indigenous Peoples

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.

31/01/26
Author: 
Dogwood BC
Mark vs Marc [VIDEO]

Jan. 28, 2026

Trump's ghoulish Board of Peace includes billionaire Ksi Lisims LNG investor Marc Rowan. comment "Carney" to send a letter to your MP, demanding they block Canadian taxpayer subsidies to Rowan and his gang of Wall Street MAGA creeps.

Marc Rowan's firm Apollo Global Management (which he co-founded with Jeffrey Epstein's sugar daddy, Leon Black) is one of several U.S. private equity firms buying up key nodes of the Canadian economy and deepening American control of our resources.

28/01/26
Author: 
Christopher Alcantara and Philip Zuidema
In BC, a political staffer was fired for saying that flying the orange Survivors’ flag at the legislature was a disgrace. Photo via BC government.

Jan. 28, 2026

Over the last decade, Canada has positioned itself as a leader in pursuing reconciliation with its Indigenous Peoples.

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