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Indigenous This week's top news and analysis about the struggles of indigenous peoples for rights and sovereignty. For more on indigenous issues visit our topic page: http://rabble.ca/indigenous
Meeting the housing needs of Aboriginal people moving to Winnipeg December 12, 2014 | By Josh Brandon Winnipeg is home to Canada's largest Aboriginal population. Aboriginal people, however, are among the most likely to experience homelessness and are over-represented in housing that is unaffordable. Cities celebrate two-year anniversary of Idle No More with round dances December 11, 2014 | By Krystalline Kraus Toronto held its... two-year anniversary of the Idle No More movement on December 10, 2014 with a round dance at the intersection of Yonge Street and Dundas Avenue. New research helps advocate for a national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women December 10, 2014 | By Megan Pearce, | By Pippa Feinstein Advocates for an inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous women and girls can now use a compendium of reports and recommendations. Will this finally spark action from the government? Whose contempt? Burnaby Mountain, Kinder Morgan and the law December 10, 2014 | By Irina Ceric It felt like a victory, and it was, but a week later the wages of victory are hard to grasp. A lawyer looks back on her work with the protesters of Burnaby Mountain. After Mount Polley disaster: Defending land and nationhood December 10, 2014 | By Scott Neigh Kanahus Manuel talks about the struggle by the Secwepemc Nation and its allies to defend the land and assert their nationhood after the massive Mount Polley tailings pond spill. Rinelle Harper calls for a National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women December 9, 2014 | By rabble staff Rinelle Harper, who was brutally attacked last month, called for a national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women at the AFN national meeting. The reassembly of First Nations December 9, 2014 | By Daniel Wilson Daniel Wilson examines the challenges facing the next National Chief of the AFN and the broader forces at play driving toward a reconstruction of the original Indigenous Nations. Gitxsan block B.C. highway in LNG protest December 9, 2014 | By Brent Patterson Gitxsan hereditary chiefs Spookw and Luutkudziiwus closed Highway 16 at New Hazelton on Dec. 6 in protest over the approval of two pipelines to be built on Gitxsan territory. GroundWire | December 8, 2014: Commemorating the École Polytechnique Massacre December 8, 2014 | By GroundWire This is a special edition to commemorate the École Polytechnique Massacre that occurred in Montréal on December 6, 1989, and more broadly, the ongoing violence against women.

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