ICYMI: The top Indigenous political stories of 2023
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A number of story lines played out through 2023 in the Indigenous political landscape. Here are the top stories we followed at CBC Indigenous this year, in no particular order.
The Assembly of First Nations saw three different people carry the national chief title in some capacity.
RoseAnn Archibald led the organization at the start of 2023, but she was ousted in a June Zoom meeting that saw 71 per cent of chiefs in attendance vote to remove her.
Joanna Berdard was brought in as an interim replacement to carry out the remainder of Archibald's term, a decision reached as the assembly convened in Halifax in July.
At the Halifax gathering, findings from a report based on calls from a 2020 resolution showed "toxic behaviours exist at all levels of the AFN, including the secretariat, the executive, the regional offices and the national chief's office."
In December, when the assembly gathered in Ottawa for its annual winter meeting, Cindy Woodhouse was elected national chief after a marathon night of voting and a concession by runner-up David Pratt.
Canada's highest court ruled in favour of First Nations in a massive class-action settlement on child welfare in the fall.
Just over $23 billion will be distributed among participants in the suit, brought forward more than 15 years ago.
The deal resolves a human-rights complaint as well as the suit.
The AFN approved a resolution calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to make a formal and meaningful apology to survivors of the child-welfare system, and to those who died in it.
Bill C-53 is a federal legislative proposal that would recognize the governance of Métis organizations in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
The bill would ratify self-government agreements signed in February by the federal government and Métis Nations in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta, while laying out an approval process for treaties with those groups.
If the bill passes third reading in the House of Commons and a Senate vote, the treaties would come into force through an order-in-council, a legal decision made by the federal cabinet and signed by the Governor General that doesn't require legislation by Parliament.
First Nations and Métis leaders argued their cases for and against the bill in front of the House of Commons Indigenous affairs committee in Ottawa.
With flu cases now rising in Canada, medical experts are bracing for a difficult influenza season linked to the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain that could be a mismatch for this year’s vaccine.
Three First Nations men from Saskatchewan who served in the Canadian Armed Forces say National Indigenous Veterans Day on Nov. 8 is a time to reflect.
A tremendous effort is underway at NASA to send humans to Mars and return astronauts to the moon, including the flight of Canadian Jeremy Hanson on Artemis II early next year. Meanwhile, every other research program at the space agency is facing cuts.
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The first winner of a $1,500 shopping experience for single First Nations moms says learning she had been chosen came as a relief.
Keep your fingers crossed for clear skies: the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) is calling for a strong geomagnetic storm, which could produce the northern lights across much of Canada and into the U.S.
A new deal with major drugmakers, unveiled by U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, aims to expand coverage and cut prices for popular weight-loss drugs south of the border.
Some conservationists say they are concerned the prolonged drought in Nova Scotia may cause long-term harm to salmon stocks.
Over the the next five years, up to 100,000 people in Ontario will be screened for genetic conditions that increase their risk of hereditary cancers and a condition tied to high cholesterol and heart disease, says Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
Indigenous programs face more than $2 billion in budget cuts but are being spared the worst of Ottawa’s proposed government-wide spending reductions in Mark Carney’s first budget as prime minister.
A new report from Dalhousie University shows flaws in the environmental review process for mining operations in Canada, with researchers finding that data for 20 per cent of the projects they reviewed was incomplete or missing entirely from public records.
The Quebec government will be suspending two measures of Bill 2, with the hope of persuading doctors’ federations angered by the special legislation to return to the bargaining table.
Massimo Tosoni paces through his vineyards, the rows stretching like ribbons of green under a relentless sun. In the distance, the town of Tarquinia sits on a hilltop once ruled by the ancient Etruscans.