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Winding down the reconciliation beat at The Discourse is an act of reconciliation

Newsletter: Could opening up Assembly of First Nations elections to all Indigenous people make it more relevant?

I wanted to ask re-elected national chief Perry Bellegarde about the AFN’s plans for urban Indigenous initiatives, but he didn’t return my calls.

Newsletter: How much does reconciliation really mean if it can be cut with the stroke of a new government’s pen?

Ontario reconciliation commitment shaky after Conservative curriculum cut

Newsletter: I’ve wrapped up my First Nations housing investigation, but questions remain

Opinion: Houses from colonial past haunt modern-day treaty First Nation’s present

First Nations elders live in ‘third-world’ conditions as federally financed homes decay

The head of Ucluelet First Nation in B.C. says the federal government should fix the houses it left to rot, but Ottawa says it’s not responsible for their upkeep.

Opinion: Photographer heartbroken by First Nation’s decaying homes

Darran Chaisson was so unsettled by what he saw on assignment in Ucluelet that he sent The Discourse his first-hand view to share with our readers.

First Nations Housing: Too little money for too much need in B.C.

New BC government funding will likely fall short

Newsletter: How difficult will reconciliation be between First Nations themselves?

How a logging dispute between neighbouring First Nations in northern B.C. offers a glimpse of painful reckonings to come