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Articles about First Nations Canada, ordered by date. 
Land back
For generations, Indigenous-led actions have been pushing for the return of traditional lands across the US and Canada. Riley Yesno explores how that spirit has been turned into a movement – embodied in schemes to redistribute wealth from non-Indigenous hands.
Wet’suwet’en: Gas pipeline battle
Report from Canada by Husna Rizvi
No celebration of colonization
That is the demand of many First Nations people during Canada’s year-long jamboree to mark its 150th anniversary of confederation. Sian Griffiths reports.
Mine shafted
Jess Worth on indigenous Canadians' fight against a mine.
Touch the earth
As reserves dwindle and demand balloons, resource companies are pushing into more remote regions and onto indigenous land. Jen Wilton tours seven hotspots where native people are demanding the right to decide what happens on their ancestral territory.
Taking on Tarmageddon
The international campaign to shut down the tar sands is shaping up to be an iconic battle, reports Jess Worth.
Articles in this category displayed as a table:
| Article title | From magazine | Publication date |
|---|---|---|
| Land back | Land rights | November, 2022 |
| Homecoming | Courage and terror in Myanmar | July, 2021 |
| Wet’suwet’en: Gas pipeline battle | The fight for clean air | May, 2020 |
| Indigenous lives matter | Humanitarianism under attack | April, 2018 |
| No celebration of colonization | Brazil's soft coup | October, 2017 |
| Canada’s First Nations suicide crisis | Love in the time of Ebola | June, 2016 |
| An open wound | Fundamentalism - Power, politics and persuasion | June, 2015 |
| Mine shafted | NGOs - Do they help? | December, 2014 |
| 'How did our community survive this?' | The politics of language loss | June, 2014 |
| Touch the earth | Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth | March, 2014 |
| Taking on Tarmageddon | Bloody oil - shut down the tar sands! | April, 2010 |
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