The Canadian Broadcasting Company reported on Dec. 21 on the ongoing work of the new movement called Idle No More. The CBC called it a movement that is Idle No More.  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/12/20/f-vp-rice-idle-no-more.html The CBC claims that thousands of people have rallied in small communities and big cities, and put on impromptu round dances at shopping centers. [...]

According to an article in Indian Country Today, the Idle No More movement has burst onto the political scene since beginning on December 10. The article states that a "second wave of Idle No More protests swept across Canada on Friday December 21, with support events held across the U.S. and as far away as Europe [...]

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/02/free-to-be-intolerant-christian-crees-tear-down-sweat-lodge/   In a bizarre display of intolerance, after a sweat lodge was constructed in their community, Christian members of the James Bay Cree community circulated a petition that was signed by about 130 people demanding that the lodge be torn down.   The petition also stated: “We further request that no native spirituality be allowed in our [...]

Beginning in Canada, protest rallies and flashmobs have occured in December to protest what is described as Canada's attempt to infringe on the sovereign and other rights of First Nations peoples.   Idle No More calls on all people to join in a revolution to honor and fulfill Indigenous sovereignty and to protect land and water.  The Idle No [...]

A Dec. 1, 2012 article in Indian Country Today, reports that a consortium of American Indian tribal directors of Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) programs on Sioux reservations in South Dakota have accused the state of violating the provisions of ICWA.  The consortium is filing a report to that effect with Congress.   The report examined and found plausible various allegations [...]

The Cayuga Museum of History and Art, in Auburn, NY, returned 21 objects of spiritual significance to the Onondaga Nation.  The objects are 19 masks and 2 wampum articles associated with burials.   According to the Nation's press release:  "The 1990 Federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) mandates that federally funded museums return Native [...]