Indigenous

As Justin Trudeau's tenure as prime minister ends, he will be remembered for creating a national child-care program, two academics say

As Traverse City's airport expands, officials see an opportunity to address climate change. Also, the difficulty of tracking how opioid settlement dollars are spent. We'll hear how an old asylum in Traverse City inspired a new novel. And we meet the journalist behind a newsletter that's by, for and about the Indigenous people of Michigamiing (Michigan).

On this international women's day, we are witnessing injustices on so many fronts, it's hard to keep up.

Miigwech Ink is an independent news source and a space for Indigenous Peoples of Mishigamiing (Michigan).

Christine Bishop and Terry Albert’s relationship was described as “tumultuous.” The couple didn’t share any children, but both were addicted to drugs, including fentanyl, the powerful, highly addictive synthetic opioid that is up to 100 times more powerful than morphine and the main drug implicated in the ongoing opioid drug crisis. Both of them were […]

A network of London advocates and homelessness survivors is calling on city hall to build a women and gender-diverse only homeless hub. That’s just one among more than a dozen “calls to action” announced Wednesday by All Our Sisters, developed after a forum of about 200 people held last fall in London. “Since our first […]

Ann Arbor, Michigan – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) today issued a request for proposals (RFP) for projects that would help improve Great Lakes water quality by reducing nutrient loads from agricultural watersheds and eroding shorelines and streams. Indigenous Nations, nonfederal units of government, and incorporated nonprofit organizations are invited to apply for grants for up to $300,000 through […]

Each Monday on Morning Edition, an IPR journalist brings you up to speed on what’s going on in northern Michigan, and what IPR is working on this week.

Much of the money for wildlife management at Michigan's Department of Natural Resources comes from people paying for hunting and fishing licenses. But the system might not hold up much longer. We'll also try our hand at the card game "Spitzer," a northeast Michigan classic with a dedicated band of folks trying to keep it alive. And we hear from Matthew Fletcher, whose new collection of short stories, "Stick Houses" draws on his own life experiences to dispel stereotypes about Indigenous people.

Join us for an afternoon of country music at Colborne Street United Church.

Preston Hill’s back story before he fatally stabbed a Toronto pastor included a serious brain injury, a London court heard Wednesday.

The erosion of the post-war international rules is real and alarming, but so far, enough people still remember why we made them