Provincial Indigenous Women’s Reconciliation Council Meets in Stephenville

First Light will release a legal guide detailing the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Newfoundland and Labrador who are or have been incarcerated in provincial adult correctional facilities. The guide accompanies First Light’s March 2026 report on Indigenous adult incarceration, and a press conference is scheduled for 2 p.m. at First Light Headquarters in…

Memorial University archaeologists urged the Newfoundland and Labrador government to support the Innu Nation, criticizing the province for “undermining public trust” and harming Innu communities amid a dispute over the 300-year timeline theory of Innu arrival. The article notes the Innu Nation canceled the Innu Pakassiun exhibit, discussions with the…

The Newfoundland and Labrador government, through provincial minister Lela Evans, says she and her team previously met with the Innu Nation to find a solution that respects all points of view and hopes the exhibit can still go ahead. Evans apologized for the impact of the dispute but did not elaborate on which points of view needed accommodation.

The Newfoundland and Labrador government, through its provincial arts and Indigenous relations office, asked that the Innu Pakassiun exhibit not include an Innu timeline or links between stone tools and the Innu, signaling opposition to a timeline that supports the Innu being in Labrador for about 300 years. The government said it hoped to find a…

The Newfoundland and Labrador government told the Innu they could not use the Labrador Interpretation Centre building for the Innu Pakassiun exhibit unless content reflecting the government’s official view of Innu history in Labrador was removed. The government’s position asserts that the Innu did not exist in Labrador prior to about 300 years ago, a…

The Provincial Indigenous Women’s Reconciliation Council met in Stephenville on June 9–10 to discuss priorities affecting Indigenous women, families, and communities in Newfoundland and Labrador, including housing, violence prevention, and education. Minister Joedy Wall highlighted over $1 million in housing-related contracts awarded in Nunatsiavut and…