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Indigenous Writers' Circle supports the next wave of emerging Indigenous writers

Indigenous Writers’ Circle supports next wave of emerging Indigenous writers

We need more people writing and sharing their stories from their own particular nation but also we need our communities to see ourselves represented accurately,’ says program mentor Chelsea Vowel

Okanagan

Okanagan Chief asks public to be mindful as community recovers from wildfire

Respect stressed wildlife, backcountry and people as they clean up, repair and replace lost homes and businesses, urges Chief Byron Louis.

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Canada is in ‘a time of reckoning’ says this Indigenous father

While many people are waking up to the truth of what Indigenous Peoples experienced in former residential “schools,” Steven Sxwithultxw says we need more action from the government on meaningful reconciliation and justice.

Okanagan

Okanagan Indian Band’s Cultural Immersion School to reopen Sept. 22

Due to wildfire, planned renovations were postponed and the grounds need a clean-up, says school official.

Okanagan

Feasting after the fire — Okanagan couple welcomes evacuees home with tacos and ribs

“This is just a way of giving back. Some people haven’t had a home-cooked meal in over a month,” says Joan Alexis of Okanagan Indian Band.

Okanagan

Swapping hockey sticks for hoses — A wildfire history lesson

‘I never seen any quit from our people,’ says Dan Wilson, former firefighter and current councillor with the Okanagan Indian Band.

Indigenous youth Ally Reber, Sherwan Strong and Kaleb Gambler are producing the In Friendship podcast through Wachiay Friendship Centre

Vancouver Island

Indigenous youth launch podcast tackling COVID myths and exploring current events

In Friendship is produced by Ally Reeder, Sherwin Strong and Kaleb Gambler out of the Wachiay Friendship Centre.

New class action filed in B.C.’s Supreme Court alleges birth alerts are ‘a product of the state’s colonialist and paternalistic attitude.’

Vancouver Island

Breaking: New class action alleges birth alerts are ‘a product of the state’s colonialist and paternalistic attitude’

Filed in B.C.’s Supreme Court, the proposed action marks the first step in a ‘national litigation effort’ representing parents subjected to birth alerts across Canada.

Skaha Creek wildfire in syilx territory on Penticton Indian Band land

Okanagan

New wildfire in syilx territory on Penticton Indian Band land

The fire started Saturday and is listed as out of control. No evacuation orders yet.

As B.C. wildfires rage, traditional burns help protect the land, sustain Indigenous cultural practices and unite worldviews, say experts.

Okanagan

B.C. wildfires a ‘wake-up call’ to return to Indigenous-led fire management

‘If you plan, as our people have done — where to burn, when to burn and what to burn — fire actually replenishes the land.’

Vancouver Island

‘The child-welfare system is residential schools part two,’ says lawyer

How Black and Métis lawyer Roslyn Chambers is holding colonial courts to account

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Nuxalk Nation stands together to uphold the laws of the land and waters

‘We’re saying no to mining, but it’s a spark in the community to talk about these bigger issues, to bring people together and reimagine a future where we’re actually healthy, and safe, living within our ecosystem in a good way,’ says Nuskmata