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Author: Abby Francis, Local Journalism Reporter
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Tla’amin set to reclaim forest stewardship with $80M logging licence deal: ‘A generational opportunity’
Nation to buy the forestry tenure for more than 1,540 square kilometres of its territories in the qathet (Powell River) area from Western Forest Products
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Food security, community memories are key ingredients of new Tla’amin cookbook
Upcoming collection of beloved recipes and harvesting tips hopes to ‘capture the way that folks are enjoying traditional foods’
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Tla’amin choreographer brings ‘Wild Man of the Woods’ ballet home to the West Coast
Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe is debuting his piece around ‘B.C.’ — but his sold-out show in his home territories feels particularly special
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‘Witnessing our ancestors’ wildest dreams’: Tla’amin children immerse themselves in ʔayʔaǰuθəm
At the nation, a preschool to Grade One classroom is taught only in ʔayʔaǰuθəm— allowing young children to connect to their ancestral language
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St. Augustine’s survivor hopes for closure after evidence of 81 unmarked graves released
50 years after the residential ‘school’ closed, shíshálh Nation announces evidence of many burial sites. A Tla’amin Elder wonders how many more children died
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New housing project at tiskʷat represents homecoming for Tla’amin Nation
‘Our ancestors used to build their houses right along the same river,’ says public works director. ‘It’s very special for us to go back home to the same spot’
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‘Truly amazing and really emotional’: Historic mortuary poles returned to Tla’amin Nation after decades-long search
The nation celebrated the repatriation during the opening of a new cultural centre, part of a wider reclamation for the community
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Tla’amin Nation set to reclaim village of tiskʷat 151 years after it was taken: ‘It’s like a long lost relative’
The community’s long fight for the site’s return stems back to when the land was illegally sold by ‘British Columbia’ in 1873
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‘An abomination’: Journalism, human rights groups call for police to drop charges against Indigenous reporter
Organizations stand by Brandi Morin, who was arrested on Jan. 10 after EPS says she ‘refused to comply’ with requests to move