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Author: Athena Bonneau, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
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How snk̓lip brought salmon to snpinktn
The shortened captikʷl on the syilx Place Name qʷc̓iʔs snk̓lip (coyote’s winter home)
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Athena Bonneau syilx and Northern Cree storyteller shares her intentions for 2022
“I still have a lot to learn,” says Athena Bonneau
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syilx artist David Wilson Sookinakin has three paintings featured in a new exhibition
Local Indigenous artwork from UBC Okanagan’s public art collection is now featured in the Ramble On exhibit at Vernon Public Art Gallery until March 9
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Cree author’s poetry book meant to empower Indigenous kids
The Way Creator Sees You by Shayla Raine is intended to help children embrace their Indigenous heritage and features
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Systemic racism in policing across unceded territories in B.C. demands reform says Human Rights Commissioner
New report shows Indigenous Peoples are ‘grossly overrepresented’ in arrests and chargeable incidents.
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Penticton Indian Band is using syilx traditional methods to reduce wildfire risk
Prescribed burns to happen in syilx territory around Penticton now through February, says band’s director of natural resources.
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Drag bingo fundraisers raises money for local residential ‘school’ survivors
More than $8000 raised for syilx survivors.
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Penticton Indian Band member honoured through Remembrance Day Sentry program
swʔw̓ikist (Cpl. Justin George) is an Eagle Staff carrier with a duty to support fellow Indigenous Peoples in the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Métis woman says learning to be an electrician is ‘amazing’
‘With electrical, I’m always thinking, I’m always on my feet, always moving,’ says Okanagan College student Alanah Coss.
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Rez culture isn’t our culture, says Chief Clarence Louie (y̓ilmixʷm ki law na)
The Osoyoos Indian Band chief says his first book — Rez Rules — is blunt. ‘I tell the truth.’