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Gitxaała celebrates historic return of totem pole as ‘the first of many to come’
The pts’aan’ was taken 126 years ago, but has now been returned to the people in ‘spiritually-charged’ reclaiming event
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Gitxaała challenges ‘B.C.’ mineral claims process: ‘We owe it to our children’
The Ehattesaht First Nation filed a similar judicial review which will heard by the court at the same time
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Nuxalk pole, taken 100 years ago, is repatriated from museum in ‘new beginning’
The carving — which was removed after a smallpox epidemic in the early 1900s — was brought home by the nation this month
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Indigenous women’s basketball team hustling to realize a dream
All My Relations (AMR) Indigenous women’s basketball team has launched a new fundraising campaign to help send them to compete in the much anticipated annual All Native Basketball Tournament (ANBT) on Ts’msyen territory in Prince Rupert this April.
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Haida Nation is ‘Giving Back Names’
Twelve Haida place names across Haida Gwaii are being restored from their brief colonial reference as a part of an ongoing project that has “no end goal.”
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‘I stand with the Wet’suwet’en and all the Indigenous land and water protectors’
Longtime Indigenous rights activist Ellen Gabriel’s message to Wet’suwet’en land and water defenders.
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Hard, beautiful, inspiring: Reflections on a year with IndigiNews
Emilee Gilpin shifts from role as managing editor into advisor, facilitator and contributor, encouraging others to fill the space and breathe new life into IndigiNews.
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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,” Steve Sxwithultxw says we need more action from the government on meaningful reconciliation and justice.
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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
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Haida woman runs in Canadian federal election during ‘pivotal time’
“I know who I am, I know where I come from, and I know exactly what I’m getting myself into,” says Adeana Young, newly appointed candidate for the Green Party of Canada.