A custody battle raises the stakes for Indigenous identity claims By Amy Romer ● News ● March 16, 2023 March 16, 2023 How a controversial Métis connection muddied the waters during a Gitxsan family’s fight to keep ‘Mia,’ 8, in community
Nuxalk pole, taken 100 years ago, is repatriated from museum in ‘new beginning’ By Emilee Gilpin ● Features ● February 26, 2023 February 27, 2023 The carving — which was removed after a smallpox epidemic in the early 1900s — was brought home by the nation this month
‘They were just children’: c̓išaaʔatḥ confirms potential graves at former Alberni residential ‘school’ By Cara McKenna & Julie Chadwick ● News ● February 22, 2023 February 23, 2023 Researchers identified 17 suspected burial sites and say at least 67 more children never made it home from the ‘brutal’ institution
‘Multigenerational trauma’: Cree woman challenging Canada’s off-reserve child welfare practices By Anna McKenzie, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter ● Features ● February 16, 2023 February 16, 2023 A survivor of the Millennium Scoop, Cheyenne Stonechild is now taking on the federal government in a certified class-action lawsuit
We’re featuring Indigenous water stories By IndigiNews Staff ● First Person ● February 13, 2023 February 14, 2023 IndigiNews is launching a series of stories around protecting oceans, lakes, rivers and more
kɬúsx̌nítkʷ, the original and accurate name for ‘Okanagan Lake’ By Kelsie Kilawna, Local Journalism Initiative reporter ● Features ● February 1, 2023 February 2, 2023 skawilx (Sarah) Alexis shares what it means and how all those living on syilx homelands are called to care for it