Features
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Vernon’s Canada Day celebrations a ‘hurtful’ reminder of what’s lost
Members of the Syilx Nation say planned events are ‘sad’ and ‘hurtful,’ while thanking allies who are speaking up and holding space for grief.
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Storytelling through acimowina acahkosak — ‘star stories’
‘When we talk about those stars, it’s like, we go back, and we reconnect with our ancestors again,’ says Elder Leonard Cardinal.
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Indigenous people: take care, non-Indigenous people: take action, everyone in-between — do both.
A message from IndigiNews managing editor before reporting on residential “schools”
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Q&A: What do the old-growth logging deferrals mean for Fairy Creek?
A conversation with distinguished Indigenous lawyer Doug White (Kwulasultun).
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Federal government’s arguments reflect ‘same kind of mindset’ in docs about residential schools, says Cindy Blackstock
‘They have zero understanding of the trauma that they’ve inflicted on children,’ she says.
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Survivor shares stories from church-run residential school St. Eugene’s in B.C.
‘All I want to do is let the truth be known, some of the horrors that happened,’ says Jack Kruger.
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‘Monuments of oppression’ must be torn down to make room for healing, says OKIB chief
Chief Byron Louis is calling on federal, provincial governments to help community replace former day ‘schools’ with healing centres.
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Embrace culture in times of loss and grief, says Syilx mental health worker
‘We are grieving 215 deaths … I just pray we never have to do this again,’ says Kim Montgomery of ONA.
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How to talk to children about residential schools
Educators share teaching resources from the classroom to assist speaking with children In the aftermath of a tragic discovery in Kamloops
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‘Clearly this is genocide’ : Exclusive Q&A with NDP Party Leader Jagmeet Singh
‘The only way we can truly honour those little children, those lives that were lost, is to fight for justice today,’ says Jagmeet Singh in an exclusive interview with IndigiNews following the recent findings at the Kamloops Indian Residential ‘School’