Features
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Being houseless isn’t always a choice, says Michael Ochoa
‘Without a home it’s really difficult to heal — it’s not impossible, but it’s a lot harder,’ says Syilx man who shares his story of being houseless to working with youth.
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‘We are here to be the voices of our loved ones’
Along so-called Vancouver Island Highway, two Nations come together to hang red dresses and remember lost loved ones.
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‘You don’t call him Ogopogo, you call him by his name, nx̌ax̌aitkʷ’
Syilx knowledge keeper shares why it’s important to feed Nx̌ax̌aitkʷ, the sacred being in the water
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Indigenous law on the ground at Ye’yumnuts
Cowichan ancestral burial site gives students knowledge about protecting sacred areas.
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When the people gather — a glimpse into the MMIWG2S movement
Those who consistently stand up to honour the lives of the missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people do so in ceremony, not protest, they say.
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Snuneymuxw Knowledge Keeper supports youth to connect to xpey’ (red cedar)
Through workshops with Indigenous youth, Dave Bodaly shares ‘the importance of cedar in our culture.’
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‘The spirit of the medicine will lead us back’
How Avis ‘Nalaga’ O’Brien is guiding Elders to weave their first cedar hats
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How cannabis helped this Syilx woman walk again
Jayna Pooley was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis and put on medications, but says it was the medicinal properties of cannabis that helped her to walk again.
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‘It said Free Willy Pickton’: Threatening note empowers Secwepemc woman to start a safety group for Indigenous women
Matriarch Resistance group builds self-confidence through boxing and kickboxing.
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B.C. ‘open’ to apologizing for birth alerts, says First Nations Summit
Province won’t confirm, but says it’s ‘engaging with Indigenous leadership.’