Features
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My career as a journalist is helping reconnect my family — and my community too
A family once separated from the land by colonialism reconnects through the teachings and knowledge gained through my interviews.
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Perspectives on permanency in B.C. during COVID-19
What is permanency and how does it impact Indigenous children and youth in care living through the pandemic?
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Confronting their addictions to make way for healing — a love story
Danielle Saddleman and Shane Miller a couple of 20 years, share their journey to break the cycle of intergenerational trauma.
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Award-winning film ‘Rustic Oracle’ looks at impact of MMIWG crisis through a child’s eyes
Mohawk writer and director Sonia Bonspille Boileau’s latest film premieres in Kelowna and Nanaimo this week
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Community lifts up Indigenous food truck dream
Building on his successful bannock stand, OKIB member Shane Miller opens BannockSlap Burgers and Indian Tacos, to rave reviews.
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Coast Salish fashion house centres intergenerational knowledge in new collection
Ay Lelum’s latest features family, fashion and tradition.
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Changing needs of Indigenous students top of mind as kids are back to school on Vancouver Island
‘The message that we got from [the nations] is that there’s a lot of families in this community that aren’t feeling comfortable bringing their kids back to school,’ says SD61 rep
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Returning to your roots: the role of traditional plants in a healthy diet
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh ethnobotanist Leigh Joseph researches and teaches how traditional knowledge can help those living with Type 2 diabetes revisit their relationships with carbohydrates.
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Cree educator teaches students to challenge colonialism
How Clinton Kuzio is creating a safe space for his students to challenge the system.
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IndigiNews of the week: Welcoming in the fall
Your weekly roundup of news and information about what’s happening across the Nation.