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Decolonizing media: Eden Fineday in conversation with Kelsie Kilawna

By IndigiNews Staff ● First Person ● April 6, 2022

During a public event from VPL, IndigiNews Aunties spoke about the power of storytelling and the future of Indigenous-led media

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What youth should know when being called to the frontlines

By Kelsie Kilawna, Local Journalism Initiative reporter ● Okanagan ● March 15, 2022

In an act of love for the youth, Miranda Dick, Secwépemc Hereditary Matriarch, writes a guide for youth who are called to the frontlines

This one is for my sisters and Two-Spirit siblings

By Kelsie Kilawna, Local Journalism Initiative reporter ● Okanagan ● March 9, 2022

I see you.

Four Polaroid photos of great-grandmother, Elizabeth, placed on top of yarrow.

Trusting the medicine of my great-grandmother

By Odette Auger, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter ● Okanagan ● March 9, 2022

The day from my childhood with my chi-nookmis (great grandmother) is vivid in my memory. We’re walking the edge of a B.C. forest near the Columbia River, surrounded by lush early summer greenery. Far from her home territory of Nippissing and Sagamok, Elizabeth sees a plant she knows is here, too. Her hand points out yarrow, its umbrella of densely packed, small white flowers atop strong stems and feathery leaves.

A graphic of a pink canoe is shown partly on a shore and partly in a blue river.

IndigiNews sets storytelling intentions for 2022

By IndigiNews Staff ● First Person ● February 3, 2022

We ask you to join us while we unload our canoe with our Storytellers

A child sits on Turtle Mountain overlooking the City of Vernon, on Okanagan territory, playing a drum.

Kelsie Kilawna shares her 2022 storytelling intentions

By Kelsie Kilawna, Local Journalism Initiative reporter ● First Person ● February 3, 2022

Centering the beauty of sqilxw Peoples is on the horizon for this syilx and Secwépemc storyteller