First Person
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Looking back at 2023: A year in stories
From Secwépemc land defense to the historic return of a Nisg̱a’a totem pole, IndigiNews featured a variety of topics over the past year
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Becoming a journalist in a single year has shown me anything is possible
Dionne Phillips reflects on how, after joining the IndigiNews mentorship program earlier in 2023, she became a full-time storyteller covering Secwepemcúl’ecw
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From the ashes of my father’s house: A memoir from COP28
nupqu ʔak·ǂam̓ Troy Sebastian reflects on a year of loss and damage during a trip to Dubai for the UN’s climate conference
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SD67 career fair connects Indigenous students with professional mentors
The industry representatives at the event included water technicians, Youth and family workers, teachers, artists and more
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The supposed unmasking of Buffy Sainte-Marie doesn’t bring vindication — only more hurt
Indigenous communities are left to deal with the painful aftermath of identity exposés, and unpacking it is exhausting
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Hot Cree In The City: My time representing IndigiNews in NYC
Publisher Eden Fineday writes about a week filled with news innovation and finding urban Indigenous connections
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Debunking denialism and the so-called ‘mass grave hoax’: A Q&A with Sean Carleton
The UM professor and author talks about his latest research confronting ‘a concerning rise in residential school denialism’
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A mistake is a gift: decolonizing journalism includes missteps and teachings
How can journalists improve relationships in the Indigenous communities we report on? Step intentionally into uncomfortable spaces when we make mistakes, and do the work to make things right
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How a failed search for Indigenous food delivery led me to explore ‘Winnipeg’s’ culinary scene
On a recent trip to the city, Anna McKenzie writes, a search for ‘Indigenous’ on Uber Eats pulled up just one unexpected result
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Beyond language learning, weekly Cree classes taught me about kinship
‘Spirit never excludes anyone, but sometimes people exclude themselves’ has been a key teaching on my education journey