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Five people stand in front of concrete steps outdoors, posing for a photo before Krista Fox begins her walk, four of them are wearing ribbon skirts and all five are wearing shirts and hoodies in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women.

Grandmother from Treaty 6 territory to spend a year walking across Canada in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women

By Tessa Vikander ● Vancouver Island ● February 18, 2022 August 3, 2022

A 53-year-old Saskatchewan Grandmother has begun a year-long journey by foot across Canada in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW). Photo by Tara Skobel.

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OKIB welcomes some of its members home after wildfires swept through the community

By Kelsie Kilawna, Local Journalism Initiative reporter ● Vancouver Island ● February 15, 2022 July 11, 2022

The OKIB purchases two temporary homes that will be installed next week

Six safety tips from Mi’kmaw survival expert

By Kelsie Kilawna, Local Journalism Initiative reporter ● Okanagan ● November 25, 2021 August 2, 2022

With weather warnings coming in fast and furious across unceded territories in B.C., IndigiNews asked Sakej Ward to share his teachings.

Elder ‘U’nihi-ya (Catherine) Jim sits in her truck as she speaks to journalist Julie Chadwick about the Elder literacy program.

At this Indigenous Elders’ literacy circle, survivors find healing

By Julie Chadwick ● Vancouver Island ● October 22, 2021 July 11, 2022

‘We’re not going to be walking around in the dark anymore,’ says founder, Cowichan Tribes Elder and survivor Linda Jack.