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Winnipeg cops unveil ‘reconciliation’ cruiser — but critics are unimpressed
Force says the police car emblazoned with Indigenous art not for enforcement but education. Advocates say the gesture is ‘uncomfortable’ and ‘unsettling’ — especially amidst a drug-use crackdown they say targets Indigenous people
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Low sockeye salmon numbers expected in the Okanagan as waters warm: ONA
syilx Nation members are being asked to ‘take only what they need’ as ‘difficult’ environmental conditions create challenges for the important fish
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Innu Nation ‘moved to anger, to strength’ after accusing province of censoring history
Solidarity pours in after ‘Labrador’ history exhibition abruptly cancelled after province ordered removal of cultural items and timelines older than 300 years
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Osoyoos Indian Band set to restore native plants, species in wildfire-ravaged forests
The First Nation plans to clear out burned spaces and restore trees, berries and medicinal plants to the area, encouraging biodiversity and wildlife to return
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Labrador Friendship Centre celebrates Inuit, Innu cultures on National Indigenous Peoples Day
Event will highlight local Indigenous communities and raise funds for programs with a new t-shirt design, as the province is accused of ‘erasure’
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Clean-water legislation gets lukewarm reception from Indigenous leaders
Dozens of reserves are still under drinking-water advisories — most in ‘Ontario’ — as feds reintroduce First Nations Clean Water Act. But First Nations’ reactions have been mixed
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In Fort Anne, Mi’kmaq people mark 300 years of treaty — and broken promises
Three centuries after their ancestors signed a treaty with the British Crown, Indigenous people returned to the same grounds, finding joy, grief, pride, and an urgent question: when does a promise finally get kept?
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‘Dodging their responsibilities’: syilx-led watershed protection effort lacking key cities’ support
Kelowna and West Kelowna remain outside a collaborative governance agreement signed by nearly every other government across the Okanagan and Similkameen watersheds
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Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation opens first tower in ‘Vancouver’ village site, Sen̓áḵw
In one of North America’s most expensive cities, the nation has created a sustainable development project set to provide 6,000 homes once completed
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In Kjipuktuk, Indigenous photojournalism fellows end week with emotion-filled ceremony
IndigiNews’s first annual ReFocus training ended with a blanket ceremony and celebration, as participants were wrapped in ‘love and acceptance and support’