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Two on-reserve churches burned down on Indigenous Peoples Day in B.C.’s interior
‘I remember the hymns sung in Okanagan like it was yesterday,’ says Hector Alec of Penticton Indian Band.
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New online map braids together Indigenous land, language, arts and culture
‘This is about the people who are doing the work for cultural survival,’ says project leader Cathi Charles Wherry.
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Q&A: What do the old-growth logging deferrals mean for Fairy Creek?
A conversation with distinguished Indigenous lawyer Doug White (Kwulasultun).
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Federal government’s arguments reflect ‘same kind of mindset’ in docs about residential schools, says Cindy Blackstock
‘They have zero understanding of the trauma that they’ve inflicted on children,’ she says.
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Afro-Indigenous community calls out Sephora Canada for lacking diverse representation
‘This narrative tells us that proximity to whiteness is our standard of beauty,’ says Mahlikah Awe:ri.
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Cowichan man says he was almost hit by a trailer hitch on Vancouver Island highway
Adrian Sylvester says he believes the hitch was thrown at him deliberately, wants to warn others.
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‘Monuments of oppression’ must be torn down to make room for healing, says OKIB chief
Chief Byron Louis is calling on federal, provincial governments to help community replace former day ‘schools’ with healing centres.
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Embrace culture in times of loss and grief, says Syilx mental health worker
‘We are grieving 215 deaths … I just pray we never have to do this again,’ says Kim Montgomery of ONA.
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Rez Daddy take on ‘pandemic blues’ as part of South Okanagan Similkameen Pride
‘Love and laughter is really healing for people,’ says Two-Spirit drag and burlesque performer.
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‘Clearly this is genocide’ : Exclusive Q&A with NDP Party Leader Jagmeet Singh
‘The only way we can truly honour those little children, those lives that were lost, is to fight for justice today,’ says Jagmeet Singh in an exclusive interview with IndigiNews following the recent findings at the Kamloops Indian Residential ‘School’