Okanagan
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‘I came out because I saw you come out’: Two-Spirit artist builds safer spaces for queer youth
Since coming out as Two-Spirit in 2019, Madeline Terbasket has been committed to making their community safer for queer people
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Winter in Bed
IndigiNews is publishing stories from Alphonse Little Poplar, recorded and transcribed in 1986, to share his incredible memories and gentle storytelling.
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UBCO Indigenous art intensive makes waves in decolonizing industry
Students participate in a ‘zine’ making workshop, led by Whess Harman during the 2019 Indigenous Art Intensive. Photo courtesy of UBC
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‘Literal colonization tactics’: Kamloopa Powwow Society apologizes for identity rules
Blood quantum and ‘correct gender’ regulations caused a massive online backlash against the event
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The Baker’s Burnt Bread
IndigiNews is publishing stories from Alphonse Little Poplar, recorded and transcribed in 1986, to share his incredible memories and gentle storytelling.
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‘It’s living, it’s breathing’: Outdoor tours of syilx cultural garden in high demand
Guides at k’nmaĺka? sənqâĺtən share plant and medicine teachings, including the uses of sp’itł’m and smu’xa?an
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Peter Bear
IndigiNews is publishing stories from Alphonse Little Poplar, recorded and transcribed in 1986, to share his incredible memories and gentle storytelling.
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Decolonizing and reclaiming culture through syilx hand poke tattooing
For syilx hand poke tattoo practitioner Sheldon Pierre Louis, markings are a sign of reclamation and activism.
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Púti kwu aláʔ (we are still here): Sinixt people journey ancestral waters after court victory
Decades after displacement and attempted erasure, Sinixt people and supporters crossed the colonial border to canoe through their lands in ‘British Columbia’
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Community condemns Robert Saunders outside of ‘Kelowna’ courthouse
The fraudulent ‘social worker’ misappropriated funds from youth under his care, many of whom were Indigenous