Water Stories
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‘Pray that they have a safe journey’: Nations bring sockeye back to Arrow Lakes for first time in decades
Researchers study how well the salmon species can spawn and survive in the Upper Columbia River system, despite years being blocked from returning
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Meet the hereditary chief who Amnesty International calls ‘Canada’s’ first prisoner of conscience
The Wet’suwet’en leader is under house arrest for resisting a pipeline on his territory, as human rights group says he was ‘unjustly criminalized and confined’
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Amidst the glaciers of Tlingit territories, women are ‘holding the embers’ of their language
‘When you’re able to bring the language back to a space where it hasn’t been spoken in a long time, it’s very humbling,’ says organizer of immersion trip
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‘We kicked the door down’: Nations mark watershed moment for Columbia River Treaty
Ktunaxa, Secwépemc and syilx leaders fought for a seat at the table as the 60-year-old deal — impacting water flows and hundreds of dams on the 2,000 km river — is updated
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Columbia River dams harmed salmon — now governments must invest in bringing them home
It will take a river of people to restore salmon populations, write Secwépemc, syilx and Ktunaxa leaders from the Bringing the Salmon Home Initiative
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‘Industry will be held accountable’: Feds allocate $12 million to study oil sands impacts in Fort Chipewyan
‘I’m sick and tired of my people dying, of children with rare cancers that are being caused by industry upstream’
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Centuries-old Pentlatch fish trap panel connects K’ómoks, Qualicum people to their ancestors
The 550-year-old piece showcases ancient innovation while highlighting the importance of Indigenous communities preserving their own history
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Dozens gather at Spotted Lake to open annual ONA assembly: ‘This was like our hospital, this was like our church’
A ceremony led by cəqcqalx̌qn Arnie Baptist brought more than 100 leaders, Youth and Elders together at the sacred medicine site
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In photos: Sukʷnaqin canoe journey into ‘U.S.’ upholds Jay Treaty rights
On the 4th of July, syilx Okanagan paddlers crossed the colonial border in annual event through their sovereign territory
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With prayers and well wishes, students release thousands of salmon fry in Okanagan waters
After raising the fish in their classrooms as part of an ONA program, kids and Youth freed sockeye and Chinook into local waterways during May and June