Water Stories
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Through generations, Mowachaht/Muchalaht fishers have been criminalized by the DFO
For fishers like Ray Williams and his grandson Sammy Williams, upholding their livelihood has been an uphill battle — even after landmark cases affirmed their rights
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In Quw’utsun territories, first salmon ceremony brings community together for the river, land and fish
Elders, Youth and other attendees gathered to welcome salmon back to the Xwulqw’selu Sta’lo with protocol and prayers
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Xats̓úll Youth shares her lifelong connection to nature, where there’s ‘never a dull moment’
Jolene Sellars, 18, has never shied away from a challenge out on the land — and is now utilizing her skills to work for her community
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Gitnuganaks origin story guides researchers to 4,000-year-old village site in northwestern ‘B.C.’
Oral history is helping to direct Spencer Greening (La’goot) and his colleagues toward evidence of island life long, long ago
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Documentary details Indigenous-led efforts to reintroduce salmon to key waterway
After recent screenings of ‘Bringing the Salmon Home,’ IndigiNews caught up with syilx Okanagan organizer Billie Jean Gabriel to learn more about the initiative
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Haíɫzaqv takes legal action against ‘Canada’ after DFO shut down nation’s herring fishery
The community’s leadership is moving forward with a lawsuit, saying a 2022 ban on their commercial spawn-on-kelp harvest infringed on their constitutional rights
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Through film, Kayah George explores the nuanced responsibility of being səlilwətaɬ
After being on the frontlines from a young age, the young matriarch has started creating art as a ‘creative and cultural outlet’
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Tla’amin Nation set to reclaim village of tiskʷat 151 years after it was taken: ‘It’s like a long lost relative’
The community’s long fight for the site’s return stems back to when the land was illegally sold by ‘British Columbia’ in 1873
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Attawapiskat member files UN human rights complaint over decades-long struggle for clean drinking water
Charles Hookimaw’s submission to the international organization aims to hold ‘Canada’ accountable: ‘It’s been dragging on too long’
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Breaking into TMX: Secwépemc allies, wrapped in chains, drop tobacco into borehole
While some of the last of the pipeline expansion tears through Pípsell in Secwepemcúl’ecw, a last-ditch effort is made to defend the sacred site