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Canada is in ‘a time of reckoning’ says this Indigenous father
While many people are waking up to the truth of what Indigenous Peoples experienced in former residential “schools,” Steve Sxwithultxw says we need more action from the government on meaningful reconciliation and justice.
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Okanagan Indian Band’s Cultural Immersion School to reopen Sept. 22
Due to wildfire, planned renovations were postponed and the grounds need a clean-up, says school official.
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Feasting after the fire — Okanagan couple welcomes evacuees home with tacos and ribs
“This is just a way of giving back. Some people haven’t had a home-cooked meal in over a month,” says Joan Alexis of Okanagan Indian Band.
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Swapping hockey sticks for hoses — A wildfire history lesson
‘I never seen any quit from our people,’ says Dan Wilson, former firefighter and current councillor with the Okanagan Indian Band.
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Indigenous youth launch podcast tackling COVID myths and exploring current events
In Friendship is produced by Ally Reeder, Sherwin Strong and Kaleb Gambler out of the Wachiay Friendship Centre.
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Breaking: New class action alleges birth alerts are ‘a product of the state’s colonialist and paternalistic attitude’
Filed in B.C.’s Supreme Court, the proposed action marks the first step in a ‘national litigation effort’ representing parents subjected to birth alerts across Canada.
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New wildfire in syilx territory on Penticton Indian Band land
The fire started Saturday and is listed as out of control. No evacuation orders yet.
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B.C. wildfires a ‘wake-up call’ to return to Indigenous-led fire management
‘If you plan, as our people have done — where to burn, when to burn and what to burn — fire actually replenishes the land.’
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‘The child-welfare system is residential schools part two,’ says lawyer
How Black and Métis lawyer Roslyn Chambers is holding colonial courts to account
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Nuxalk Nation stands together to uphold the laws of the land and waters
‘We’re saying no to mining, but it’s a spark in the community to talk about these bigger issues, to bring people together and reimagine a future where we’re actually healthy, and safe, living within our ecosystem in a good way,’ says Nuskmata