Each week, we feature a few articles about Indigenous news, issues and initiatives with a local, national and global focus
For the week of April 19-23,
Local
- A new greenhouse was built by youth in the Indigenous Youth Works program hosted at Tea Creek Farm at Kitwanga. Check it out here.
- Nuu-chah-nulth leaders celebrate legal victory for commercial fishing rights: B.C. Court of Appeal ruling affirms unlimited rights for Ahousaht, Hesquiaht, Mowachaht/Muchalaht, Tla-o-qui-aht, and Ehattesaht/Chinehkint First Nations on the west Coast of Vancouver Island from Indiginews.
- Tree-range chickens: How raising poultry in the woods of B.C. could improve food security for some communities from CBC News
- Saving the salmon: why the Gitanyow are creating a new Indigenous Protected Area from the Narwhal.
National
- Manitoba author’s picture book about motherhood, Indigenous tradition makes New York Times bestsellers list from the CBC
- Indigenous women chefs take Canadian cooking shows by storm from APTN News
- Land-based learning reconnects Indigenous youth to their cultures, says Elizabeth Fast from Eurekalert.org
- ‘Resurgence and brilliance’: How this program is supporting Indigenous fashion from TVO.org
- Family, colleagues mourn much-loved teacher believed to be 1st Sask. educator, Victor Thunderchild, lost to COVID-19, from CBC News
International
- These Native American women are reclaiming a ‘stolen’ part of their identity: Their languagefrom TheLily.com
Events and Opportunities
- Registration for the 2021 BC First Nations Forestry Conference (June 16, 2021 – June 18, 2021) is now open. Learn more here. The 2021 event will bring together BC First Nations to share information related to forestry workforce opportunities, and provide a space for communities to share knowledge about forest stewardship and management practices in all regions of British Columbia.