Each week, we feature a few articles about Indigenous news, issues and initiatives with a local, national and global focus. We feature these as an educational resource, and they should not be construed as an official stance or reflective of the opinions or beliefs of the Institute, CIS staff or faculty.
For the week of April 26-30,
Local
- ‘A landmark decision’: Sinixt First Nation react to Supreme Court ruling confirming existence from the CBC
- Indigenous law on the ground at Ye’yumnuts by Katłįà (Catherine) Lafferty for Indiginews.com
- Listen now to Kathryn Marlow (All Points West) speaking with Hesquiaht elders and Chuutsqa Layla Rorick on the Hesquiaht Language Program on the CBC
- ‘You don’t call him Ogopogo, you call him by his name, nx̌ax̌aitkʷ’ by Kelsie Kilawna for Indiginews.com
- Thriving Together: Salmon, Berries, and People by ‘Cúagilákv for Hakai Magazine
National
- Listen to “Left in the Lurch by Laurentian U,” from Media Indigena.
- If Canada is serious about reconciliation, we need an Indigenous Supreme Court judge by Kent McNeil and Brooks Arcand-Paul for The Globe and Mail
- Indigenous women entrepreneurs more likely to be motivated by filling a need, rather than greed by Melissa Ridgen for APTN News
- Keep an eye out for MéTV, which launches May 1. Learn more here.
- Six Nations hereditary leaders declare development moratorium in Haldimand Tract by J.P. Antonacci in the Hamilton Spectator
- Read the Yellowhead Institute’s analysis of the 2021 Federal budget, Historic And Underwhelming: An Indigenous Analysis Of Budget 2021.
International
- Women of Bears Ears Are Asking You to Help Save It by Elouise Wilson, Mary R. Benally, Ahjani Yepa and Cynthia Wilson in the New York Times
- Bonnie Raitt, Indigo Girls Appear on ‘No More Pipeline Blues (On this Land Where We Belong)’. Activist Winona LaDuke says “The song and the music video are also like prayer offered in ceremony, asking for strength, justice, and preservation.” Listen here.
- USDA May Allow Genetically Modified Trees to Be Released Into the Wild by Anne Petermann for Truthout. Learn more about the American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project here.