Each week, we feature a few articles about Indigenous news, issues and initiatives with a local, national and global focus.
For December 7th – December 11th, 2020,
Local:
- Digitizing Indigenous Languages: Scholars Use Technology To Preserve Their Native Languages –featuring UBC PhD student Caroline Running Wolf
- 2 Part Story from Indiginews
“Silver linings to the COVID storm for remote Bella Bella families, children and Elders” and Two K’omoks mothers contemplate how to celebrate their babies’ tenth moon Hiługwila ceremony during COVID-19 by Odette Auger - Sweet Grass Patrol gains support from some city councillors for its work in Vancouver’s inner city, CBC News
National:
- Liberals introduce bill to implement UN Indigenous rights declaration for CBC News
- MLA hopes GNWT language scholarships will inspire new generation of interpreters, for The Yellowknifer
- Why this First Nations nursing home is keeping elders entertained with nerf guns, CBC News
- Kahnawake woman starts shop for Indigenous-sourced food from near and far, for CBC News
- Cree engineering student, Brielle Thorsen, wins $30K Polytechnique memorial scholarship, APTN
International:
- Removing forest dwellers from areas to protect biodiversity costs more than involving them: report on Indian Farmers Protest
Events & Opportunities
- Apply now! Applications for BC Indigenous graduate and postdoctoral students with the BC NEIHR are now live.: