Each week, we feature a few articles about Indigenous news, issues and initiatives with a local, national and global focus.
For the week of February 22-26, 2021,
Local
- New Centre for Indigenous Fisheries launched by Nisga’a scientist and academic by Eashan Halbe for The Ubyssey
- BC Tests Found Unsafe Lead Levels in Water of 35 First Nation Schools by Francesca Flonda for The Tyee
- ‘Localized harassment’: RCMP patrol Wet’suwet’en territory despite UN calls for withdrawal by Matt Simmons for The Narwhal
- 1st Indigenous councillor in Terrace quits, citing systemic racism, CBC News
- A kinship connection with Bipolar Disorder inspires new album ‘Manik’ by Kelsie Kilawna for Indiginews
National
- Survey data sheds light on Indigenous languages, traditional activities across North by John Last for CBC News
- It’s not just a fashion statement… it’s an ear saver for those who wear masks often by Rhiannon Johnson for CBC News
- Saik’uz First Nation seeks to preserve their language by Rebecca Dyok for the Toronto Star
- Popular fish camp that teaches traditional skills back for 2nd year by Chantal Dubuc for the CBC
- Délįnę women team up to teach Indigenous languages through cooking by Jenna Dulewich for CBC News
- For decades, Buffy Sainte-Marie has had to navigate systemic barriers to cultivate her art by Andrea Warner for The Globe and Mail
International
- Inspiring cultures: Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury dubbed into Noongar by Ali MC for Aljazeera.com
- Indigenous artists shine as Taiwan’s mainstream embraces its island identity by Alicia Chen and Gerry Shih for The Washington Post
Events & Opportunities
- This year as part of the <ahref=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/HonouringIndigenousWriters”>Indigenous Writers Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, the Honouring Indigenous Writers team has put together a schedule of events and wikipedia-related activities designed to be easily accessed and doable online with more flexibility. Every week, join in and participate in weekly Wikipedia activities to make contributions (both large and small) to raise the profiles of Indigenous writers. Check out the event schedule here. Read more at the HIW home page, and at the HIW Wikipedia Meetup Page.
- On February 25th, join Dallas Hunt, David Gaertner, Karyn Recollet and moderator Lisa Jackson for a Roundable discussion. In this roundtable discussion, panelists will take up Indigenous futurisms—the projection of Indigenous peoples into imagined futures—within the contexts of the “apocalypse.” Looking specifically toward cultural and political resurgence, they will discuss representations of the apocalypse in Indigenous literature, film, and new media while tracing out the practices of care and compassion that will sustain us in the age of the postapocalyptic. Learn more and RSVP here.
- Indigenous Scholars Lecture Series, Feb. 26 (12pm EST/9am PST) with Aimee Craft, Sarah Hunt/Tłaliłila’ogwa, Jasmine Feather Dionne, and Leah Levac: “Sovereignty, Intimacy and Resistance: Legal and Relational Responses to Gendered Violence Settler Colonialism.” Register here.