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 February 14 – 18:
Local
- Vancouver’s Gassy Jack statue toppled during march honouring missing Indigenous women by Courtney Dickson for the CBC
National
- Crafts with a cause: Cree beader making 50 key chains for Manitoba dialysis patients for the CBC
- Film honouring Taíno activist shot on old school camera, developed with plant medicines by Julia Peterson for the CBC
- In-person, online events across the country planned to honour MMIWG2S by Lenard Monkman for the CBC
- Keeseekoose First Nation in Sask. announces 54 ‘hits’ in ground penetrating radar surveys at former schools by Bryan Eneas for the CBC
- Indigenous nations on Prairies keep pandemic restrictions despite provincial plans by Tamara Pimentel and Leanne Sanders for APTN News
- ‘Itty bitty cuts of memories’ come together in memorial moosehide purse by Dorothy Stewart for the CBC
International
- Indigenous community takes Guatemalan land rights fight to international court by Sandra Cuffe for Mongabay News