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 July 19-23:
Local
- Dr. Linc Kesler talked about how missionaries and government officials opposed totem poles as part of spiritual traditions antithetical to Christianity or political systems inimical to their interests. Read the piece from National Geographic here.
- Gruelling walk to Kamloops ‘heavy, but very important,’ say Yukoners halfway through journey from CBC news
- On August 7th at 6pm, FNIS alumna, Sarah Robinson’s family will be hosting an evening of celebration of her life. Please see more here.
- American linguist develops braille alphabet for traditional dialect of the Ts’msyen people from CBC News
- B.C. policy-makers urged to embrace controlled burns to reduce wildfire risk by Ethan Sawyer for the CBC
National
- ‘You can’t be out here defending residential schools’: Opposition leader calls out Manitoba’s new Indigenous relations minister by Danton Unger for CTV News
- Ron Ignace has been appointed as the inaugural Languages Commissioner of Canada. Learn more about Ignace and his new appointment here
- Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony to be streamed online in 8 Indigenous languages by Ka’nhehsí:io Deer for the CBC
- Woman wants change to Indigenous studies course listing pros and cons about residential schools by Chris Stewart for APTN
- Alberta chiefs call for minister to meet them to discuss racism in health care by Shari Narine for WindSpeaker.com
Events and Opportunities