Bi-weekly, we feature a few articles about Indigenous news, issues and initiatives with a local, national and global focus.
For the weeks of June 2 – 13:
Local:
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‘These names were stolen:’ B.C. MLA pushes for including Indigenous names on government ID, birth registrations by Philip McLachlan for IndigiNews
National
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‘Every child matters’: Indigenous-focused book vending machine unveiled in London, Ont. by Amy Simon for Global News
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Canada Post begins unveiling stamps ‘immortalizing’ Indigenous leaders by Bryan Eneas for CBC News
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#GlossedOver: Indigenous-owned beauty brand releases contaminated water lip gloss by Jenna Legge for Saanich News
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Badly needed Cree elders’ homes take shape in northern Quebec by Susan Bell for CBC News
- Watch ‘I was always looking out for a native puppet, and I would never see one.’ | Bighetty & Bighetty for CBC Short Docs
International
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A mountain in Yellowstone National Park has been renamed in honor of Native Americans who were massacred by Alaa Elassar for CNN
Events and Opportunities
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Join CBC Vancouver and explore Indigenous culture through the arts with Talking Stick Festival | June 12 – July 3
- All Our Father’s Relations: Film Screening and Dialogue on Settler Colonialism, Identity, and Migration with UBC Connects