Each week, we feature a few articles about Indigenous news, issues and initiatives with a local, national and global focus.
For the week of March 1-5, 2021,
Local
- Confidentiality agreements a ‘red flag’ in exercising Bill C-92, says Indigenous leader, by Anna McKenzie for IndigiNews
- ‘Like going back in time’: W̱SÁNEĆ people to regain rightful ownership of abundant remote island by Cara McKenna For IndigiNews
- A new bill proposed by the Federal government could mean more securities for Indigenous languages in the Official Languages Act. In this On The Coast segment, Dr. Turin gives insight into what that would mean for the cultural landscape in Canada. Tune in to listen here!
- BIPOC students find validation, hope amid discussions about race at Black History Month youth conference by Nadia Jannif
- Vancouver Police to Review Own Violent Arrests at Indigenous Pipeline Protest by Katie Hyslop
- How this young Squamish Nation woman is making a big difference in her community by Elisia Seeber
- Tahltan-Tlingit master carver Dempsey Bob wins national art award by Ben Bogstie for CBC News
- Contemplating the Consequences of Colonial Cosplay (ep 245), Part I, MediaIndigena
National
- Living Black history: Inuk playwright Miali Coley-Sudlovenick has a foot in two cultures by Kent Driscoll for APTN News
- New Minecraft world to teach students about Anishinaabe culture by Darrell Stranger for APTN News
- How Journalist Connie Walker Is Seeking Justice for Indigenous Women by Christian Allaire for Vogue Magazine
- Pink Shirt Day: Kahnawake participates in anti-bullying campaign in memory of teenage girl by Ka’nhehsí:io Deer
- Gwich’in elder learns video call technology to continue teaching language at a distance, CBC
- Richard Van Camp on storytelling and its power to combat loneliness by Kyle Muzyka for CBC News
- ‘Everybody sees her exactly as a girl’: 9-year-old Sask. girl embraces identity through makeup, ribbon skirts by Ntawnis Piapot
International
- Time for Jeep to end use of tribe’s name, Cherokee chief says, CBC News
- The Cherokee Nation acknowledges that descendants of people once enslaved by the tribe should also qualify as Cherokee by Harmeet Kaur for CNN
Events & Opportunities
- This year as part of the 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.
- The FPCC Arts Micro-Grants Application is now open. The deadline to apply is March 31. More information here.
- Response: Our Land Narrative is the culmination of the Response program, a new multi-year collaboration between The Polygon Gallery and First Nations Student Services and the Indigenous Digital Filmmaking Program at Capilano University. The event will take place from March 10th to April 17th. More information here.