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 May 17-21,
Local
- A Legacy of Mistrust: Can Indigenous Health Care in BC’s North Turn a Corner? By Amanda Follett Hosgood and Moira Wyton for The Tyee
- ‘All you see is a memory’: inside the Blueberry River First Nations’ fight to repair a broken landscape by Stephanie Wood for The Narwhal
- Bill C-15 a step towards reconciliation, says Indigenous policy expert by FNIS alum, Anna Mckenzie, featuring FNIS alum Matthew Norris for Indiginews.com
- Little Wolf: New children’s book by Heiltsuk author tells urban Indigenous story by Cara McKenna for Indiginews.com
- Learning Syilx teachings through EPIC program at Southern Okanagan Secondary School by Athena Bonneau for Indiginews.com
National
- Listen to how Indigenous people are promoting and learning their languages on CBC’s Unreserved.
- ‘We watch everything’: Dene Elders guide effort to save vanishing Arctic caribou by Pat Kane for The Narwhal
- Anishinaabe language strategy in Ontario teaching language to everyone by Darrell Stranger for APTN
- These parents are trying to raise their kids in an English-free home by Kate Adach for the CBC
International
Events & Opportunities
- There are two events featuring CIS faculty at the upcoming Un/Predictable Environments: Politics, Ecology, Agency conference. Learn more here. On Friday May 21 at 2pm PDT, join Elder Larry Grant and Bernard Perley for a Conversation on Language, Land, and Stories. FNIS’s Dr. Daniel Justice will act as chair. Sign up here. As well, join FNIS’s Candis Callison on Friday May 21 at 4pm PDT as she hosts a film screening and conversation with the director of #Protect, Diné filmmaker Deidra Peaches. Register now.
- Apply by June 1st for a First Nations Health Authority National Indigenous Peoples Day of Wellness Grant. Learn more here.
- Apply to the First Peoples’ Cultural Council Reclaiming My Language Program by May 31. Learn more here.