Each week, we feature a few articles about Indigenous news, issues and initiatives with a local, national and global focus.
For the week of November 2nd – 6th,
National:
- “Watering down the violence against Mi’kmaw fishermen ‘dehumanizes Native people’” by Chehala Leonard, featuring Pam Palmater and FNIS Associate Professor, Candis Callison
- “Brayden Bushby Trial Underway into Death of Barbara Kentner” by Amanda Perrault
- “Manslaughter trial begins in Thunder Bay in death of Indigenous woman struck by trailer hitch” by Willow Fiddler
- “NWT launches Indigenous languages curriculum” by Ollie Williams
- ‘I wanted to show them I wasn’t extinct’, A longform piece about the Sinixt People by UBC Alum, Stephanie Wood
- Media Indigena 2-part podcast on the Sinixt
Events & Opportunities:
- Heart of the City Returns to Give Voice to the Downtown Eastside. The mandate of the Heart of the City Festival is to promote, present and facilitate the development of artists, art forms, cultural traditions, history, activism, people and great stories about Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
- Post regarding First People’s Cultural Council’s Youth Empowered Speakers Program December deadline.
International:
- “New Zealand Appoints First Indigenous Female Foreign Minister” by Dustin Jones