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April 4, 2024
Why this solar eclipse has meaning for the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Path of totality will pass over Seneca village where confederacy was born under an eclipse CBC Indigenous: During next Monday’s solar eclipse, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy will celebrate the once in a lifetime event as the anniversary of its founding. The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy, is composed of the Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida,...
March 25, 2024
ONWA Releasing a Special 13-Part Wellness Video Series for Indian Residential School Survivors and their Families
NationTalk: Thunder Bay, ON – The Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) is recognizing the importance of mental health supports, cultural reclamation and wellness for Indian Residential School Survivors (IRS) and their families. ONWA is launching a 13-part Wellness video series from March 25th to April 5th with videos that focus on themes of healing from grief...
March 1, 2024
A Walk Through Squamish Legends, Lifeways and Histories
An essential new book by the nation goes beyond settler social studies. The Tyee: Howe Sound? It’s called Átl’ḵa7tsem in the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh language, where Sínulhḵay, the two-headed serpent, once lay. The new collaborative work from Debra Sparrow and Jack Campbell will be performed on violin, harp and double bass. Lumbermen’s Arch at Stanley Park? It...
January 8, 2024
Book review: The Seven Nations of Canada, 1660-1860
Reviewed by Karl Hele NationTalk: Anishinabek News – Jean-Pierre Sawaya’s The Seven Nations of Canada is a well-researched examination of the Quebec’s domiciled nations. Originally published in 1998 in French, this recent translation, which was inspired by a promise to Chief Mike Thomas, allows English readers the opportunity to learn about the Seven Nations. Sawaya’s meticulous study fills...
November 29, 2023
While some Indigenous people rally for Palestinians, others say it’s not a struggle against colonialism
‘To Palestinians, the effect of Zionism is settler colonialism and apartheid,’ says Jeffrey Wilkinson CBC Indigenous: Many activists and academics are drawing comparisons between the plight of Palestinians in Gaza and the experiences of Indigenous people in North America, though others question this. Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) activist Ellen Gabriel said there are parallels. “We live under...
November 21, 2023
High Arctic relocation in the ‘50s still lingers with Inuit Elders
APTN News: As the wind whips across the limestone floor of the high arctic tundra while nearby sea ice crashes together, Peter Amarualik sits on a stone bench and looks at the statue carved by his father, Simeonie Amagoalik. The monument, unveiled in 2010 in Resolute Bay honours those it calls “High Arctic Exiles” and...
November 8, 2023
A lasting legacy: 70 years advocating for Kanien’kehá:ka veterans
The Mohawk Legion Branch 219 was founded in 1953 by 15 veterans of the Second World War.Ka’nhehsí:io Deer/CBC CBC News: Fifteen Second World War veterans made history more than 70 years ago when they founded Mohawk Legion Branch 219 in Kahnawà:ke, south of Montreal. It was the first and remains the only First Nations-operated Royal...
November 2, 2023
‘Times have changed’: Indigenous harvest brings two nations together
Back row (L to R): Gareth Short, park warden supervisor for Jasper National Park and Elk Island National Park; Jasper RCMP Sgt. Rick Bidaisee; Chief Aaron Young of the Chiniki First Nation; Kúkwpi7 (Chief) for Simpcw George Lampreau; and Jasper National Park superintendent Alan Fehr. Front row (L to R): Elder Henry Holloway of the...
October 24, 2023
Historic human bones found in landfill to be repatriated to First Nation
Remains were estimated to be 100 to 300 years old, says forensic anthropologist CBC Indigenous: Leaders of the Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation in southwestern Ontario say they want ancestral remains that were discovered last week returned to the site where they were buried near Sauble Beach, so they can be recognized and protected as a burial. The bones of three or four people were...
October 20, 2023
Montreal museum brings together unprecedented collection of historical wampum belts
‘I felt a connection to our ancestors,’ said Hilda Nicholas CBC Indigenous: Hundreds of years after being given to European nations by Indigenous peoples from across the northeast, a collection of wampum belts have returned to Canada for the first time. Forty wampum belts dating back to the 17th century that are currently held in public and private...
September 30, 2023
Step inside a residential school that’s being converted into a special space to honour survivors
WARNING: This video contains distressing details Step inside a residential school that’s being converted into a special space to honour survivors: Duration 4:31 Warning: This video contains distressing details. The former Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ont. is now part of the Woodland Cultural Centre. Staff there are working to turn the space into what...
September 19, 2023
Tr’ondëk-Klondike named Yukon’s newest UNESCO heritage site
Site aims to tell story of Indigenous people, colonialism and the Klondike Gold Rush CBC Indigenous: A Yukon site has been added to the prestigious United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List. Tr’ondëk-Klondike includes eight parcels of land in the Dawson City area that tell the story of Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in’s experiences and responses to...
September 12, 2023
U of A archeologist tapped to help lead major exploration of Indigenous knowledge
Five-year, $30-million international project aims to braid Indigenous and western scientific approaches to tackling the world’s most pressing challenges. KISHA SUPERNANT IS CONTRIBUTING HER EXPERTISE IN PRAIRIE AND INDIGENOUS ARCHEOLOGY TO A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PROJECT BRINGING TOGETHER INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGES AND WESTERN SCIENCE TO TACKLE COMPLEX CHALLENGES BROUGHT ON BY CLIMATE CHANGE. (PHOTO: JOHN ULAN) NationTalk:...
September 6, 2023
Priceless artifacts found near untouched Beothuk site in central Newfoundland
Provincial archaeologist says more excavation planned for area, as lake creeps closer CBC News: When Don Pelley discovered the raised sides of a former Beothuk dwelling in 2016, everyone involved in the expedition knew he’d stumbled upon something special. The circular pit was perfectly intact, where the Beothuk had erected walls about 200 years earlier. There was no...
August 31, 2023
The HISTORY® Channel’s groundbreaking documentary True Story Returns for Part Two
NationTalk: TORONTO – This fall, The HISTORY® Channel’s groundbreaking Canadian original documentary event, True Story, returns for Part Two (1×120), offering a further look at the real and often misrepresented history of Indigenous peoples on the land that is now called Canada. Premiering Saturday, September 30 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, the feature will also explore how to move forward from Canada’s...
June 22, 2023
Long-lost headstones unearthed as volunteers restore Esgenoôpetitj cemetery
Oldest Catholic cemetery in Miramichi region was in use from 1688 to 1949 CBC News: It’s a windy afternoon at the Sainte-Anne Cemetery in Esgenoôpetitj First Nation, and volunteers are probing the ground for remnants of gravestones dating back to the late 1600s. Sharon Brideau is one of about 10 people gently pushing metal rods into the...
June 17, 2023
Archaeology on ancestral lands: Students dig into Métis stories on historic Alberta river lots
Indigenous archaeology field school unearths artifacts while bringing the past to life CBC News: On the banks of the Sturgeon River, aspiring archaeologists from the University of Alberta are digging into Indigenous history — but for the first time in years, they’re able to get their hands dirty in the process. The field school, offered by the...
June 11, 2023
‘Like doing a 2,000 piece jigsaw puzzle:’ How a long lost Wiikwemkoong diary found its way back home
Copy of 19th century log kept by Jesuit missionaries translated and published CBC News: A 19th century diary of events at Wiikwemkoong written by Jesuit missionaries is back where it started. Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory is on Manitoulin Island in northern Ontario, the ancestral homelands of the Odawa, Potawatomi and Ojibway people also known as the Three Fires Confederacy. The...
June 1, 2023
Statement from Ministers Marc Miller, Patty Hajdu, Dan Vandal and Pablo Rodriguez on National Indigenous History Month
From: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada NationTalk: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada — The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations; the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services; the Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, Minister responsible for PrairiesCan and CanNor; and the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage, issued the...
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