Exploring Theme: "Indigenous History"

‘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...

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...

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...

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...

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...