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Rothenburger: Indigenous veterans memorial sends reassuring message – CFJC Today Kamloops
May 29, 2023 ANYONE TEMPTED to accept the stereotype of indigenous peoples always asking for more from Canada should have been at a ceremony in the Lower Nicola on Sunday. Because let’s face it, some Canadians do think that way. And they think indigenous Canadians have given up on this country. But listening to what […]
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Talking Stick Festival 2023: Summer Reverb kicks off National Indigenous History Month on June 1
May 25, 2023 Full Circle: First Nations Performance presents North America’s premiere Indigenous Arts and Culture Festival, featuring film, theatre, visual arts, music, industry series and more Vancouver, B.C. – On June 1, 2023, the 22nd annual Talking Stick Festival 2023: Summer Reverb celebrates and honours National Indigenous History Month. The highly anticipated festival is […]
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First Métis Man of Odesa draws from real-life Canada-Ukraine love story, amid COVID and war – Stir
May 24, 2023 Métis playwright and Ukrainian actor recount their harrowing, and often hilarious, journey together at rEvolver Festival MATTHEW MACKENZIE recalls starting to take notes for a play based on his real Ukraine-Alberta love story at about 30,000 feet—on a frantic, mid-pandemic flight that he wasn’t quite sure would take him to his destination. […]
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Nanaimo Airport Celebrates Indigenous Culture With Connect-With- Canada Contest – Business Examiner
May 24, 2023 NANAIMO – The Nanaimo Airport is offering its 2nd annual Connect with Canada Trip Giveaway contest. This year, YCD is partnering with the Edmonton International Airport (YEG), Indigenous Tourism Alberta, and Spectacular Northwest Territories to offer an immersion in indigenous culture with a 14-night trip giveaway to the Edmonton and Yellowknife area. […]
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Secwépemc poet, residential school survivor Garry Gottfriedson says poetry was his ‘saviour’ – CBC
May 23, 2023 ‘Through poetry, I began to speak about things that I was too afraid to share with another human being’ Renowned Secwépemc poet Garry Gottfriedson is set to receive an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) in Prince George on May 26. According to the university, […]
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Call for Submissions – First Nations Photographers and Carvers
May 18, 2023 The FNHA invites aspiring photographers and carvers from First Nations in British Columbia (BC) to submit their works for possible display in FNHA buildings and publications. Call for photography Photos should be original and acknowledge, celebrate and showcase culture and people from First Nation Communities within BC. A review panel will select […]
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Vancouver permanently erects flags for Indigenous Host Nations in Stanley Park – Vancouver Is Awesome
May 17, 2023 The move is part of a 100-year vision for the park. For the first time ever, the local Host Nations’ flags will be permanently raised in Vancouver. As of Tuesday (May 16), flags representing the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations are on display in Stanley Park at Spapəy̓əq Pápiy̓eḵ, commonly known as Brockton […]
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First Nations flags raised in Vancouver’s Stanley Park – CTV News
May 16, 2023 In what the Vancouver Park Board describes as a “small but meaningful gesture” toward reconciliation, the flags of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations have been raised in Stanley Park. Leaders from all three nations were present at a ceremony on traditional, unceded Coast Salish Territory Tuesday. Musqueam Chief […]
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Gulf Islands National Park Reserve officially opens SMONEĆTEN campground for the summer visitor season on May 15
From: Parks Canada May 16, 2023 The vast network of protected areas administered by Parks Canada is a gateway to nature, history, and 450 000 km² of stories from coast to coast to coast. Looking to get outdoors close to Victoria this summer? Starting on May 15, 2023, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve officially opens camping for […]
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Leaders of local First Nations say Indigenous artifacts must be returned to Yale Historic Site – Abby News
May. 15, 2023 Indigenous leaders say Yale and District Historical Society had no right to remove items from museum The First Nation communities in and around Yale say that the Yale and District Historical Society (YDHS) needs to return the Indigneous artifacts back to the Yale Historic Site’s museum. In a joint, open, letter to […]
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