Members of #Piapot#FirstNation, students from the #UniversityOfWinnipeg & various other professionals are learning new techniques that will hopefully be used for ground searches of potential #UnmarkedGraves sites in the future.
A new company “Kā-natonahkik-tāpwēwin,” which in the #Cree language translates to “In search of the truth,” is leading the training. The company known as KNT IRS Consulting for short, is an #Indigenous owned, on-reserve company.
Our full moon sweat lodge ceremony rounds lasted until 1:30AM. Just got home. Crashing in few minutes. I have para-dragonboating practice in the morning.
Elder Dave Bill, from #Tseycum#FirstNation on #Wsanec lands, creates all the regalia for their peoples. He carved this multiple spirit animals protection necklace, especially for me & gave me healing blessings 🙌
Incredible surprise #gift - I didn't expect to receive something so special💗🙏💗.
Elder Dave handcrafted my custom #necklace from one deer #antler. It has cormorant, eagle, raven, otter, orca, bear #SpiritAnimals represented.
In statement of claim filed before #ManitobaCourt of King's Bench on Tues, #Peguis — largest #FirstNation in Manitoba, seeks compensation for financial losses & other damages that occurred during a series of #floods along the Fisher River.
Whether it’s through her #poetry or while in conversation at home making homemade mayonnaise, Rebecca Thomas of Lennox Island #FirstNation has a lot of powerful insights to share.
"I Place You Into The Fire", a new #documentary by #Indigenous filmmaker Stephanie Joline, gives Thomas the space to share personally emotional stories about intergenerational trauma, the impacts of #colonialism, performative #reconciliation and #healing.
It started with a tip from the local #FirstNation of a “bump on the sea floor” where the fish liked to be & led to the #discovery of #Canada’s only known live #CoralReef.
Deep sea #ecologist Cherisse Du Preez worked with the #KitasooXaixais & #Heiltsuk First Nations & began searching for the #Lophelia coral #reef in 2021, taking a remote-controlled submersible deep into the ocean in #FinlaysonChannel, about 500 kms NW of Vancouver.
The #WeWaiKai#FirstNation has reached a two-year agreement with Mosaic Forest Management to undertake collaborative planning and timber harvesting within We Wai Kai territory.
#CatLake#FirstNation (CLFN) has filed for an #injunction in the Divisional Court of #Ontario seeking to stop #FirstMiningGold (FMG) from constructing a new access road using Permits issued by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry (#OMNRF). This is against the wishes of #CLFN on whose #NativeTerritory the new road is being built. The road construction is underway at a fast pace and Ontario & FMG have refused to stop construction.
The best young winter sport athletes are in the #Cariboo this weekend for the #BCWinterGames. The event is being co-hosted by the city of #Quesnel and the #Lhtako#Dene#FirstNation. Jay Durant is there, talking to Chief Clifford Lebrun about what it means for his community to welcome athletes and spectators from around the province
Crown #IndigenousRelations Minister Gary Anandasangaree & #Matsqui First Nation Chief Alice McKay jointly announced the settlement, compensating for the federal government's taking of land in 1908 for #Vancouver Power Company right-of-way.
Through #TheWildBasket, #community members harvest & cultivate foods in their territory that are then used to produce & sell value-added products like flavoured carbonated water, fresh mushrooms, forest teas & mushroom soup.
Łutsel K'e #Dene#FirstNation#Chief James Marlowe is among those who think access to the winter road should be restricted.
"Our elders, back in 1990, 1993, when the mines were opening up … that was one forecast they expected to happen was, if there's an ice road, there's going to be hundreds of people going up that road to slaughter #caribou and waste meat," he said.
"My Granddaughter", 1979. Serigraph on paper by Norval Morrisseau [1932-2007], AKA Copper Thunderbird, an #Indigenous#Canadian#artist from the Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation.