Helena Wood’s story: A journey to healing
“I have accepted it. I wasn’t ready to face it but now I am,” says Helena Wood.
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‘It’s not forgotten’: Mi’kmaq bounty never rescinded
“Reward of Thirty Pounds for every male Indian Prisoner above the Age of Sixteen Years brought in alive or a Scalp”
The ‘Beyak Effect’: Fighting anti-Indigenous racism and settler denialism in Canada
High profile events reveal the racism inherent in settler colonialism but observers hope Canadians are coming away with a clearer understanding of their country’s history.
Inquiry hears of links between child abuse and suicide in Rankin Inlet
Twenty family members are registered to speak publicly and privately over three days in Rankin.
Mountie being investigated for racist comments ‘not the only one’
“She is not the only one with that attitude,” Lorimer Shenher added in a telephone interview Friday.
Elders set tone for MMIWG hearings in Moncton
“We are the lawmakers. We are the lifegivers. And we understand the land to be part of us.”
Quebec inquiry hears many Inuit get paid less benefits for same work in health services
Non-Inuit in Quebec can make $40,000 in non-salary benefits, while local Inuit receive only a quarter of that.
Cree lawyer makes history as Montreal takes step towards reconciliation
Marie-Ève Bordeleau has been named Montreal’s Commissioner of Indigenous Affairs.
Elder furious Alberta department store selling sweetgrass
“It’s part of our tradition. It’s part of our beliefs and to desecrate it like that.”
