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Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion could provide employment for Indigenous women
“Our success overall to date has been a placement rate of about 92 per cent." ~ Kathy Kimpton, CEO and president for Women Building Futures
L'nu filmmaker Bretten Hannam takes us to The Place of Ghosts
Canada formally apologizes for eugenics experiment on Saskatchewan First Nation
“Original descendants often feel like they’re cut out of any representation when it comes to leadership, chief and council, anything like that. When it came to negotiations for the settlement itself, many of the original descendants felt their voice wasn’t being heard.” — Peepeekisis Cree Nation member Cheyanne Desnomie
Makinaw stresses inclusive leadership and respecting voices
“You have to look at everybody and treat all the chiefs fair, so that they're heard and their decisions are respected.” —candidate for AFN national chief Craig Makinaw
Graphic novel series Kaboom! lifts off with a blast for Jay Odjick with Scholastic
Kunuk’s latest film a tool to start talking about shamanism again, says director
“It was illegal to drum dance or to sing our songs. Our priests told us that shamanism was the work of Satan, so we stopped talking about it.” —Zacharias Kunuk
Documentary features life story of first Inuk player in the National Hockey League
Queen’s Canopy agreement fails to protect First Nations territory, says chief
“We haven’t given consent to this whole process of the Great Bear Rainforest.” ~ Dzawada’enuxw Nation Chief Willie Moon.
Bison calves offer promise of a hopeful future
“We always knew that buffalo had to be an important part of the story.” —Juanita Marois, CEO of Métis Crossing
Lawyer's bar admission infused with Cree culture
Sweetgrass News Briefs - May 17
Wild fires still pose a risk two weeks after evacuation of Fort McMurray.
Plastic Woman among supernatural beings brought out of concealment in new exhibit
“Out of Concealment” runs from Oct. 23 to April 5, 2020 at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art in downtown Vancouver.