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In 1967, Canadian journalist wrote about Indigenous boy named Chanie “Charlie” Wenjack who ran away from a residential school and died trying to get home. Gord Downie based one of his final projects on the feature. Photo: Writer, photographer Ian Adams’s 1967 article ‘The Lonely Death of Charlie Wenjack’ inspired Gord Downie’s Secret Path. (Jody Porter/CBC)…
Photo: Members of the Nez Perce Tribe ride to Am’sáaxpa or “the place of boulders,” to bless the ancestral land they reclaimed. In direct violation of the 1855 Treaty of Walla Walla, the Nez Perce in 1877 were forced from their 7.5 million-acre homeland to a 750,000-acre reservation in Idaho. 03 August | DIANNE LUGO | Salem…
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Photo: Ulchi girl – Amur river, Far East of Siberia, Russian Federation In agreement with the United Nations Department of Global Communication, IPS is pleased to share with it’s global readers, the UN exhibit ‘The World in Faces’, a powerful collection of images to honour indigenous peoples worldwide. Below is a sampling from the remarkable exhibition. Please…
It is a time for action. It is time for Canadians to ask our First Nation leaders to tell -not ask- our government what can be done to start to repair the horrible harm of this legacy. Whether or not it is ‘difficult’ for the country is not the question. #canada #firstnations
Children at Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia 1931. Photo: National Center for Truth and Reconciliation/ EPA 05 June 2021 | Justin Ling | The Guardian When they came to take Jonnish Saganash away, he was only five years old. It was 1954, and the Canadian government had decided he was to be sent…
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OTTAWA, ON – JULY 01: Canadian singer Buffy Sainte-Marie performs during Canada Day celebrations at Parliament Hill on July 1, 2017 in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo by Mark Horton/Getty Images 26 May 2021 | Steve Baltin | Forbes (on…) May 27 at 7 PM EST, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame (hosted) a virtual conversation between…
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Canada’s highest court ruled that that Rick Desautel and the 4,000 other members of the Colville Confederated Tribes in Washington state were successors to the Sinixt. Photograph: Shelly Boyd 23 April 2021 | BILL METCALFE | Saanich News (original link) The Supreme Court of Canada has recognized the existence of the Sinixt in a landmark decision…
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