Each week, we feature a few articles about Indigenous news, issues and initiatives with a local, national and global focus.
For the week of April 12-16,
Local:
- FNIS Alumna Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ new film, Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy, will make it’s world debut at Hot Docs 2021. Learn more here.
- FNEL Student Dene Petti spoke with CTV News Winnipeg about her experience with Native Youth Theatre at Manitoba Theatre for Young People. Watch the clip here.
- ‘It’s blown me away’: Sheryl Lightfoot becomes first Indigenous woman from Canada appointed to UN expert body by Brishti Basu for The Narwhal
- Dr. Bernard Perley, CIS director, was quoted in a New Yorker article, How did a self-taught linguist come to own an Indigenous language?, about the self-taught linguist, Frank Siebert.
- On Kwikwetlem Territory, a New Vision for Riverview by Christopher Cheung for The Tyee
- Wait times for status cards an example of systemic racism, says petition by Odette Auger for Indiginews.com
- Improved cell service coming to B.C.’s Highway of Tears with files from Betsy Trumpener, Kieran Oudshoorn and The Canadian Press, for CBC News
- Fine Arts student Maura Tamez is gaining traditional knowledge and advancing her skills during COVID-19 with support from the First Peoples’ Cultural Council by FPCC.ca
- New video series uplifts wisdom of K’ómoks and Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw cultures by Odette Auger for APTN News
National:
- After ‘extraordinary security measures and personnel,’ nurses return full time to Pikangikum First Nation by Logan Turner for CBC
- Yukon woman is creating a whole new genre of beading by Chris MacIntyre for CBC News
- Faculty worried about the future of University of Sudbury’s groundbreaking Indigenous Studies program by Jenny Lamothe for Sudbury.com
International:
- ‘I want to show the pride’: photo essay of the Two Spirit Indigenous people by Sunnie R Clahchischiligi, photographs by Magdalena Wosinska for The Guardian
Events & Opportunities:
- Application deadline for the FPCC Arts Programs is April 15, 2021 at 4:30pm PST. To apply, click here.