Each week, we feature a few articles about Indigenous news, issues and initiatives with a local, national and global focus.
For the week of February 1-5, 2021,
Local
- How the Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Actions Changed Their Lives by Emma Fagan for The Tyee
- Follow the Water: Children’s Book Series from the Penticton Art Gallery
- This artist just became the first Native American to win the Caldecott Medal for children’s book illustration by Simret Aklilu for CNN
- Review into B.C. baby’s death launched after family says Haisla mother was refused proper care by Andrew Kurjata for CBC News
- Officials apologize after more than 200 vaccine doses pulled from remote B.C. community by Angela Sterritt for CBC
National
- New radio station to share 5 Indigenous languages with Edmontonians by Sean Amato for Edmonton CTV News
- Red Sky Performance and Toronto Symphony Orchestra Collaborate on Musical Creation and Mentorship with Indigenous Artists, Includes link to application
- Homeowners and towns partner to take CO2 out of home heating from CBC News
- Explainer: Curing the ‘colonial hangover’: how Yukon First Nations became trailblazers of Indigenous governance by Julien Gignac
Global
- Keeping Indigenous elders safe from COVID-19 a critical part of preserving culture by Lisa Deaderick for the San Diego Tribune
- For The Love of The Mauna, 3-Part series from the All My Relations podcast on the movement to protect Mauna Kea
Events & Opportunities
- Are you a B.C. First Nations youth between the ages of 18-30 who wants to become fluent in your language while pursuing a career in language revitalization? Apply for the First Peoples’ Cultural Council’s Youth Empowered Speakers (YES) Program. Application Deadline is Feb 8.
- February is Black History Month, an opportunity for a focused, intentional, and elevated reflection and recognition of Black history and achievement. Click here for what’s happening at UBC.
- On February 25th, join Dallas Hunt, David Gaertner, Karyn Recollet and moderator Lisa Jackson for a Roundable discussion. In this roundtable discussion, panelists will take up Indigenous futurisms—the projection of Indigenous peoples into imagined futures—within the contexts of the “apocalypse.” Looking specifically toward cultural and political resurgence, they will discuss representations of the apocalypse in Indigenous literature, film, and new media while tracing out the practices of care and compassion that will sustain us in the age of the postapocalyptic. Learn more and RSVP here.
- Join the Sunshine Coast Arts Council for the Literary Reading Series featuring a reading from Joshua Whitehead. The free, virtual event will take place on Saturday, February 6 from 7-10pm (PST).