Survivors’ Totem Pole raised in Vancouver

An eight-metre cedar Survivors’ totem pole was raised in Pigeon Park on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on Nov. 5. It was crafted Haida carver Skundaal Bernie Williams (Gul Kitt Jaad) who was the only female apprentice of the late Bill Reid. … Read More

Film stars shine at Tla’amin

Two members of Tla’amin Nation are starring in a feature adventure film that will be on screens in 2017.

Kayaking for Beginners stars Ta’Kaiya Blaney with a backup role for film veteran Evan Adams (Smoke Signals).

Although much of the … Read More

Is it just another fish tale?

By Cara McKenna

Momentum is building to act over what BC Indigenous leaders say has been decades of Canada ignoring fishing rights, even after the “sunny ways” promises of last year’s federal election. In several cases, those rights were even … Read More

Overwhelming ‘Yes’ vote means Snuneymuxw gets $49M for land taken

Snuneymuxw First Nation members have accepted a $49.1-million settlement for the loss of its former reserve land in the largest specific claim in BC’s history.

Ninety-eight per cent of Snuneymuxw voters were in favour of the agreement with Canada for … Read More

The Secret Path to reconciliation

In August, the Tragically Hip played its last concert in Kingston, Ontario. It was a bittersweet event for fans.

The concert was also a farewell to front man Gord Downie. In May, he was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive and … Read More

Dr. Adams joins board

Dr. Evan Adams from Tla’amin Nation has been appointed to the board of directors of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research.

Since it’s founding in 2001, the foundation has received about $450 million in funding from the BC Government … Read More

Same place, different histories

By Cara McKenna

Tsleil-Waututh people know a much different history of Vancouver than the city’s  non-Indigenous residents, with a connection to the land that has existed since time immemorial.

Charlene Aleck recalls hearing stories about people from her nation who … Read More

New chair at Nanaimo

Erralyn Thomas of Snuneymuxw First Nation is the new chair of the Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation.

“It may be perceived as a lot of turmoil,” she said to the Nanaimo Bulletin.

The board saw mass resignations and the firing of … Read More

Daycare dream nearer after Malahat’s gala

The new daycare centre at Malahat Nation came several steps closer thanks to more than $200,000 raised at its fourth annual fundraising event in late October.

“Our nation’s future begins with the children,” nation councillor Vince Harry said before the … Read More

Candles flickered for Sisters in Spirit

A crowd of people in Vancouver lit candles on Oct. 4 to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women. It was just one of hundreds of memorial events that took place across the country on that day.

The Sisters in Spirit … Read More