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10 May 2023
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The latest news and current affairs from Indigenous communities across Canada

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CBC/Radio-Canada has paused activities on its corporate and news Twitter accounts, after the social media platform put a "government-funded media" label on its @CBC account, in its latest move to stamp public broadcasters with designations. cbc.ca/news/world/cbc-twitte…

CBC pauses Twitter activity after being labelled 'government-funded media' | CBC News

CBC/Radio-Canada has paused activities on its corporate and news Twitter accounts, after the social media platform put a "government-funded media" label on its @CBC account, in its latest move to...

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Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin awarded prestigious U.S. arts medal cbc.ca/news/indigenous/alani…

Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin awarded prestigious U.S. arts medal | CBC News

Alanis Obomsawin, a filmmaker for more than 50 years, is the newest recipient of the Edward MacDowell Medal. She has 56 films to her credit and is 90 years old.

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Library circle provides space to nurture reading in Indigenous children cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indig…

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Assembly of First Nations wants federal UNDRIP plan delayed, slams consultation process cbc.ca/news/indigenous/afn-u…

Assembly of First Nations wants federal UNDRIP plan overhauled, slams consultation process | CBC...

The Assembly of First Nations is urging the Canadian government to overhaul its action plan on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, after a working draft of the plan...

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Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre celebrates history in reopening exhibition cbc.ca/1.6803133

Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre celebrates history in reopening exhibition | CBC News

'We need somewhere where we can learn about our culture, our languages, our history,' said Westin Sutherland, from Peguis First Nation, who attended the reopening event. 

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Saugeen First Nation wins treaty ruling on century-old land dispute in Sauble Beach cbc.ca/news/canada/london/sa…

Saugeen First Nation wins court land claim dispute over a stretch of Sauble Beach in Ontario | CBC...

Saugeen First Nation has won a boundary dispute with a municipal government over a stretch of beach that's a popular tourist destination in Ontario's Bruce Peninsula.

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He used to skip class. Now he's teaching in the Regina school that changed his life cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche…

He used to skip class. Now he's teaching in the school that changed his life | CBC News

It’s a full-circle moment for a young First Nations man in Regina. Draydin Cyr, 22, is doing his teaching internship at the middle school that changed his life.

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M​an who lost wife, son in ​mass ​stabbing​ feels mixed emotions about new home on James Smith Cree Nation cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon…

M​an who lost wife, son in ​mass ​stabbing​ feels mixed emotions about new home on James Smith Cree...

Brian (Buggy) Burns's wife and son were killed during the mass stabbing on James Smith Cree Nation last September. His home was left a bloody crime scene. Now, he's got the keys to a new home in the...

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Sioux Lookout hospital getting safe rooms, with hopes of bringing better support for mental health patients cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-b…

A northwestern Ontario hospital is building ER safe rooms. A psychiatrist says they help reduce...

The Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre, a hub for 30 fly-in First Nations communities in northwestern Ontario, is undergoing renovations to create spaces to meet patients' mental health needs....

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Dickie Nelson’s death in a tent city as temperatures plunged last December came as more homeless people in northern B.C. – many of them Indigenous – are showing up in smaller communities in need of shelter. cbc.ca/radiointeractives/fea…

Indigenous man died in tent city as homeless problem grows in northern B.C.

Dickie Nelson’s death in a tent city as temperatures plunged in northern B.C. last December came as more homeless people — many of them Indigenous – are showing up in smaller communities in need of...

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Clean-up of Mi'kmaw cultural trail continues after post-tropical storm Fiona cbc.ca/news/indigenous/mi-km…

Clean-up of Mi'kmaw cultural trail continues after post-tropical storm Fiona | CBC News

The clean-up continues on the Mi'kmawey Debert Interpretive Trail in Nova Scotia, more than six months after post-tropical storm Fiona. 

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Elisapie gets nostalgic with Inuktitut rendition of Heart of Glass cbc.ca/news/indigenous/elisa…

Elisapie gets nostalgic with Inuktitut rendition of Heart of Glass | CBC News

This month the Inuk singer/songwriter released Uummati Attanarsimat, an Inuktitut rendition of Blondie's Heart of Glass, which will be on her upcoming album in September.

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74% of youth in care in Alberta are Indigenous. Here's what 2 of them had to say cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indig…

74% of youth in care in Alberta are Indigenous. Here's what 2 of them had to say | CBC News

Two young Indigenous people who spent their youth in foster care say not enough is being done to support and care for youth like them. 

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First Nations chiefs to debate Trudeau government's draft UNDRIP action plan cbc.ca/news/indigenous/lamet…

First Nations chiefs to debate Trudeau government's draft UNDRIP action plan | CBC News

Assembly of First Nations chiefs gather in Ottawa this week to scrutinize a draft of the federal Liberals' action plan to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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N.W.T. introduces bill to implement UNDRIP cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt…

N.W.T. introduces bill to implement UNDRIP | CBC News

N.W.T. Premier Caroline Cochrane says a new act about Indigenous rights “gives teeth” to laws requiring the territorial government to consult with Indigenous groups.

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Orange jerseys mark truth and reconciliation pledge for this St. Thomas hockey team cbc.ca/news/canada/london/or…

Orange jerseys mark truth and reconciliation pledge for this St. Thomas hockey team | CBC News

A hockey team in St. Thomas has swapped out their green jerseys for a new look: bright orange.  For players on the St. Thomas Minor Hockey Association (STMHA)'s U11 AA Junior Stars, the change is...

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Parents win battle to have son's Kwak̓wala name on his B.C. birth certificate cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c…

Parents win battle to have son's Kwak̓wala name on his B.C. birth certificate | CBC News

After 13 months of fighting, the parents of λugʷaləs K'ala'ask Shaw have received a birth certificate that accurately represents the spelling of his name.

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Mattea Roach and Michael Greyeyes go head-to-head in the Canada Reads 2023 finale cbc.ca/books/canadareads/mat…

Mattea Roach and Michael Greyeyes go head-to-head in the Canada Reads 2023 finale | CBC Books

On the final day of Canada Reads 2023, Michael Greyeyes and Mattea Roach make their final arguments over why their chosen book is the "One Book to Shift Your Perspective."

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