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The birth of a language speaker
In the first part of Canadian Geographic’s Discovery Language series, one Kanyen’kehá:ka family shares what it takes to raise a language speaker
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In the first part of Canadian Geographic’s Discovery Language series, one Kanyen’kehá:ka family shares what it takes to raise a language speaker
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A reflection on the life and work of Maggie Hodgson, a champion of improving Indigenous wellbeing in Canada and beyond
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Filmmaker Len Morissette on the new underwater docuseries taking viewers into a confluence between worlds
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Filmmakers Doug Neasloss and Deirdre Leowinata explore how this captivating film came to be, the significance of bears in Indigenous communities and cultures and the importance of storytelling
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Indigenous archeologist Paulette Steeves shows us how an ancient world could have been more complex and more populated than we imagined
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Beyond the rodeo and the chuckwagon races, the Calgary Stampede is one of the country’s longest-running public celebrations of Indigenous cultures
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For the next two months, works by 50 Indigenous female artists will be displayed on 174 billboards across Canada
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Celebrated Indigenous artist Alex Janvier’s new work is a circular mural inspired by the traditional lunar calendar. Here’s how it came to be.
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La nouvelle œuvre du célèbre artiste autochtone Alex Janvier est une peinture murale circulaire inspirée par le calendrier lunaire traditionnel. En voici l’histoire.
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Launched in 2002, Project Naming invites Canadians to engage in identifying Indigenous people from Library and Archives Canada to help tell the story behind every photograph
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Inuit tattoos, or kakiniit, were once banned. Now they are worn with pride.
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The latest in our Colour the Trail series
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Anishinaabe/Cree filmmaker Kevin Settee centres four short docs around the ingenuity and resilience of communities surrounding Lake Winnipeg
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Sutherland hopes to inspire more Canadians to consider issues of reconciliation with debut single, “Politician Man’”
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Indigenous conservationists are listening in to track the impacts of climate change on the boreal forest
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Une commission scolaire innue a créé une carte pour transmettre des connaissances intergénérationnelles aux écoliers
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An Innu school board has created a map to pass on intergenerational knowledge to schoolchildren
Wildlife
Wildlife names that could use a rebrand
Environment
Jocelyn Joe-Strack, a scientist and geographer from the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, is embarking on a tour of Canadian embassies in Europe to share Indigenous perspectives on climate change
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Because temperatures in the Arctic are rising faster than anywhere else in the world, we must look to the experiences of Inuit as a harbinger of what is to come — and seek their guidance on how to live sustainably
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“The Edge of the World” became a meeting place, where the edges of my world collided with another
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Herb Norwegian, Grand Chief of the Dehcho First Nations, is the recipient of this year’s Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize
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As ship traffic increases off the coast of British Columbia, so will accidents. The Heiltsuk Nation intends to be ready.
Mapping
The 400-layer map will connect communities, celebrate culture and share data to protect the Howe Sound ecosystem
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“The more I learn, the more I realize that it’s my responsibility to teach”
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Researchers studying the history of ice sheets around northern British Columbia found that a coastal migration route may have been a pathway to North America
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With its ruling in Ktunaxa Nation v. British Columbia, the Supreme Court of Canada has shown that Indigenous groups cannot use the Charter's freedom of religion clause to protect lands they consider sacred
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Images from an annual odyssey to reclaim tradition and territory in the Pacific Northwest
Exploration
We came to retrace an ancestor’s 1905 map-making expedition of the Peel River watershed. We left with a new-found appreciation of what this ancient land means to the people who live there.
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Earlier this year, an Alberta Métis community became the first to purchase their territory from the province. Here’s what it means for their future.
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As the federal government prepares to move forward with its promised Indigenous language legislation, the Witsuwit’en Language and Culture Society is hoping for a language renaissance in Canada
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UNCEDED: Voices of the Land features 18 of North America’s foremost Indigenous architects and designers
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A total of $2,566,000 was awarded to five Northern Indigenous programs at a ceremony in Whitehorse Feb. 12
Mapping
Users can learn about the Indigenous territories, languages and treaties of the cities they live in with just a few clicks
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Award-winning documentary will have its Canadian TV premiere on CBC this weekend
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Once a traditional way of life across Canada, trapping survives and even thrives in communities throughout the North, including Colville Lake, N.W.T.
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First Nations, Métis and Inuit leaders gather on Parliament Hill for the launch of the Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada's Giant Floor Map and teacher's guide, now available across the country
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Sylvia Maracle, executive director of the federation, discusses the organization’s past successes and challenging future ahead
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The award-winning author and journalist on her connections to the shores of Lake Superior at the Fort William First Nation, Ont.
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In British Columbia’s Bella Coola Valley, the next generation of Nuxalk culture-keepers and Guardian Watchmen is establishing a new paradigm for Indigenous rights
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Twelve Indigenous people honoured for their extraordinary work across Canada
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Indigenous rights activist and 60s Scoop survivor Colleen Cardinal discusses her project to map the Indigenous adoptee diaspora
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Sometimes, the people you interview puncture you and you can’t leave them behind
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During Truth and Reconciliation Commission events, personal items were placed in a carved bentwood box to symbolize the journey toward reconciliation. How far have we come?
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Ambitious multi-platform, Indigenous-led project will be a tool for education and reconciliation
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Ce projet multiplateforme et ambitieux, lancé par les peuples autochtones, sera un outil d’éducation et de réconciliation.