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Hand talk: Reclaiming Plains Indian Sign Language

Aim right in the Rockies: A visit to Painted Warriors

8 endroits pour rencontrer les peuples autochtones au Canada

De grandes attentes : le roi Charles III et son engagement envers les peuples autochtones

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People & Culture

Interview: Kimberly Murray on honour and justice for missing Indigenous children

The recently-appointed special interlocutor discusses the respectful treatment of unmarked graves and burial sites associated with former Indian residential schools

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7 minutes

People & Culture

Le chef Perry Bellegarde parle des relations fondées sur les traités

Pour les peuples autochtones du Canada, les traités sont encore bien vivants

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5 minutes

People & Culture

Chief Perry Bellegarde on the treaty relationship

For Indigenous Peoples in Canada, the treaties are still very much alive

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4 minutes

Three people looking down at a giant floor map

People & Culture

A celebration of the Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada

The first-of-its-kind educational resource aims to share the stories and cultures of Indigenous peoples with Canadians and the world

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Places

Exploring Canada’s original place names with Google Earth

Archeologists uncover new history in Waterton Lakes National Park after 2017 wildfire

Cartographier l’histoire des pensionnats autochtones grâce à Google Earth

Mapping Canada’s history of residential schools with Google Earth

indigenous peoples

People & Culture

How Indigenous Peoples are leading the way on global biodiversity protection

Indigenous knowledge allowed ecosystems to thrive for millennia — and now it’s finally being recognized as integral in solving the world’s biodiversity crisis. What part did it play in COP15?

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People & Culture

Perry Bellegarde on reconnecting with language and ceremony

Episode 31

The First Nations political leader and Honorary President of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society reflects on his childhood on reserve and his role as an oskâpêwis — a Cree word meaning helper

37 minutes

People & Culture

In search of promised lands

Uprooted repeatedly by development projects, the Oujé-Bougoumou Cree wandered boreal Quebec for 70 years before finding a permanent home. For some, the journey continues.