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Something's stirring on Haida Gwaii

Heiltsuk and Haida women came together in Haida Gwaii for a Women's Dialogue Session focused on women's leadership, traditional and cultural knowledge, and coastal unity.

By Emilee Gilpin | Entertainment, Politics, Culture | March 14th 2018

The wildfire warriors of Tl'etinqox

When a wildfire broke out near his remote B.C. community last summer, Tl'etinqox First Nation Chief Joe Alphonse and his community refused to leave.

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By Trevor Mack & Tracy Sherlock | February 19th 2018

This First Nation is four steps ahead of climate change

It's as if Chief Patrick Michell of the Kanaka Indian Bar Band has a superpower. With what appears to be a normal set of eyes, his vision stretches back to the last 8,000 years of his people and ahead, to a future of climate chaos and unshakeable hope.

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By Emilee Gilpin | News, Energy, Politics, Culture | February 15th 2018

Carolyn Bennett, Indigenous affairs, Parliament Hill

Trudeau government to turn over new leaf in 'transformative' rights recognition framework

The federal government is embarking on a coast-to-coast-to-coast consultation process before drafting its new Recognition and Implementation of Rights Framework for Indigenous peoples.

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By Elizabeth McSheffrey | News, Politics | February 14th 2018

B.C. working on big changes for Indigenous child welfare

B.C. First Nations appear poised to start taking back care of their own children, using their own culture and laws, as the number of Indigenous kids in foster care across Canada has reached crisis proportions.

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By Tracy Sherlock | News, Politics | February 6th 2018

Five Indigenous women rocking their businesses with beauty

They are creators, entrepreneurs, teachers and artisans, remixing tradition, creating pieces for ceremony, powwows, self-care and fashion — making the world more beautiful with every bead, shell and prayer-filled piece of work.

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By Emilee Gilpin | Culture | January 4th 2018

Nuxalk people roll up their sleeves to construct a solution

The Nuxalk Nation started their own apprenticeship program, taking the housing situation into their own hands, literally. Through the community-based program, which matches empowered Nuxalk apprentices with advanced skilled workers, the Nation is building their own homes again, as their ancestors once did, from the ground up.

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By Emilee Gilpin | Energy, Politics | December 19th 2017

Grand Chief Littlechild to set up all-new National Council for Reconciliation

A year after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he would set up an interim board of directors to establish a National Council for Reconciliation, his government picked Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild to chair that board.

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By Carl Meyer | News | December 14th 2017

First Nations powering up B.C.

First Nations have managed land protection and conservation since time immemorial and those ancient values have powered up the modern energy sector in B.C. By the end of 2016, 30 First Nations had operational solar, run-of-river, geothermal, wind, and biomass projects powering their communities and the province.

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By Emilee Gilpin | News, Energy, Politics | December 4th 2017

Environmental pressures among the strongest drivers of economic self-sufficiency for First Nations

Clean energy sits at the very core of this expansion as the world shifts from high carbon industries to low and zero carbon. This is about the transition away from sunset industries to sunrise industries. It is about engaging directly with First Nations communities so that they can benefit from local power production, ownership and sustainable economic development.

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By Judith Kekinusuqs Sayers & Jae Mather | Opinion, Energy | December 4th 2017

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