Exploring Theme: "Indigenous History"

‘It really meant a lot to us, the sacrifices they made, and we want to honour them for that’ CBC Indigenous: Sagkeeng Anicinabe High School principal Garry Swampy says the war veterans he grew up with were cherished elders and strong role models who made many contributions to the community. “A lot of us knew...

Sworn to secrecy, most Mohawk code talkers went unrecognized during their lives CBC Indigenous: Mohawk code talkers and their missions were so vital during the Second World War, that some believe without them, there was no way of winning of the war.   “Let’s put it this way, we would be speaking German or some other language if...

APTN News: It was a day just for them. First Nations, Inuit and Métis soldiers were remembered on Indigenous Veterans Day across Canada Friday. They were commemorated at a ceremony in Ottawa while the poppy flag flew at Ottawa City Hall. They lobbied for their own day after being excluded from official Remembrance Day ceremonies A large...

Barbara Todd Hager Windspeaker: Métis/Cree filmmaker Barbara Todd Hager will be adapting the award-winning book On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe to a three-part docudrama series titled On Distant Shores. Todd Hager also owns Acimow Media, which she established in 2021. Acimow means “she tells her story,” in Cree. The Indigenous-owned production company,...

Norse sailing routes needed to avoid seasonal sea ice. Popular Science: It’s well established that Viking explorers made it to North America hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus. Recently discovered evidence, however, indicates Norse sailors weren’t only the first Europeans to likely meet Indigenous societies—genetic analysis of walrus DNA indicates their ivory trade routes may have been complex, expansive, and on a tight...

Globe and Mail: When I was 12, my family gave me a set of encyclopedias called The Book of Knowledge – alphabetized tomes containing hundreds of topics. For a young Indigenous boy growing up poor on the Red River in Manitoba, I was fascinated by the information about civilizations around the world. I learned about foreign cultures,...

Inuit are involved in research and guarding the sites of the HMS Erebus and Terror near Gjoa Haven CBC News: It’s been 10 years since Inuit helped guide researchers to the wreck of the HMS Erebus, one of the ships from the 1845 Franklin expedition, and the mayor of the community that was pivotal to the search says...

NationTalk: A new independently produced series will encourage Canadians to learn about Indigenous history through powerful personal narratives and engage directly with Truth and Reconciliation. Hosted by award-winning Canadian broadcast journalist Lisa LaFlamme and featuring interviews with prominent First Nations leader Phil Fontaine and internationally recognized human rights expert Kathleen Mahoney, Understanding Indigenous History: A...

APTN News: As the wind whips across the limestone floor of the high arctic tundra while nearby sea ice crashes together, Peter Amarualik sits on a stone bench and looks at the statue carved by his father, Simeonie Amagoalik. The monument, unveiled in 2010 in Resolute Bay honours those it calls “High Arctic Exiles” and...

From: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada NationTalk: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada — The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations; the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services; the Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, Minister responsible for PrairiesCan and CanNor; and the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage, issued the...