Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Identity"

Policy requires documented proof of Indigenous ancestry claims — not merely self-declaration CBC Indigenous: The federal body that funds research in Canada is set to launch a pilot project aimed at ensuring that grants and jobs meant for Indigenous people go to genuine Indigenous people.  This is the latest step by the Social Sciences and...

1st Anisininew Gathering of Nations meets in Winnipeg to ‘take back’ their identity First Peoples Law Report: CBC News: Members of nearly two dozen First Nations across Manitoba and Ontario that gathered in Winnipeg for the first time this week say they want their distinct identity to be correctly recognized. The Anisininew Gathering of Nations, a...

APTN News: The Innu Nation grand chief is calling out two Mi’kmaw law professors in Nova Scotia after they asserted that an Inuit organization in Southern Labrador have a credible claim to Indigenous identity. In a letter written to Dalhousie University where the two work, Grand Chief Simon Pokue alleged that Naomi Metallic and Cheryl...

Story hit Indigenous communities hard, changed many people’s views of the beloved star Unreserved: 54:00 Healing After Harm: The Buffy Sainte-Marie Investigation Click on the following link to listen to “Unreserved” https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/we-need-to-start-the-healing-3-indigenous-women-on-how-to-move-forward-from-buffy-sainte-marie-revelations-1.7046476 CBC Indigenous: Lori Campbell was running some errands in the city on the final weekend of October.  She was at a hardware store...

NationTalk: Special to The Globe and Mail – I am Douglas Sanderson, the son of Doug “Sandy” Sanderson (from the Dog Creek Reserve) and Esther Young (of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation). I am also Amo Binashii, Beaver Clan, of the Cree Nation. I came into these identities not all at once – but over time....

NationTalk: University of Manitoba, UM Today News – Months of Indigenous-led engagement sessions on Indigenous identity have led to nine recommendations and a final report that will inform the development of an Indigenous identity policy for the University of Manitoba. “Indigenous identity is complex due to centuries of colonialism and racism,” says Dr. Catherine Cook, Vice-President (Indigenous)...

The Globe and Mail: OPINION There are words that, through overuse, lose their power and authority, causing the eyes to glaze over. Sustainability is surely one. Indigenous may be another. As both a construct and a category, the term “Indigenous” first gained wide acceptance in the early 1970s, elevated by anthropologists no longer comfortable with...