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Mi'kmaw teen's artwork on store shelves nationwide after winning design contest

Mi'kmaw teen's artwork on store shelves nationwide after winning design contest | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
Reese Simon, a Mi'kmaw student from Natoaganeg First Nation, won a contest to get her strawberry artwork on a Canadian brand of granola bar. Her winning submission can now be seen on store shelves across the country.
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After years of commuting, students in 3 Gitxsan communities have a high school of their own 

After years of commuting, students in 3 Gitxsan communities have a high school of their own  | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
A new high school serving three Gitxsan communities in northwestern B.C. has officially opened, giving students the chance to complete grades 8 to 12 closer to home in a school rooted in Gitxsan culture, language and community.
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Mi'kmaw teen's artwork on store shelves nationwide after winning design contest

Mi'kmaw teen's artwork on store shelves nationwide after winning design contest | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
Reese Simon, a Mi'kmaw student from Natoaganeg First Nation, won a contest to get her strawberry artwork on a Canadian brand of granola bar. Her winning submission can now be seen on store shelves across the country.
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Barber aims to incorporate Indigenous values into haircuts 

Barber aims to incorporate Indigenous values into haircuts  | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it

“Hair in native culture is really big,” said Lexie Paul, the store owner’s wife, who serves as the shop’s creative director. Each appointment is treated with a level of intentionality they describe as a “ceremony.”

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A haircut can be about so much more than hair. 💈🧡 We love the idea of bringing Indigenous values into the barber chair—turning an everyday service into an opportunity for care, connection, conversation and community.

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Nova Scotia Health creating provincewide smudging policy

Nova Scotia Health creating provincewide smudging policy | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
The policy will clarify how staff can best assist people who want to smudge in a health-care space.
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Smudging is ceremony—not a fire hazard. 🧡 Nova Scotia Health’s province-wide policy makes space for Mi’kmaq cultural and spiritual practices in health-care settings, removing the burden from Indigenous patients and families of having to ask, explain or advocate for something that should already be understood and respected.

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'Create change:' Why these Indigenous entrepreneurs are leaning into AI

'Create change:' Why these Indigenous entrepreneurs are leaning into AI | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
Shani Gwin's foray into the world of artificial intelligence began with a problem.
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AI and Indigenous knowledge might seem like an unlikely pairing—which is exactly why this caught our attention. 👀 Indigenous entrepreneurs are approaching emerging technology on their own terms, exploring its possibilities while asking important questions about culture, ownership and who gets to shape the future.

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Alberta court dropping term 'Gladue report' for Indigenous offenders

Alberta court dropping term 'Gladue report' for Indigenous offenders | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
Reports for Indigenous offenders will have a new name in an Alberta court over concerns the term stigmatizes people with a common surname.
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‘Our women need to be protected’: Cold Lake First Nations opens its first women’s shelter

‘Our women need to be protected’: Cold Lake First Nations opens its first women’s shelter | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
The shelter has 7 bedrooms, a shared kitchen and a living area
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Community leader Alaya McIvor remembered as 'staunch advocate' for MMIWG2S+ families in Manitoba

Community leader Alaya McIvor remembered as 'staunch advocate' for MMIWG2S+ families in Manitoba | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
Alaya McIvor, a prominent Manitoba-based advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit individuals, is being remembered as a generous and passionate person who fought to make a difference for families that have lost loved ones.
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Indigenous seed program protects N.B. forests, culture and species at risk

Indigenous seed program protects N.B. forests, culture and species at risk | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
The Indigenous Seed Collection Program at the National Tree Seed Centre in Fredericton is helping preserve native tree species threatened by climate change, invasive insects and other pressures. The program combines scientific seed collection with Indigenous knowledge.
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Documentary sheds light on Indigenous lives under Treaty 8 

Documentary sheds light on Indigenous lives under Treaty 8  | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
Treaty 8, signed in 1899, is the only numbered treaty in B.C. A new film, featuring vignettes from the lives of Indigenous people across the territory, premiered in Fort St. John on Sunday.
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‘Ancestral Beasts’ review: Indigenous Canadian horror effectively draws on the spectre of generational trauma

‘Ancestral Beasts’ review: Indigenous Canadian horror effectively draws on the spectre of generational trauma | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
The spectre of generational trauma haunts the latest feature from Indigenous Canadian filmmaker Tim Riedel. As a troubled young Metis woman returns to her late mother’s rural home in an attempt to reconnect with herself, this atmospheric if occasionally uneven film explores the insidious, destructive power of buried emotion and the dark legacy of systemic abuse.
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First Nations lead the return of salmon to Canada's Upper Columbia River

First Nations lead the return of salmon to Canada's Upper Columbia River | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it

Mark Thomas, Upper Columbia salmon chief for the Secwépemc Nation, welcomes groups of students to a narrow stretch of the Columbia River, between the Rocky and Purcell mountains in western Canada. It’s late May, and snow still graces the distant peaks. 

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Inuktitut podcast Inuit Unikkaangit returns to share stories from CBC’s Indigenous Languages Archive

Inuktitut podcast Inuit Unikkaangit returns to share stories from CBC’s Indigenous Languages Archive | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
Over the last two years, host Mary Powder has continued combing the archives for stories in Inuktitut to share on her podcast. It’s a process that keeps cultural teachings alive by transmitting oral history through modern technology.
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Homecoming: how an Indigenous matriarch is struggling to live on her traditional territory

Homecoming: how an Indigenous matriarch is struggling to live on her traditional territory | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
Descendants of an Indigenous tribe that was considered extinct are now raising money so that their oldest matriarch can have a dignified home.
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Big auntie earring competitions a standout event at Treaty Days celebrations 

Big auntie earring competitions a standout event at Treaty Days celebrations  | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
Big auntie earring competitions have taken Treaty Days celebrations by storm on many First Nations across the Prairies as a tongue-in-cheek ode to Indigenous-made earrings.
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Because sometimes the news we need is BIG AUNTIE EARRINGS. 😂✨ Joy, humour, creativity, culture and some seriously impressive earring game—this Treaty Days competition has all of it. 🧡

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DerRic Starlight wants to bring the 1st Indigenous puppet to Sesame Street 

DerRic Starlight wants to bring the 1st Indigenous puppet to Sesame Street  | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
In a conversation with Q guest host Gill Deacon, Indigenous puppeteer DerRic Starlight shares his hopes of introducing the first Indigenous character to Sesame Street.
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Jade across the Rockies: New research on stone celt artifacts helps map Indigenous trade routes

Jade across the Rockies: New research on stone celt artifacts helps map Indigenous trade routes | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
New research analyzing jade artifacts, unearthed east of the Rocky Mountains, sheds light on vast Indigenous trade networks that once cut across pre-colonial Western Canada.
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Beads, freshwater and Great Lakes rock art: inside Nico Williams’ Google Doodle 

Beads, freshwater and Great Lakes rock art: inside Nico Williams’ Google Doodle  | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
The Montreal-based Anishinaabe artist created this year’s National Indigenous Peoples Day Doodle using the sculptural beadwork practice he has spent a decade developing
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An Indigenous artist. A Google Doodle. And millions of people seeing beadwork-inspired art when they open their browser? Yes, please. ✨ Nico Williams brings a deeply rooted Indigenous art form into one of the world’s biggest digital spaces—and does it in a way that is unmistakably his own. 🧡

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Shared cultural experiences most Indigenous people can relate to 

Shared cultural experiences most Indigenous people can relate to  | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
Indigenous comedians from across the country point out the things that connect First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities.
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2 cultures meet for healing ceremony on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation

2 cultures meet for healing ceremony on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
A unique, week-long ceremony on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation included both Indigenous and Tibetan Bön ceremonies. Monks from Nepal were invited to conduct spiritual ceremonies on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation to bring healing to its members.
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Blueberry First Nations says native plant orchard to help restore B.C. industry sites

Blueberry First Nations says native plant orchard to help restore B.C. industry sites | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it

A First Nation in British Columbia says a new native plant orchard established in its territory could help reclaim and restore thousands of industrial sites around

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Treaty 6 and 7 women celebrate winning Miss Indigenous Canada titles

Treaty 6 and 7 women celebrate winning Miss Indigenous Canada titles | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
Brooke Metchewais from Cold Lake First Nations in Alberta was recently crowned Miss Indigenous Canada 2026. Heather Wolf Ear from Siksika Nation was first runner-up and Miss Congeniality.
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Skawennati brings Indigenous futurism to Montreal’s streets 

Skawennati brings Indigenous futurism to Montreal’s streets  | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it

The artist Skawennati has spent decades envisioning Indigenous futures through fashion collections, quilts, beadwork and films created entirely in virtual environments using game-like software as both camera and set.

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Treaty 8 First Nations changes name amid Alberta separatism push

Treaty 8 First Nations changes name amid Alberta separatism push | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta has officially changed its name to Treaty 8 Sovereign Nations.
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Aboriginal to Indigenous: Leaders, advocates reflect on decades of state linguistic changes 

Aboriginal to Indigenous: Leaders, advocates reflect on decades of state linguistic changes  | Indigenous Stories and Education | Scoop.it
Ten years after the Government of Canada officially adopted the term "Indigenous" instead of "Aboriginal," discussions persist on what terms best describe First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
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