Indigenous Stories and Education

A field of prairie sage was accidentally mowed down on the University of Alberta’s Augustana campus after many at the school spent years working to protect native plants, including Indigenous medicines. Now the school community is working to bring back the sage.

Shaylene Lakey is a Blackfoot woman living in Canada. She asks: What if the worst thing you believe about yourself — that your Indigeneity is not something to be proud of — is reinforced by a country you love?

Economic reconciliation requires support for Indigenous training, providing access to capital for Indigenous organizations and reforming institutions.

More than 30 teachers headed for First Nations communities are taking part in Gakino'amaage: Teach For Canada’s summer program at Lakehead University.

Indigenous groups had offered to rehome grizzly nicknamed Tex who was killed without authorization

Lawrence Douglas Corbiere says when he showed his status card as photo identification, a WestJet agent kept him on standby, saying the ID had expired. The ID card's expiration date is February 2029.

An official turning of soil for Makwa Waakaa’igan, which translates into English as Bear’s Den, on the grounds next to Algoma University, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.

For the second year in a row, CBC Montreal is proud to support a partnership between Concordia University's journalism department and Kahnawake Survival School (KSS). The initiative aims to inspire Indigenous students to consider a career in media.

Brokenhead Ojibway Nation is expanding its reserve land just outside Winnipeg city limits in a move the First Nation says will help advance its economic development and self-determination.

A Campbell River woman was sent a complaint that her indigenized Canada Flag was against strata rules and would have to come down

A slump in American tourists has some businesses in the Indigenous tourism industry worried for the future.

The unlikely return of the bentwood box underscores the challenges facing Indigenous communities working to reclaim items raided from their lands

Signposts on the Vancouver street bear the English name below the official Musqueam name, which is written in the North American Phonetic Alphabet.

Every third Saturday of July for the past 98 years, Indigenous people have gathered on the Rainbow Bridge between Niagara Falls, NY and Niagara Falls, ON to reaffirm the tenets within the Jay Treaty, principally their right to freely cross the border.

New laws are set to fast-track provincial and federal development. But many Indigenous people say they stomp on their treaty rights. We talk to one Grand Chief in Ontario who wants to see them stopped.

Who are Indigenous helpers in the context of mental health care? They blend practical support like caregiving and crisis intervention with relational, spiritual guidance rooted in ancestral tradition.

The former chief of the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation got an early birthday surprise when he was finally able to do his written driver’s test in Ojibwe.   

Chief Gary Quisess of Neskantaga First Nation wants to know where they fit in the government’s plans for Ring of Fire.

Indigenous peoples from across Michigan and beyond gathered at Manistee’s annual Jiingtamok, hosted by the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians. 

A placenta burial ceremony is a way of connecting with Mother Earth.

Tuja Dreyer, a member of the Ross River Dena Council, has been awarded $20,000 over two years to support the youth compete in swimming

The Vancouver Island program reduced government apprehensions by 70 per cent, co-founder says.

Vanessa Brousseau, an advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous people, is travelling across Canada in a recreational vehicle (RV) to bring more awareness to the issue.

Sixties Scoop survivor Troy Abromaitis says Canada Day represents celebrating a country that, for many Indigenous peoples, facilitated loss and separation from their families. He created Indigenous Survivors Day to honour children who were taken from their families and lands.

The Clan Mothers Healing Village celebrated its grand opening last week in Belair, in eastern Manitoba, offering support for women who have experienced trauma and abuse.