the Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
What do you want to see change to stop anti-Indigenous racism? This is a question that Rain Daniels has been asked since the early nineties. Her answer remains the same. “These issues need to be taken seriously,” she says.
Continue reading Interrupting anti-Indigenous racismthe Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
COVID19 has people at home, with less frequent opportunities for connection. The isolation increases when it is compounded with the stigma of substance use or mental health issues.
“In many cases, underlying chronic, severe trauma is related to substance use and during these dual public health emergencies it becomes even more important to increase mental health and wellness supports for BC First Nations people,” explains Dr. Nel Wieman, First Nations Health Authority’s (FNHA) acting deputy chief medical officer.
In B.C., 261 people have died of COVID-19. As of Sept. 30, 2020, 1202 people have died from overdose in the province this year.
In response to this combined crisis, the FNHA accelerated their plans to launch a virtual substance use and psychiatry service.
Continue reading Virtual mental health service improves accessCampbell River Mirror, Local Journalism Reporter
A Vancouver Island First Nation is poised to blockade the highway between the town of Gold River and its port to logging traffic until it gets compensation for the use of its land.
Continue reading First Nation is poised to blockade Hwy 28 in Gold RiverBy Athena Bonneau, The Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The first day that sockeye salmon were reintroduced into the Penticton Channel was a “really good day,” explains Herb Alec, the Penticton Indian Band hatchery building operator.
“People were crying and it was a really emotional day.”
Continue reading Bringing back sockeye salmonEditor’s note: The Tlowitsis are a Kwakwaka’wakw nation, whose traditional lands are between Alert Bay and Sayward, on Vancouver Island, but also extend northward into the mainland inlets.
Campbell River Mirror, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tlowitsis First Nation has recorded 370 archaeological sites within their traditional territories spread around the coast of northern Vancouver Island, Johnstone Strait and mainland inlets
Continue reading Tlowitsis First Nation records 370 archaeological sites
