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17 Apr Vancouver teachers reach out to elders to “indigenize” classrooms

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[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]By Tara Maghsoudnia and Meylin Zink Yi Holding up her eagle feather, Roberta Price opens the conversation at Manoah Steves elementary school with the ceremony of introduction. This is what she does to mark the beginning of her cultural teachings. “Ceremony is what makes us come...

16 Apr Elders looking to help govern youthful B.C. First Nation

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[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]By Ryan Erwin and Paolo Pietropaolo Elders are hoping to have a greater voice in the governance of the Tsawwassen First Nation in B.C. The Tsawwassen First Nation (TFN) has been governed by a 13-member legislature since its historic 2009 treaty. Next year, a new seat...

14 Apr Unshaken faith: Keeping the Shaker Church alive

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[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]By Wawmeesh G. Hamilton and Gen Cruz Eugene Harry stomps his feet and rings two black-handled silver bells, as he sings with a deep howl in the Hul'q'umi'num' language to a congregation gathered in a white-steepled church in West Vancouver. For over thirty years, the bespectacled...

13 Apr Education credits remain elusive to many residential school survivors

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[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]By Ahmed Najdat and Peter Mothe When the Thomas sisters were growing up, World War II was raging in Europe and electricity had not yet made its way to North Vancouver. But Jackie and Bonnie—two of the younger Thomas sisters—still have fond memories of this time....

10 Apr All-aboriginal seniors home in B.C. highlights the need for more space

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[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]By Jonathon Hernandez and Ricardo Khayatte When Bernice Williams wheels herself through the halls of her home, she passes by a framed obituary of her uncle, just one of many memoirs of the Sto:lo Nation’s most influential elders that hang on the walls. After suffering years...