NUMEROUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE NAMED OR RENAMED IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, often thanks to the efforts of Elders and community leaders working with local school districts. But these practices are—or may be—threatened in Alberta by an amending bill passed on May 13.
WHILE MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE USED AND LEARNED FROM A SEARCHABLE MAP of Indigenous territories, languages, and treaties created in BC in 2015, exciting redesign and new uses of technology are great reasons to return to Native Land Digital again and again.
PUT RECONCILIATION INTO ACTION this winter and enroll in a free, online Southern Michif course.
CURRENT FLOOD EVACUATIONS AND ALERTS AND HIGHWAY CLOSURES IN THE FRASER VALLEY remind us of a similar event from November 14-16, 2021.
MID-DECEMBER MARKS THE 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION (TRC) OF CANADA’S FINAL REPORT, entitled Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future.
STINGING NETTLE AND BIGLEAF MAPLE are featured in a conservation area with enhanced habitat for the Oregon Forestsnail (a species at risk under federal legislation) near Lálèm Way—an affordable housing project of 23 unit rental suites, completed in 2022, that Ch’íyáqtel (Tzeachten) First Nation built for its members in collaboration with BC Housing.
BEAR IMAGE PRODUCTIONS, A FILMMAKER FROM the Ch’íyáqtel First Nation, collaborated with the Chilliwack Local Immigration Partnership in 2023 to produce Common Territory
A STÓ:LŌ AGREEMENT FOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION, a landmark pilot project signed in 2022 between the Province of BC and the S’ólh Téméxw Stewardship Alliance (STSA) and extended in 2023, provides protection for 45 sacred, spiritual, and ceremonial heritage sites on Stó:lō Nation territory across the Central Fraser Valley, Chilliwack, and the lower Fraser River watersheds.
THE JOINT WORKING GROUP ON FIRST NATIONS HERITAGE CONSERVATION IS ASKING FIRST NATIONS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND OTHERS for feedback by November 14, 2025 on proposed changes to BC’s Heritage Conservation Act.
“THE CLASS OF 2026 WILL BE THE FIRST COHORT IN BC to complete their K-12 public education with the history of Indian Residential Schools fully integrated into their curriculum,” explains the First Nations Health Authority on its website.