Category: Indigenous People
Spotlight on National Indigenous Peoples Day
Celebrated on June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day aims to recognize and honour the heritage, cultures, contributions, and resilience of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. This day coincides with the summer solstice, the longest …
Duty to remember Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people
In January 1992, the body of Cheryl Ann Joe was found in Vancouver’s impoverished Downtown Eastside. Cheryl Ann was a member of the shíshálh Nation, located on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast. On the following February …