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Twin Mohawk sisters create Haudenosaunee-inspired silver jewelry at Six Nations
Twin sisters Jesse and Dakota Brant are the owners of Sapling and Flint, a Six Nations-based business that designs, manufactures and sells jewelry influenced by their traditions and culture.
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Rhiannon Johnson
Indigenous |
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Your North: CBC North's best reader photos of 2019
Canada -North ||
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'Crazy busy': Boom from $40B LNG plant in northwestern B.C. leaves communities scrambling to keep up
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Andrew Kurjata
Canada -British Columbia ||
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Why 2 small Canadian films are making a splash in Hollywood
Zulekha Nathoo
Entertainment ||
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214 grey whales washed up dead on the West Coast this year. Scientists say it could happen again
Two more skinny whales stranded last month, including one in B.C., a troubling sign that whatever is behind emaciated "zombie whales" and a mysterious mass die-off of grey whales in 2019 might not be over.
Canada -British Columbia |
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'For the people, by the people': Mi'kmaw entrepreneurs making a (fashion) statement
The Mi'kmaw co founders of a new Mi'kmaw clothing company from Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia, say their brand stands to encourage rights assertion for Indigenous peoples, and also connects people through fashion.
Indigenous |
Eskasoni lobster fisherman 'saddened' after boat vandalized
The first mate of a lobster fishing crew from Eskasoni First Nation says his vessel was vandalized while docked at St. Peters Canal over the holidays. Four holes were discovered in the boat, which was found underwater by crew members on Boxing Day.
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Aly Thomson
Canada -Nova Scotia |
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Point of View
Shared Lines: Why one Inuvialuk woman decided to get facial tattoos
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Reneltta Arluk
Canada -North |
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Nobel laureate Donna Strickland, James Cameron, Inuk actor Johnny Issaluk among Order of Canada appointees
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Peter Zimonjic
Politics ||
Next decade could see key decisions in Robinson-Huron Treaty case
Canada -Sudbury |
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This game teaches Mi'kmaw youth to be better stewards for salmon
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Jessica Deer
Indigenous |
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Kelly Fraser, Juno-nominated Inuk singer-songwriter, dead at 26
Canada -North |
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150 km from anywhere, N.W.T. homesteader has front seat to climate change
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John Last
Canada -North |
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Take a look at this Tuktoyaktuk artist's powerful work
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Katie Toth
Canada -North |
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Out of the dark and into the boxing ring
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Rhiannon Johnson
Indigenous |
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'These young people want to heal': Music helps northern Quebec youth
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Susan Bell
Canada -North |
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Why this 'language geek' provides hundreds of Indigenous language tools for free
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Katherine Barton
Canada -North |
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Trio of college stars turning Pimicikamak into a hockey hotbed
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Ian Froese
Canada -Manitoba |
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Cousins use Kanien'kéha to share what they've learned about medicines and Mohawk culture
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Jessica Deer
Indigenous |
Arctic Bay elder remembers Inuktitut weather words rarely used today
Canada -North |
NDP wants RCMP investigated following report of plan to send snipers to Wet'suwet'en blockade
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Ryan Patrick Jones
Politics |
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Trump signs measure to preserve Native languages
Canada -North |
Hear 'O Come, All Ye Faithful' sung in Hän
Canada -North |
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Have time? Here are some fireside long-reads from the North
Canada -North ||
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Opaskwayak Cree Nation volunteer returns from cross-cultural internship in Peru with new perspective
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Lenard Monkman
Indigenous |
The only female premier left in office is N.W.T.'s Caroline Cochrane
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Peter Zimonjic
Politics ||
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Elders sing Christmas carols in Secwepemctsin to help language learners
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Chantelle Bellrichard
Indigenous |
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'We're not alone anymore': Christmas cards lining hallways at Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation School
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Heidi Atter
Canada -Saskatchewan |
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