‘Cheslatta Carrier Nation signs agreement with company that forced them from their homes 68 years ago.’ That CBC News headline took me back to a momentous (for us) family trip to three reserves back in 1993. Reflecting on the trip… Read more →
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In midst of Wet’suwet’en turmoil, church groups support Indigenous rights
by Flyn Ritchie • • 2 Comments
Blockades in Wet’suwet’en territory, on railways across Canada, in Victoria, in the streets of Vancouver . . . divisions run deep on issues relating to Indigenous rights and title. Some would remove all protesters forthwith and encourage the Coastal GasLink… Read more →
A bridge between the stories of Samson and Unist’ot’en resistance
by Tama Ward Balisky • • 0 Comments
This is the account of a storytelling event that brought together an Eastside Vancouver church and a First Nations community in British Columbia’s central interior. More importantly it’s the account of a 10 year old boy named Graeme who, for… Read more →