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Support for Cowessess First Nation coming from within and across the country

Following an announcement Thursday that unmarked graves had been found at the former site of Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan, support for people in Cowessess First Nation and residential school survivors is coming both from within the First Nation and across the country.

Rhiannon Johnson

Indigenous June 24

Sask. First Nation announces discovery of 751 unmarked graves near former residential school

Canada Saskatchewan June 25

Survivors share experiences, impacts of life at residential school

Indigenous June 24

'Stuck in Kenora with a heart monitor and nowhere to go': Ontario man caught by Manitoba patient restrictions

Canada Thunder Bay June 24

Churches must release residential school records of burial grounds: Manitoba advocates

Manitoba First Nations advocates are working to ensure that any children who may have been buried on the sites of former residential schools, including any who are among hundreds of unmarked graves recently discovered in Saskatchewan, are returned home.

Canada Manitoba June 24

'Canada's responsibility': Trudeau responds to report of unmarked graves at residential school site

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today the pain and grief Indigenous communities are feeling after a preliminary report of 751 unmarked graves found near a former residential school in Saskatchewan is "Canada's responsibility to bear."

Brennan MacDonald

Politics June 24

'We need justice': Northerners call for action after Saskatchewan graves discovery

Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq is among those in the North calling for apologies, accountability and 'meaningful, quality' reparations after a preliminary finding of 751 unmarked graves at a cemetery near a former residential school in Saskatchewan.

Canada North June 24

Why creating space, visibility is important for the Kanien'kehá:ka trans community

Ka’nhehsí:io Deer

Indigenous June 24

Indigenous businesses faced barriers accessing COVID-19 relief programs, survey finds

Business June 24

Indigenous community hurt amid allegations of false identity at Queen's

Canada Ottawa June 24

Facebook and NAC Indigenous Theatre to put mics, tripods into hands of Indigenous content creators

Indigenous June 23

Sask. First Nation announces hundreds of unmarked graves found at former residential school site

Canada Saskatchewan June 24

Here's how some communities celebrated National Indigenous Peoples Day 2021

Indigenous June 23

Quebec government, Catholic oblates still haven't delivered key residential school records

Simon Nakonechny

Canada Montreal June 23

A new logo for Canada's national gallery — and a new outlook

Canada Ottawa June 24

Indigenous Services minister says housing shortage aggravating COVID-19 outbreak in Kashechewan

Olivia Stefanovich

Politics June 23

COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: What you need to know

Indigenous June 23

Alberta to provide $8M for research into unmarked burial sites, deaths at residential schools

Canada Edmonton June 23

Thousands of paper cranes from Manitoba Japanese association honour children lost at residential schools

Canada Manitoba June 23

Award-winning Queen's prof questioned over Indigenous identity claim

Canada Ottawa June 23

Scientists, Homalco First Nation team up to probe massive B.C. landslide — and its impact on salmon

Canada British Columbia June 23

Federal government pledges $12.5M to essential air services in remote N.W.T. communities

Canada North June 22

Reconnecting with my culture and taking pride in being Mi'kmaw

Craig Knockwood

Canada PEI June 23

Indigenous instructor offers self-defence and self-confidence with martial arts

Indigenous June 22

Survivors call for demolition of former residential school in Birtle, Man.

Canada Manitoba June 22

Effort to decolonize law drives legal aid lawyer, staff in northern Quebec

Canada North June 22

Catalogue of picture books aims to teach kids about Indigenous culture, history

Canada Edmonton June 22

How an Algonquin dancer found her way home

Canada Ottawa June 22

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