Dakota Girl
My everyday name is Olivia. My traditional Dakota name is Šinákamina Ská Wiŋ, or White Shawl Shell Woman. I am a mother, a life giver, a caretaker,...
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The Promised Land: In Search of Freedom, Prosperity, and #LandBack for Indigenous Peoples
A VIU media release has relayed that Max FineDay, Executive Director of the Canadian Roots Exchange, will be offering his unique perspective on...
First Nations studies plan to change name to Indigenous studies
By contributor Spencer Sheehan-Kalina VIU’s Faculty of First Nations Studies announced to students that it will be changing its name to Indigenous...
Upcoming Arts & Humanities Colloquium talk on reviving a language
Above: At Dzawadi. Photo courtesy of Laura Cranmer By contributor Gordon Hak Languages are social, cultural, historical, and personal. They can also...
The Truth in Reconciliation
Above: An honouring ceremony for the Snuneymuxw people last year at VIU. By Lori Shwydky Last week, the “Indigenous Survivance: The Truth in...
Making a cultural and spiritual connection
By contributor Andrea Christiansen Greenland is a barren, white island known as the land of ice and snow—a no man’s land where snowstorms never end....