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Metis artist, Aguenus (Angela Hall) created this crest. (Golden Rockets)

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Golden Rockets reveal Community Fund jerseys

October 2, 2023

Playing the Red River Jig and meeting the Grade 7s as they begin their Transition River Walk to High School on June 7.
(Metis Nation Columbia River Society/ Facebook)

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Truth and Reconciliation blanket exercise at Golden Skybridge

September 20, 2023

Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, 2019. (Black Press Media files)

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Joffre Lakes Provincial Park to stay open over Labour Day weekend

September 2, 2023

Indigenous medicine bags. (Fraser Health/Contributed to Black Press Media)

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Indigenous medicine bags help with healing at B.C. hospitals

(Zachary Delaney/Revelstoke Review)

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Sinixt and Secwépemc paddlers launch 7-day canoe trip down Columbia River in Revelstoke

Elders Davene Dunn and Ed Delisle share Indigenous teachings with children at their outdoor school location.

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Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day in Golden

Volunteers from the community painted a crosswalk outside the École La Confluence in Golden to demonstrate support for the province’s ongoing process of truth and reconciliation.

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Orange crosswalk painted outside of École La Confluence in Golden

A new program at Capilano University focuses on the creative talent of Indigenous filmmakers. (Credit: Pixabay)

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New program at B.C. university caters to budding Indigenous filmmakers

Rise Up Helping Hands volunteers Irene Anderson and Marley Ormondy, program director Sherrelle Anderson and executive director Launa Payne, and volunteer Chantell Ducharme make healthy food and put together tote bags on Feb. 24 to give away. (Martha Wickett - Salmon Arm Observer)

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Access to food crucial to Salmon Arm society’s work on Indigenous wellness

From left to right: Lower Kootenay Band council members Chad Luke, Cherie Luke, Nasukin Jason Louie, and Creston town councillor Denise Dumas get ready for an icy plunge into the Kootenay River on Feb. 3. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)

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Polar Plunge: Lower Kootenay Band takes a dip in icy waters

February 10, 2023

Health Minister Adrian Dix said Cowichan Tribes’ companies can work at the construction site of the new Cowichan District Hospital. (Ministry of Health graphic)

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Stalement that has slowed construction of $1.4 billion B.C. hospital over: Dix

February 10, 2023

Dr. Nel Wieman with the First Nations Health Authority speaks about the illicit drug toxicity deaths in the province and about the effect on First Nation’s communities during a press conference at B.C. Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, February 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

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First Nations women overrepresented among B.C. toxic drug deaths: doctor

January 31, 2023

On Sept. 28, Nasukin Jason Louie poses with Facilities and Operations Manager Ken White and Chief Operating Officer Heather Suttie as they accept the funding of $9.5 million for the Seven Nations Soaring Eagles Wellness Centre. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)

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Lower Kootenay Band breaks ground on $9.5M treatment centre

October 12, 2022

Terry Teegee, regional Chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations speaks at a meeting between Canada's premiers and Indigenous leaders at the Songhees Wellness Centre on July 1. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

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New First Nations centre coming to B.C. to give economic development guidance

October 11, 2022

Medicinal plants used by members of the Yakama Nation grow near the Klickitat River, a tributary of the Columbia River, on Sunday, June 19, 2022, in Lyle, Wash. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

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Columbia River salmon are at the core of ancient religion

August 16, 2022

Protesters gather outside the Kelowna Court House during the sentencing of fraudulent social worker Robert Riley Saunders (Jacqueline Gelineau)

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Fraudulent Kelowna social worker facing prison wishes he could ‘go back in time’

The pithouse at the Vallican heritage site. Photo: Louis Bockner

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Indigenous woman occupies Vallican heritage site in West Kootenay after province revokes her caretaker role

Photo of First Nations totem polls in Vancouver B.C. from pixabay.com.

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First Nations courses for high school grad credits now available to B.C. students

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Celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day in Golden

Graduating students from Seycove Secondary in Deep Cove, North Vancouver, B.C. throw their hats during a physically distanced graduation photo Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Graduating students all over the world are celebrating their grads in different ways due to the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

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Indigenous-focused coursework to be a high school graduation requirement in B.C.

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