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- Missing Indigenous Women and the Moose Hide Campaign
tansi ninôtemik, The ReconciliACTION team has previously discussed the R v Skibicki case from 2024, wherein a serial killer murdered four Indigenous women, specifically targeting them because of their Indigeneity.[1] The Skibicki case, unfortunately, is not an isolated incident. Highway 16 in Britis … Read more »
- Gender Identity and Status
tansi ninôtemik, For the purpose of this blog post, we use the term “Indian” when discussing the Indian Act and registration under the Indian Act, including terms such as “status Indian” and “non-status Indian.”[1] These terminologies were created by the federal government and are still used when … Read more »
- Good News! The Indigenous Media Association of Canada is on the Way!
tansi ninôtemik, A group of Indigenous media veteran women have banded together to change the news media landscape in Canada.[1] After months of discussions between a core group (Eden Fineday, Kerry Benjoe, Maureen Googoo, Katherine Ross, and Francine Compton), there was an overwhelming sense that i … Read more »
- Sturgeon Lake Finding of 11,000-Year-Old Pre-Contact Indigenous Village
tansi ninôtemik, In a recent and exciting update, archaeologists confirmed the existence of an 11,000-year-old pre-contact Indigenous village near Sturgeon Lake.[1] This site is one of the oldest known Indigenous sites on the continent.[2] This discovery validates what Indigenous people have always … Read more »
- Indigenous Peoples & Access to Reproductive Care
tansi ninôtemik, In Canada, abortion is both legal and publicly funded, but abortion is not yet equally accessible, especially for Indigenous people.[1] Protecting Indigenous peoples’ access to reproductive rights and bodily autonomy is particularly important given Canada’s horrific record of forced … Read more »