How woodland strap dress dancers are reviving a tradition on the powwow circuit

by MBC News | Mar 31, 2026

Photo: Joanne Soldier wears strap dress regalia, including a beaded hood and bandolier bag, at the Swan Lake First Nation Pow Wow in July 2017. Photo courtesy of Joanne Soldier By Crystal Greene Local Journalism Initiative Reporter IndigiNews When Starla Redsky...

In ‘Gatineau,’ Indigenous leaders celebrate belongings returned from the Vatican: ‘We welcome them home’

by MBC News | Mar 18, 2026

Photo: Leonard Akwiratekha Lazore, grand chief of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, and Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Linda Debassige uncrate items returned from the Vatican on March 10. / Julie Chadwick, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter By Julie Chadwick...

Renowned syilx educator hopes new UBCO building will be a hub for Indigenous innovation

by MBC News | Mar 16, 2026

Photo: A rendering of the x̌əl sic snpax̌nwixʷtn building. Photo courtesy of the University of British Columbia-Okanagan. By Aaron Hemens Local Journalism Initiative Reporter IndigiNews The University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBCO) is developing a new building to...

As climate, industry warm Okanagan waterways, expert warns of ‘extinction event’ for fish by 2040

by MBC News | Mar 7, 2026

Photo: nməlqytkʷ (The Similkameen River) flowing through the Town of Keremeos in smǝlqmíx homelands in 2024. Photo by Aaron Hemens / Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\ By Aaron Hemens Local Journalism Initiative Reporter IndigiNews A smǝlqmíx...

In Manitoba, a growing herd of bagwaji-bizhikiwag offers lessons in community

by MBC News | Mar 6, 2026

Photo: A wood bison approaches Skownan First Nation operations director Rychelle Catcheway in Chitek Lake Anishinaabe Provincial Park. / Screengrab courtesy Rychelle Catcheway By Crystal Greene Local Journalism Initiative Reporter IndigiNews A large herd of...