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It seems that Canada's Indigenous languages milieu has created quite a following amongst non-Indigenous professionals immigrating to Canada and are trying hard to integrate into Canadian society by learning an Indigenous language. Junaid Khan is an Ecologist who immigrated from Pakistan 20 years ago and started working with Anishinaabe, Joe Pitawanakwat who is a plant expert. Khan is a CFR Advisory Committee Member. Both Khan and Pitawanakwat decided to produce a pamphlet, cataloguing birds species in Anishinaabemowin at a free class offered by the Native Canadian Centre in Toronto. You can read this report along with other background info and…

The Steinbach Arts Council is presenting the Manitoba Theatre For Young People’s award-winning production, of Frozen River (nîkwatin sîpiy) on Saturday March 25th at 4:00 pm at the Pat Porter Active Living Center, Steinbach, MB. The play centers around two 11 year old girls; a Scottish and a Cree girl and was sourced from both traditional Indigenous Knowledge Keepers and western sources like records from the Manitoba Archives. The play seems to originate when Lord Selkirk immigrated to southern Manitoba in 1812. This is a family orientated play and you can order your tickets by calling 204-346-1077.

An Indigenous man originally from Peguis First Nation played in Country Music's Hall of Fame - the Grand Ol Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, this past February 18, joining the likes of legendary singers like Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and Dolly Parton."Prince's career got a big boost in 2017 when he won the Canadian Juno Contemporary Roots Album-of-the-year Award.

Winnipeg’s Festival du Voyageur is western Canada’s largest winter festival and has its origins in colonial Canada when the fur trade expanded to western Canada in 1810 and employees of the Northwest Company started building Fort Gibraltar at the southeast corner of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. In 1970, Métis activist, Georges Forest founded Festival du Voyageur in its present form, generating nearly $13 million in economic activity to the local economy while averaging 100,000 attendees.This year’s rendition of the 2023 Festival du Voyageur promises to have more Indigenous activities including the “return ... [of the] infinity fire ... serving…

An 11-year-old Inuit hockey player from "Pangnirtung, Nunavut" has made Team Nunavut's U20 Hockey team, playing with girls nearly twice her age, at this year's "Arctic Winter Games (AWG)". Team Nunavut's U20 Hockey team is made up of players under 20 years of age and could make it to Canada's National Team and have a chance to go to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, as well as representing Canada at all International matches. Jordyn Machmer, started skating when she was "3 years old" and has played in several tournaments, scoring 17 goals and 31 goals,…

Maureen Googoo is "Mi’kmaq" from the Indian Brook First Nation and a member of the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia.Maureen has worked in radio in Halifax, Sydney, Toronto and La Ronge, Sask. and newspapers in Halifax, Dartmouth and La Ronge, as well as the APTN Bureau in Halifax.Maureen attended  "Columbia University", a highly reputable Ivy League school in New York City where she received her Master’s degree in journalism.

On January 3, 2023, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, announced that an Agreement-in-Principle has been reached in the Federal Indian Boarding Homes class action case. The Agreement-in-Principle affects approximately "40,000 Indigenous students"who"suffered cultural loss and abuse" while staying at federally sanctioned Boarding Homes between 1951 and 1992. This is an Agreement that is in progress and is expected to be worked out over 2023 with more information coming soon.

The 2020 Indian Day School Settlement will be winding down soon. But, if you are an eligible Class Action Member, you do have an extension until January 13, 2023,to fill out an Extension application form. This website points out some important things to consider, including links to application forms, and other information to make your application go a lot smoother. It lists several common issues that will lead to delays in your application and what to avoid.