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APTN celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day with a focus on community engagement and entertaining programming
APTN celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day with a focus on community engagement and entertaining programming June 6, 2024 TREATY 1 TERRITORY, WINNIPEG, Man. — APTN is embracing a new way of celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day (NIPD) by focusing on community engagement and continuing to place a strong emphasis on entertaining programming for June 21. […]
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Read MoreNative Culture Now Thrives at Once-Oppressive Indian Boarding School
Credit: NBCU Academy Riverside Indian School is one of four Indian boarding schools still standing in the country, once a school that enforced English and Christianity is now a place where nearly 400 students from 60 Native American tribes are reclaiming their traditions.
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Read MoreNational Indigenous History Month: Moving Forward By Forging Relationships
Credit: The Weather Network Author and journalist Waubgeshig Rice talks to The Weather Network about the challenges indigenous communities face when it comes to honouring their culture within Canada and suggests a path we can all take to come back together.
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Read MoreCBC SK News: drowning death inquest continues, undercooked bear meat causes muscle worms infection
Credit: CBCSaskatchewan News from across Saskatchewan for Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Sask. NDP wants independent investigation into harassment, bullying and gun claims by Speaker Family members in U.S. infected with muscle worms after eating undercooked Sask. bear meat 11-year-old accordion player and his family keep their Polish roots alive in Sask.
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Read MoreIndigenous grandmothers honoured with art and canoe journey
Credit: CBC Vancouver A project called Honouring Our Grandmothers Healing Journey has travelled, by canoe, from B.C.’s Interior to its final stop in New Westminster. A community chest was created by Indigenous artists from across the province, and shares the teachings of Indigenous ancestors.
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Read MoreWinnipeg celebrates Manito Ahbee Festival
Credit: CityNews On the second day of the Manito Ahbee Festival at the Assiniboia Downs, CityNews reporter Joanne Roberts speaks to runway models Ocean Bruyere and Lexie Joos about their hopes for Miss Indigenous Canada.
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Read MoreHistoric Bellevue House reopens
From: Parks Canada Following an extensive renewal of the building and its exhibits and programming, Bellevue House National Historic Site welcomes visitors to explore this historic site that tells broader, more inclusive stories about Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. Today, on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate […]
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Read MoreLisa Meeches hopes MMIWG documentary series returns to the airwaves | Face to Face
Credit: APTN News Over the past four decades, Lisa Meeches has produced countless acclaimed films and television programs. She tells Face to Face there are hopes to renew the series Taken, which told the stories of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
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Read MoreAPTN gets green light to launch new APTN Indigenous languages channel
APTN gets green light to launch new APTN Indigenous languages channel May 14, 2024 TREATY 1 TERRITORY, WINNIPEG, Man.— The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved APTN’s request to amend its conditions of service. Click here to see the details of the decision. This decision marks a significant milestone in APTN’s mission to […]
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Read MoreIndigenous Languages Series: Mary Maytwayashing
Credit: U Multicultural Channel Mary Maytwayashing, Strong Standing Golden Eagle, is from Lake Manitoba First Nations, also known as Dog Creek. She is a mother of three and a grandmother of eleven. She is fluent in her language, Anishinaabemowin, which is spiritual and sacred to her people. She shares what she has learned from her […]
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