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Reviving Tradition Through Song and Performance in Akwesasne

Indigenous activism is growing, and young leaders in First Nations communities are stepping up to ensure the next generation carries forward traditional practices and cultural celebrations. The Mohawks of Akwesasne are among those championing efforts to bring back Akwesasronon culture and language, starting with their youngest members in the classroom. However, the community currently doesn’t have youth groups dedicated to preserving traditional Mohawk social and ceremonial singing or teaching culture through performance and drama.

Reviving Tradition Through Song and Performance in Akwesasne2026-04-30T16:19:40+00:00

Kwakiutl Health Centre Supports Healing Through Culture and Connection

The Kwakiutl Peoples are experiencing a mental health crisis and lack of short-term crisis response care in their community on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. In response, they have come together and are blending traditional Kwakiutl ways with modern approaches to create programs and services that protect and uplift their community at the Kwakiutl Health Centre.

Kwakiutl Health Centre Supports Healing Through Culture and Connection2025-02-03T21:24:52+00:00

Safeguarding and Revitalizing the Heiltsuk Language

For 14,000 years, the Heiltsuk language (Haíɫzaqvḷa) has been a cornerstone of Indigenous identity, culture, and way of life in Heiltsuk territory on the Central Coast of British Columbia. Despite its deep roots, like many Indigenous languages, it has seen a sharp decline in fluent speakers.

Safeguarding and Revitalizing the Heiltsuk Language2025-02-03T20:44:57+00:00

Healing and Cultural Connection at Mashkwa Healing Garden

Like other Indigenous Peoples, the Métis have endured colonial policies aimed at severing cultural ties and displacing them from the land. This disconnection has contributed to intergenerational trauma and a decline in well-being for over 8,000 Métis individuals and their families. For many, access to their traditional culture or a sense of belonging has been limited to services run through urban organizations or community groups.

Healing and Cultural Connection at Mashkwa Healing Garden2025-02-03T20:35:03+00:00

Ucwalmícwts Program Preserves St’át’imc Nation’s Cultural Legacy

Language is at the heart of culture, carrying the spirit, traditions, and identity of a people. For Indigenous communities working to reclaim their heritage, revitalizing language is more than just education – it is what ties individuals to their ancestors, their land, and traditional ways of knowing. However, access to language programs remains a significant challenge for many communities.

Ucwalmícwts Program Preserves St’át’imc Nation’s Cultural Legacy2025-02-03T20:39:20+00:00

We Heal Together

The legacy of the residential school system has left deep scars on Indigenous Peoples across Canada. Survivors were forever changed by the treatment they endured, and families and communities who lost children to the system were never the same. Although the last residential school closed in 1997, many who were forced to attend are still with us today.

We Heal Together2024-12-16T23:25:24+00:00

Student Bursary Supports Indigenous Youth in Pursuing Education

Education provides a path to opportunities, economic independence, and a brighter future, ultimately supporting reconciliation and inspiring the next generation of Indigenous leaders. Yet, for many Indigenous youth living in remote or rural areas, access to education beyond elementary school can be difficult, sometimes impossible.

Student Bursary Supports Indigenous Youth in Pursuing Education2025-02-11T17:20:35+00:00

Indigenous Ministries Build Bridges for Healing and Reconciliation

To address historical wrongs, rebuild trust, and foster lasting relationships, Catholic ministries across Canada are working toward reconciliation by bringing together Indigenous culture and the Catholic faith. This commitment has led to the creation of Indigenous ministries within dioceses nationwide, where cultural programs support healing and deepen connections between communities.

Indigenous Ministries Build Bridges for Healing and Reconciliation2024-12-16T23:39:17+00:00

Pow Wows In Honour Of Indigenous Women

Food, dance and shared traditions are important medicine to heal from trauma. For Indigenous Peoples, traditional gatherings such as Pow Wows hold special significance, offering a chance to reconnect and celebrate ceremonies that were nearly lost.

Pow Wows In Honour Of Indigenous Women2024-12-16T23:33:18+00:00

Honouring a Sacred Promise

Shockwaves rippled across Canada and the international community in 2021 with the discovery of suspected unmarked graves in British Columbia. For the people of the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc and Indigenous people across Canada, it confirmed what they already knew: that hundreds of loved ones who had never returned home from residential school remained forever children.

Honouring a Sacred Promise2024-12-16T23:15:04+00:00
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