by Boston Laferté | Oct 5, 2020 | News Unsettled, Opinions
Graphic provided by the Native Students Union. In the territory of the Mi’kmaq, now referred to as Nova Scotia, there have been extreme tensions between Indigenous and settler lobster fishers. The tensions come after three bands, the Sipekne’katik, Paqtnkek, and the...
by Boston Laferté | Sep 24, 2020 | News Unsettled, Opinions
Graphic provided by the Native Students Union. While businesses across Canada have been reopening, COVID-19 cases have continued to be confirmed all over the country. Since March, the Canadian government has kept pledging funding to Indigenous communities in order to...
by Boston Laferté | Sep 24, 2020 | Environmental, News, Provincial
Province has agreed to protect over 350 000 acres of old-growth forest but protesters want to see moratorium on logging of B.C.’s ancient trees Photo provided. About 30 minutes northeast of Port Renfrew, near Fairy Lake on Pacheedaht territory, sit several camps...
by Boston Laferté | Sep 10, 2020 | News Unsettled, Opinions
Photo of James Cook with red paint downtown, Photo by Kate Korte. On Saturday, August 29th, a group of activists in Kanien’kehá:ka territory gathered to demand the defunding of police. As the demonstration was coming to an end, a group scaled the statue of John A....
by Boston Laferté | Jul 21, 2020 | News Unsettled, Opinions
Members of the Native Students Union. Photo by Belle White, Contributing Photographer. June 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day (NIPD). On this day, Indigenous people celebrate our Indigeneity, our cultures, and our languages. Although it is a holiday instated by...