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PNDN graffiti

Decolonizing the streets, one tag at a time

Kwakwaka’wakw and Nuu-chah-nulth graffiti artist PNDN has been bringing Indigenous art to the streets of Victoria since 2017.
IIKAAKIMAT by Chandra Melting Tallow, Land Back

Art, resistance, hope converge in LAND BACK exhibition

Exhibition at Open Space features Indigenous artists’ relationships with land and land defence According to Eli Hirtle, curator of the LAND BACK exhibition currently at Open Space, the chosen title…
uviff film posters

Inaugural University of Victoria Indigenous Film Festival features three short films created by Indigenous UVic students and alumni

On Nov. 13, the Native Students Union hosted their first ever Indigenous film festival live at Cinecenta and online. The event featured three short films produced by recent Indigenous UVic…
News Unsettled Native Students Union column

Why “something else” needs to be taken more seriously

Though the category “something else” on CNN might be portrayed as a simple and innocent mistake, one that can be changed at will after outrage,
Mi'kmaq solidarity blockade

W̱SÁNEĆ nations hold solidarity blockade for Mi’kmaw fishers

At a blockade of the Patricia Bay Highway on Oct. 23, a crowd of over 100 supporters joined members of W̱SÁNEĆ nations and Mi'kmaw guests to stand in solidarity with…
News Unsettled Native Students Union column

The healthcare system’s treatment of Indigenous people needs to change

Something that has been clear about healthcare in Canada for a long time is that it is, among many other services and institutions, an extremely unsafe place for Indigenous peoples.
News Unsettled Native Students Union column

Mi’kmaq fishers are facing violence for practicing treaty rights

The hostilities faced by the Mi’kmaq have reached levels far beyond a gathering of concerned fishers.One of the ways Nova Scotian fishers have foun
News Unsettled Native Students Union column

To stop the spread in Indigenous communities, Canada needs to respect Indigenous sovereignty over the land

the Canadian government has sat by and allowed for industry, the police, tourists and white supremacist protestors to run rampant on Indigenous territories.
Statue of James Cook with red paint

John A. MacDonald was a start

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…

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