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Civilization 7 makers work with Shawnee to bring sincere representation of the tribe to the game
Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes grew up playing video games, including “probably hundreds of hours” colonizing a distant planet in the 1999 title Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri. So when that same game ...
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Lawyer for only RCMP officer convicted in Dale Culver’s death requests obstruction case be dropped
By Amy Romer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lawyers for a “Prince George” Mountie convicted of obstruction in the death of Dale Culver are calling for a stay of proceedings — a “legal maneuver” ...
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Inuit lawmaker asked to leave the podium at Danish Parliament after speaking only in Greenlandic
A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark’s Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly after she refused to translate her speech delivered in Greenlandic — the Inuit language of the ...
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What the parties are promising ahead of the British Columbia provincial election
The British Columbia’s New Democrats released the party’s platform Thursday days after the Greens unveiled a plan for government ahead of the election on Oct. 19. The B.C. Conservative Party has not ...
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Public school board candidate decries First Nation residents’ exclusion
By: Maggie Macintosh Local Journalism Initiative Reporter An Anishinaabe candidate in the Mountain View School Division’s upcoming byelection is calling for systemic change so on-reserve residents ...
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‘You were innocent’: Judge acquits Manitoba man 50 years after murder conviction
Canadian Press-An Indigenous man convicted of killing a restaurant worker 50 years ago was acquitted Thursday by a judge who called the case a wrongful conviction that involved systemic discrimination ...
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Rally condemns idea of nuclear waste in North
By  Sandi Krasowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter  Around 150 people comprised of representatives from 12 First Nation communities, grassroots First Nations people and supporters filled ...
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Federal fisheries officers refusing duties because of violence on the water in N.S.
(CP)-Federal fisheries officers in Nova Scotia say they’re refusing some enforcement duties because of threats to their safety, as they await Ottawa’s response to their complaints. The union ...
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Tragedy in a tiny community: young Ditidaht man charged with first degree murder
By Eric Plummer  Local Journalism Initiative After scores of police officers descended on it, the tiny community of Nitinat, north of Port Renfrew must now come to terms with the tragic events that ...
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Rustad’s Indigenous policy announcement adds insult to injury, say First Natio
By Rochelle Baker  Local Journalism Initiative First Nations leaders are dismayed BC Conservative Leader John Rustad chose to announce his party’s proposed Indigenous policy on the National Day of ...
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Six Nations own Royal Chapel of Mohawks Coat-of-Arms sparks potential talks
By Austin Evans and Lynda Powless Writer It was not only history in the making when Six Nations’ own Royal Chapel of the ...
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Army returns remains of 9 Indigenous children who died at boarding school over a century ago
The remains of nine more Native American children who died at a notorious government-run boarding school in Pennsylvania over a century ago were disinterred from a small Army cemetery and returned to ...