Latest from Samantha Schwientek
A teepee at this school was vandalized the day after it was set up. Now they're ready for a new one
Just one day after Elsie Yanik Catholic School in Fort McMurray put up a teepee, RCMP say two suspects wearing masks damaged it beyond repair. Within days, the school's Indigenous liaison started plans for a new one.
'Gory' gingerbread buffalo jump celebrates Plains hunting culture
Mariah Gladstone, a Blackfeet and Cherokee baker from Montana, recently spent about 11 hours creating a buffalo jump scene featuring a massive gingerbread cliff, teepees and butchered buffalo 'meat.'
Youth artists take centre stage at Edmonton's A Very Indigenous Holiday Market
An Indigenous art collective is helping youth connect with their cultures and develop as artists and entrepreneurs through its holiday market in Edmonton.
Some missing residential school students disappeared into arranged marriages, report says
Records show arranged marriages between residential school students as early as the 1890s, while the Truth and Reconciliation Commission collected testimony from survivors who said they faced forced marriage as late as the 1950s.
Indigenous youth skeptical of government's commitment to reconciliation, says survey
More than 1,100 Indigenous youth shared their thoughts on reconciliation, community and their own futures in a report released Wednesday by Indigenous Youth Roots (IYR).
Most contracts awarded to Indigenous businesses through federal program not audited
A program that provides federal contracts to Indigenous businesses has not audited most of the contracts it awarded last year, a House of Commons committee heard Thursday in Ottawa.
Los Angeles tribute concert for Robbie Robertson supports Woodland Cultural Centre
A list of stars turned out for a five-hour tribute to legendary Mohawk musician Robbie Robertson in Los Angeles last week including Eric Clapton and Van Morrison. Proceeds from the event will help a Haudenosaunee cultural centre.
Family of Blood Tribe man who died in Calgary Police custody calls for public inquiry
Jon Wells, 42, died Sept. 17 after police tackled, punched and deployed "various uses of force" on him, according to the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), which is investigating the incident.
How a resolution at the B.C. Law Society became a debate about residential school denialism
A recent request to change the wording in a mandatory Indigenous intercultural course for lawyers in British Columbia led to a debate over whether the changes amounted to residential school denialism.
NDP MP says action needed now to 'save Indigenous people's lives' after 6 killings by police
Nunavut MP Lori Idlout says police killings of six First Nations people in 11 days should inspire the government to act — and the TRC and MMIWG reports show the way.