Key residential school documents might be stored at Oblates archives in Rome
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) is collaborating with the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate to access historical…
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Indigenous delegation to Vatican postponed over omicron concerns
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Chief RoseAnne Archibald says a planned Indigenous delegation to the Vatican…
Ontario academic looks at history of forced sterilization of Indigenous women
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – An academic at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont., has been researching the forced sterilization of…
Papal apology will wait until his Turtle Island visit next year: AFN delegate
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegates who will be travelling to the Vatican next week and…
Online resource allows users to view Blackfoot items held in British museums
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A group of Blackfoot researchers have put together a website where people can view Blackfoot artifacts…
Family of Blackfoot man who died in jail last year still don’t know how he died
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The family of a Blackfoot man who died in a Calgary jail still doesn’t know his…
TikTok program helps aspiring Indigenous influencers
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – TikTok is offering a program for Indigenous creators across Turtle Island to learn all the best…
ICC turns down lawyers’ request to investigate residential schools
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A Red Deer-based lawyer who helped bring forward a request for the International Criminal Court (ICC)…
Provincial government funding lawsuit against federal tanker ban
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The UCP government is bankrolling two Métis groups’ lawsuit against the federal Liberals’ oil tanker ban…
Child and Youth Advocate says COVID has made things worse for vulnerable youth
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – The overlapping public health crises of COVID and opioid poisoning are having a significant impact on some of Alberta’s most…