Nisichawayasihk Elder Edward Linklater says the separation of his people from the land and water due to the impacts of hydro development has contributed to his people’s loss of their language. His story was part of the APTN News special report Photo: Justin Brake/APTN
Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes, from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, Saskatchewan in Treaty 6 is now the leader of the Alberta Green Party making her the first Indigenous woman to lead a provincial party. Photo: Tamara Pimentel/APTN
Barbara and Clarence Suggashie hold a picture of their daughter Kanina Sue Turtle who died by suicide in a Sioux Lookout foster home on Oct. 29, 2016 after being left alone in her room for 45 minutes. Kanina’s family is suing Tikinagan Child and Family Services for $5.9 million claiming her death was preventable. APTN file photo)
This tent has been pitched at the Nunavut legislature in Iqaluit as a protest to the housing shortage in the capital and throughout the territory. Photo: Kent Driscoll
Brian Tagalik and Pitsiula Ashoona stand in front of their tent by Nunavut’s legislature. The couple, who are homeless, is living there with their two children, aged 7 and 18 months to protest the housing shortage in Iqaluit and the territory. Photo: Kent Driscoll/APTN
A kudlik is lit at the beginning of a gathering of 60s Scoop survivors in Ottawa. This is the fourth time they have met to talk about their experiences in the foster care system after being taken from their parents. Colleen Cardinal, back with the red vest, penned a book about her experience and shared with the group this year. Photo: Todd Lamirande.
Elder Marie McGregor Pitawanakwat, 65, was forced from her home on the Whitefish First Nation in Ontario where commercial development may be possible in the future. The band says it did everything it could to provide her with a new home. Photo: Annette Francis/APTN
Canada’s First Indigenous woman owned airline is getting ready to hit the friendly skies next year. Iskwew Air is owned by Teara Fraser who is Metis and will fly between small, remote communities.
Gary Falkenham, right, at work on the Burns Lake fire in British Columbia. Falkenham had just completed his wildfire training in Nova Scotia and was put on a plane to help in B.C.
Gary’s mother Shelley plants a kiss on her son’s cheek. “I was happy for him,” she says of his fire fighting job. Photo: Angel Moore/APTN
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