- The weekly news -
Weekly News Entry #10 (June 8 - 14, 2020)
"A Black Lives Matter protest will take place in Yellowknife on Tuesday, following a similar event held in Fort Smith on Sunday." - Cabin Radio "The Łutsel K'è Dene First Nation (LKDFN) is one of 10 Indigenous communities from around the world to win a 2020 Equator Prize, awarded by the United Nations." - Cabin Radio "Two generations find creative ways to teach Inuvialuktun during pandemic". - CBC |
Weekly News Entry #6 (May 11 - May 17, 2020)
"A relief value on a steam-powered engine is small, but mighty." - Cabin Radio "First Nations leaders who have called on their communities to return to the land to find food during the COVID-19 pandemic are also seeing people reconnect with their traditions." - CBC "Two Earth protectors are charged with saving the planet from evil pioneers and cyborg sasquatches in Dakwakada Warriors. The comic, which incorporates a blend of English and Southern Tutchone, serves as an allegory for colonialism." - CBC "Kevin Noble Maillard's first picture book, Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, explores big questions about Native American history and expropriation, adding to a small canon of Indigenous children's stories." - CBC |
Weekly News Entry #5 (May 4 - May 10, 2020)
"A teacher in the Decho has taken her Dene Zhatié classes online to make sure students still have a way to learn the Dene language during the Covid-19 pandemic." - Cabin Radio "From hunting in the tundra to foraging in the boreal forest of the subarctic, a new show is profiling women from across the Northwest Territories." - CBC |
Weekly News Entry #3 (April 20 - 26, 2020)
"During the COVID-19 pandemic, women and girls across North America have been posting videos of themselves doing jingle dress dancing, a style of dance you'd typically see at powwows. It's a healing dance, and it has historic ties to another pandemic from 100 years ago." |
Weekly News Entry #2 (April 13 - 19, 2020)
"CBC Kids is proud to have produced Molly of Denali in partnership with PBS Kids, and is also proud of the Canadian participation in the series, which is quintessentially a northern show we felt would resonate with Canadian kids and families. There are deep traditional, territorial, family, cultural and linguistic ties between Alaska Natives and many Indigenous peoples within Canada." |
Weekly News Entry #1 (April 6 - 12, 2020)
"The Northwest Territories encompasses some of the northernmost regions of Canada and extends high into the Arctic Circle. It is about twice the size of Texas but home to only 44,000 residents, who live in small communities spread across its vast area. The capital city of Yellowknife is 1,500 kilometers from the next-closest major city. It’s cold, ruggedly beautiful, and very isolated. The region’s remoteness, its limited health resources, and the history of infectious disease among the predominantly indigenous population sparked an austere response to the spread of the coronavirus. Upon the discovery of its first case, the territory closed its borders to outside travel and implemented strict self-isolation measures. These measures have left many residents out of work. Pat Kane, a documentary photographer from Yellowknife, was forced to give up a number of jobs. His community was housebound. His wife suggested that he make up for lost work by offering to take family portraits of his quarantined friends through their windows. He posted the idea to Facebook and responses poured in. A new short documentary from The Atlantic follows Kane as he spends a day taking “isolation portraits” of his community in lockdown. The photographs illuminate the high stakes of coronavirus prevention in the Arctic and the community’s solidarity." |
|