This year, three books by Indigenous authors are being honoured by the annual First Nations Communities READ program. The program, run by the Ontario First Nations public library community under the Ontario Library Service (OLS), and sponsored by Periodical Marketers of Canada, encourages family literacy and intergenerational storytelling. Each year during First Nation Public Library Week, winners
Ndilǫ Chief Fred Sangris says a request by the Tłı̨chǫ for the land acknowledgements in Yellowknife to recognize the area as being part of their traditional territory doesn't respect agreements between their nations, and undermines Akaitcho First Nations ongoing land claim negotiations.
Nadine Delorme returned to the Northwest Territories after learning of her birth mother's community of origin. She said she's running for Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh again to advocate for changes in housing, education and child welfare.
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Fort Resolution is a long way from Kamloops, B.C., but the community is grieving for the estimated 215 children whose remains were found on the grounds of a former residential school there.