Today's Mood, Episode #032926

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”
~Mary Anne Radmacher

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#Old #Deadly #Indigenous #NativePride

Today's Mood, Episode #032926

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Across the American West, #Indigenous communities are reclaiming their ancestral homelands... and momentum is building! 🌱 California has committed to bringing 7.5 million acres under #TribalStewardship, weaving together cultural healing, biodiversity recovery, and wildfire resilience 🔥🌿

LandBack advances across the W...
LandBack advances across the West

In 2025, the state of California helped fund at least four initiatives to return land to tribes, adding up to thousands of acres.

High Country News
'You are going to be outraged': Mother speaks ahead of inquest into daughter's death at Niagara hospital
Community members gathered Thursday in Fort Erie, Ont., to pay tribute to Heather Winterstein, a young woman whose death raised questions about how Indigenous people and those with mental health and substance use issues are treated in the health-care system. An inquest into her de...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/heather-winterstein-coroner-inquest-niagara-health-9.7144716?cmp=rss
'You are going to be outraged': Mother speaks ahead of inquest into daughter's death at Niagara hospital
Community members gathered Thursday in Fort Erie, Ont., to pay tribute to Heather Winterstein, a young woman whose death raised questions about how Indigenous people and those with mental health and substance use issues are treated in the health-care system. An inquest into her de...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/heather-winterstein-coroner-inquest-niagara-health-9.7144716?cmp=rss
New Indigenous healing space brings traditional practices into mental health care at LHSC
A new Indigenous healing space at London Health Sciences Centre is bringing cultural practices into mental health care. The space reflects a growing recognition among health experts that Indigenous healing practices should be integrated into mainstream care.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/new-indigenous-healing-space-brings-traditional-practices-into-mental-health-care-at-lhsc-9.7144840?cmp=rss
'You are going to be outraged:' Mother speaks ahead of inquest into daughter's death at Niagara hospital
Community members gathered Thursday in Fort Erie, Ont., to pay tribute to Heather Winterstein, a young woman whose death raised questions about how Indigenous people and those with mental health and substance use issues are treated in the healthcare system. An inquest into her dea...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/heather-winterstein-coroner-inquest-niagara-health-9.7144716?cmp=rss

Dr. Joe Watkins’ 50-year career marks a shift from "intrusive practice" to tribal #sovereignty! 🏺🪶
In the Native Circles podcast, he moves beyond 'digging because we can' to prioritizing #Indigenous voices.

🎧 Listen to the full podcast here:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811701/episodes/18852113

Indigenous Archaeology and Sovereign Stories with Dr. Joe Watkins - Native Circles

Co-hosts Dr. Davina Two Bears and Dr. Farina King talk with Choctaw archaeologist Dr. Joe Watkins about the changing dynamics of Indigenous archaeology from AIM-era protests and NAGPRA to tribal historic preservation offices and global collaborati...

Buzzsprout

CBC News has obtained a newly declassified copy of the RCMP Security Service's nearly 1,700-page intelligence dossier on the Dene Nation which confirms the Mounties had five paid informers "targeted specifically" against the organization as late as September 1978, in an extensive intelligence probe already five years old by then.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/dene-nation-rcmp-security-service-files-9.7139036?cmp=rss

#Indigenous #reconciliation #Law #Justice

Why Mounties paid 5 informers to spy on Dene leaders: Inside a secret surveillance operation | CBC News

Dene leaders believe the RCMP Security Service in the 1970s broke into their office in Yellowknife, bugged it, stole and leaked material while aiming to discredit them via Operation Checkmate, a national disruption program.

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Duheme's statement comes after calls from Indigenous leaders and Anandasangaree for the Mounties to take accountability and make amends following a years-long CBC Indigenous investigation revealed the RCMP Security Service ran covert surveillance, had informants and engaged in countersubversion against the First Nations, Inuit and Métis rights movements.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-response-indigenous-spying-operation-9.7141533?cmp=rss

#Indigenous #reconciliation #Law #Justice

RCMP commissioner regrets Indigenous spying program that spanned over a decade | CBC News

The RCMP commissioner says he expresses sincere regret for an extensive spying program that targeted hundreds of Indigenous people following a CBC Indigenous investigation.

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The organizations that police monitored included the Métis Society of Saskatchewan and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians — precursors to today's Métis Nation—Saskatchewan and Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/rcmp-native-extremism-files-metis-nation-sask-9.7138693?cmp=rss

#Indigenous #reconciliation #Law #Justice

Indigenous activists in Sask. among those targeted by RCMP spying in 1970s | CBC News

Reports on Indigenous organizations in Saskatchewan are among previously classified RCMP Security Service files released to CBC under the Access to Information Act. Bruce Flamont says he is not surprised. He saw officers surveilling him in the 1970s.

CBC