In 1977, Buffy Sainte-Marie, a Plains Cree woman from the Piapot reserve, appeared on Sesame Street explaining breastfeeding to Big Bird as she breastfed her son, Dakota "Cody" Starblanket Wolfchild. ...
Fish and coastal First Nations peoples Salmon and halibut are important staples in the diet of many people in BC and continues to be a food of significance to coastal First Nations peoples. Sa...
Supporting a healthy body image for all Culture is so important for health and wellness. It shapes how we define health and wellness and how we practice it. As a society, health and wellness see...
Indigenous peoples valued oolichan as a food source Every spring, the oolichan (or Eulachon) return to the Nass and Skeena rivers in Northern BC. Oolichan are a small ocean fish that migrate long d...
This past fall, Mary Vanstone, local administrator for Wrinch Memorial Hospital in Hazelton, hosted an event celebrating the unveiling of Gitxsan art. Local Indigenous artwork in health care settings ...
As a member of the Aboriginal Health team at Northern Health, it's really important to me to support culturally safe health care environments. When health care settings are inclusive of Indigenous cul...
I've said it before and I'll say it again: I love year-end "best of" or "top 10" lists! Not only are they a fun way to discover great stories, books, recipes, songs, movies, or whatever else you mi...
