The Indigenous Media Collaborative and JHR’s Solutions Journalism project brought together a group of Indigenous journalists and media organizations to produce solutions journalism and human rights stories about Indigenous sovereignty and #LandBack.
#Landback is an ongoing movement, and no one project or response on its own will restore Indigenous sovereignty or rights. The collaborative members worked together to report on the ways in which Indigenous peoples are fighting for sovereignty and land reclamation and what can be learned from communities’ solutions and successes.
The collaborative includes freelancers Brandi Morin and Oscar Baker III, as well as journalists from The Eastern Door (Steve Bonspiel, Callie Giaccone, Laurence Dubreuil, Marisela Amador), Cabin Radio (Meaghan Brackenbury) and IndigiNews (Emilee Gilpin).
Scroll down to read their stories.
At Fairy Creek, Indigenous-settler allyships are complicated — but they’re working
By Brandi Morin, Ricochet
June 12, 2021
Brandi Morin/Ricochet
In this story, Brandi Morin unpacks the powerful potential of the new relationships forming between Indigenous land defenders and settler activists in Fairy Creek as they rally together to save the ancient forests from logging.
At Yellowknife’s healing camp, a coffee served by someone who’s seen both sides
By Meaghan Brackenbury, Cabin Radio
August 19, 2021
Meaghan Brackenbury/Cabin Radio
Meaghan Brackenbury takes us behind the scenes of the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation’s urban healing camp in Yellowknife that is known for delivering hot breakfasts and various support programs to the city’s homeless population.
Learning Syilx teachings through EPIC program at Southern Okanagan Secondary School
By Athena Bonneau, IndigiNews
May 16, 2021
Athena Bonneau/IndigiNews
Mural festival showcases Indigenous strength
By Meaghan Brackenbury, Cabin Radio
August 18, 2021
Meaghan Brackenbury/Cabin Radio
Meaghan Brackenbury covers the Strong People, Strong Communities festival that pairs northern youth with Indigenous professional artists to create murals that highlight positive Indigenous stories.
Vaccines and shelter for the unhoused in Montreal
Laurence Brisson Dubreuil, The Eastern Door
May 7, 2021
Laurence Brisson Dubreuil/The Eastern Door
Nuxalk Nation stands together to uphold the laws of the land and waters
By Emilee Gilpin, IndigiNews
August 26, 2021
Banchi Hanuse/IndigiNews
In this story, Emilee Gilpin talks about the Nuxalk Nation’s pushback against government-sanctioned mining activities in BC that could “impact every aspect of [their] life in a negative way”.
Snuneymuxw First Nation signs historic MOU with province and feds
By Anna McKenzie, IndigiNews
July 29, 2021
Anna McKenzie/IndigiNews
Dene Nation launches its solution to NWT housing crisis
By Emily Blake, Cabin Radio
August 6, 2021
Photo courtesy Dene Nation
Grassroots movements fight a broken system
By Marisela Amador & Callie Giaccone,
The Eastern Door
September 21, 2021
Courtesy The Eastern Door
Marisela Amador and Cailee Giaccone talk to land defenders from the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation at Kahnawake on their efforts to stop housing development on contested land in Caledonia, Ontario.
Looking deeper at land claims
By Steve Bonspiel, Marisela Amador, Callie Giaccone & Laurence Brisson Dubreuil,
The Eastern Door
September 16, 2021
Courtesy The Eastern Door
Visit JHR’s ‘Strengthening Media in Canada through a Rights-Based Solutions Approach’ site to learn more about the program.