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Justice / March/April 2023

Nuchatlaht First Nation: How a Legal Battle Could Change Land Rights for Good

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 - by Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓

Indigenous groups have been fighting for land for decades, often with disappointing results

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December 2021 / Fiction

The Mission

November 30, 2021January 4, 2022 - by Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓

Saint Mary’s River coldly wrought the edge of the Mission to the north, blocking its expansion toward the reserve’s hoodoos

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November 2019 / Sports

Raptors, Race, and Belonging

October 22, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓

How the 2019 NBA championship helped create a vision for a new nation

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Arts & Culture / January/February 2019

The Art of the Snag

December 27, 2018April 23, 2020 - by Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓

Inside a joyful and mischievous world of attraction

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Tax Niʔ Pik̓ak (A Long Time Ago)

June 21, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓

Ka titi had been alive longer than most of the people on the reserve. She remembered when David Thompson arrived in Ktunaxa ʔamak̓is

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How I Remember My Brothers

February 27, 2018September 13, 2023 - by Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓

Growing up, I never knew two of my brothers—but I could picture them

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