Indigenous News Archive
![combined headshots of Class of 1980 member Norman Yusim and MILSA student Adam Kowal](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Norman-Yusim-Adam-Kowal-combo-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Law
Close-knit Class of 1980 creates bursary for Indigenous law students
July 15, 2022 —
Thanks to the efforts of a close-knit group of Faculty of Law alumni, Indigenous law students at Robson Hall will have access to another source of much-needed bursary funds, starting in the fall of 2023.
![A woman who attended an Indian Day School joins her daughter as they look at the Orange shirts, shoes, flowers and messages on display outside the B.C. legislature in June 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Orange-Shirts-THE-CANADIAN-PRESS-Chad-Hipolito-150x150.jpg)
Research and International
Canada’s reckoning with colonialism and education must include Indian Day Schools
July 13, 2022 —
Many Canadians are finally coming to terms with the truth that the Canadian government, in co-operation with Christian churches, ran a genocidal school system intended to 'kill the Indian in the child' for more than a century
![A watercolour painting of horizontal lines that suggest a prairie landscape with a far-off horizon.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/land-based-learning-watercolor-field-150x150.jpg)
TeachingLIFE
Land as teacher
June 29, 2022 —
Land-based education means learning on, about and from the land
![2022 Student Affairs Participation Award Recipient Zoe Quill](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Zoe-Quill-150x150.jpg)
Science student Zoe Quill receives 2022 Student Affairs Participation Award
June 23, 2022 —
The award aims to recognize a student who has maintained high academic achievement while making a significant voluntary contribution to UM and/or the broader community
![Group photo of people wrapped in star blankets.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Indigenous-Awards-of-Excellence11100002-min-150x150.jpg)
Indigenous
Sixth annual Indigenous Awards of Excellence celebrates 2021 and 2022 recipients in-person
June 22, 2022 —
Each year, Indigenous Engagement and Communications, and the Office of the Vice-President (Indigenous) (OVPI) honours students, staff and faculty in the categories of community builder, trailblazer and outstanding achievement at the Indigenous Awards of Excellence
![Migizii Agamik with Teepee](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Migizii-Agamik-Teepee-2-150x150.jpg)
Recognizing National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 21, 2022 —
A message from UM President and Vice-Chancellor Michael Benarroch and Vice-President (Indigenous) Dr. Catherine Cook
![View from the third floor of the Drake Centre. Looking from the balcony, across the way is a study area with glass around it and a sign that says Asper School of Business.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Asper-School-of-Business-Atrium-reduced-150x150.jpg)
Asper School of Business
National Indigenous Peoples Day: time for reflection and action
June 21, 2022 —
Today, the Asper School of Business recognizes and celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day. We are located on Treaty 1 Territory, the original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation.
![Dr. Marcia Anderson in front of a teal backdrop](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/MarciaAnderson_UMToday-FNL-150x150.jpg)
Free Press: Race-based data a hallmark of pandemic response
June 20, 2022 —
Information collected shaped Manitoba’s vaccine roll out
![A ceremonial flame lit at the Mashkiki Gitigaan - Medicine Garden.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_2955-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady Faculty celebrates National Indigenous Peoples’ Day
June 20, 2022 —
The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences will honour National Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Tuesday, June 21, with morning and noon-hour celebrations on Bannatyne campus
![Law students surrounding a Tipi with Robson Hall in the background](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DSC7162_Tipi_Students_Robson-Hall_straightened-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law co-hosts SSHRC-funded Indigenous E-Conference with Lakehead, UNB
June 17, 2022 —
On July 7, 2022, Robson Hall’s Common Room will be the site of a SSHRC-funded in-person and online workshop focussed on identifying ways to end the phenomenon of police killing Indigenous people in need of assistance.