#IndigenousCommunity News Archive
Indigenous
CBC News: Indigenous artifacts held in Vatican Museums heading back to Canada
October 22, 2025 —
Dr. Niigaan Sinclair, Professor in the Department of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba, spoke about the slow return of a birch bark scroll from the Vatican amid news that Indigenous artifacts held in the Vatican Museums are finally heading back to Canada.
Indigenous
Gather, Learn, Belong: Indigenous Orientation Welcomes students to UM
August 21, 2025 —
Indigenous Orientation 2025 invites new and returning students, staff and faculty to gather at Migizii Agamik – Bald Eagle Lodge on September 10 for a day of culture, connection, and community. From cultural activities and games to wellness supports, live entertainment, and a free lunch, the event offers a vibrant welcome to UM’s Indigenous campus community.
Desautels Faculty of Music
Successful Strategic Initiatives Support Fund Grant Facilitates Expansion of Fiddling at DFOM
July 29, 2025 —
We are pleased to announce that the Desautels Faculty of Music has received a Strategic Initiatives Support Fund (SISF) Grant of $52,532 to build on the fiddling program that DFOM spearheaded in 2024-25.
Desautels Faculty of Music
Music by DFOM Faculty Member Melody McKiver Featured in Film by Tasha Hubbard, Singing Back the Buffalo
February 12, 2025 —
This Wednesday, February 12, 2025, Anishinaabe composer Melody McKiver, from the UofM Desautels Faculty of Music, will join award-winning Cree filmmaker and University of Alberta faculty member Tasha Hubbard (nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, Birth of a Family) at 11:30am in 307 Tier Building in a conversation about their film Singing Back the Buffalo.
Libraries
Indigenous Reading Circle offers Indigenous students relaxed atmosphere to discuss what they’re reading
January 10, 2025 —
The Indigenous Reading Circle, offered by the UM Libraries and led by Indigenous Librarian Intern Claire Settee, is an opportunity for Indigenous students to bring their questions, thoughts, and feelings about their personal and academic readings to discuss with other Indigenous students in a small group setting.
Faculty of Law
UM Faculty of Law remembers The Honourable Murray Sinclair, CC, OM, MSC
November 6, 2024 —
Senator, judge, advocate. Elder, mentor, teacher. Husband, father, grandfather. Murray Sinclair. CC, OM, MSC was many things to many people, and in everything he did, he did it with humility, conviction, and dedication. To the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba, he is the reason it has grown into the law school it is today. His legacy here has shaped the Faculty’s understanding of law as a living force for transformation, healing, and justice.
Indigenous
Elder Norman Meade hosts Sharing Circles at the Indigenous Student Centre
September 26, 2024 —
Elder Norman Meade hosts Sharing Circles