[NEWS] Five #Indigenous links: McGill, Winnipeg, 1948 fire, British Columbia, cultural identity

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• Forty students have graduated from a new program at McGill specializing in the promotion and revival of Indigenous languages. CBC reports.


• CBC reports on how newly-elected Winnipeg city councilor Sherri Rollins appropriates a "Huron-Wendat" identity, despite having only a single Huron ancestor who died at the end of the 18th century and lacking any membership in any Huron-Wendat polity.


• CBC reports on how survivors of a residential school that burned down in 1948 suspect the fire was set by a student.


• A new report suggests that the British Columbia government needs to do much more to live up to its promises to make a meaningful partnership between itself and indigenous groups. The Toronto Star reports.


• Wawmeesh Hamilton at The Discourse writes about how Indigenous identity and culture remains important for urban Indigenous people in Canada.