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Courtesy Kahente Horn-Miller Before Kahente Horn-Miller joined the cohort of professors on graduation day at Carleton University, Indigenous graduates wore common graduation robes and hats, standing in a sea of black robes to celebrate finalizing their degree.

Courtesy Lindsay LeBorgne Days after September 11, 2001, Lindsay LeBorgne trudged through ground zero, toiling in the shadow of the Deutsche Bank Building.

Courtesy Nico Hoogendijk “Chiliheads” flocked to the annual YOW! awards in Ottawa last weekend for a taste of the hottest and most flavourful hot sauce the country has to offer.

Teacher and school bus shortages in the province have made headlines over the last few weeks as students and parents prepared for back to school.

Courtesy Skawennati The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) celebrated 100 years of its Santa Fe Indian Market with an expanded programming and two whole days of fashion shows.

Courtesy Mike David Mike David and his sister Julie Anne are really excited about the future. The siblings, both entrepreneurs, recently took over ownership of Moccasin Joe, a popular coffee roasting company in the community.

Courtesy Cindy Butler When Allison Deer learned she had been unanimously accepted for the alumni board position she had applied to just a few weeks before, she felt honoured to join the team at Cape Breton University (CBU).

Courtesy Jonel Beauvais On her grandmother’s 92nd birthday, Jonel Beauvais addressed pope Francis directly about the impacts of residential schools.

Courtesy Karonhioko’he Doxtater Karonhioko’he Doxtater gave her first stick-and-poke tattoo to her sister with just a sewing needle and thread.

Courtesy Arnold Boyer Ronald and Sheila Boyer met when they were teenagers in residential school, where they married two years later.