Indigenous history month

Book cover featuring an illustration of a person with brown skin and long brown hair showing from the neck-down wearing a white T-shirt with feathers printed on it.
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Must-read books by Indigenous authors

Peak Web June 13, 2023

By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer [caption id="attachment_125483" align="alignnone" width="198"] PHOTO: Courtesy of One World[/caption] Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine This contemporary collection of stories is rated just over four stars on Goodreads, though in my opinion, it deserves five. Fajardo-Anstine crafts “a narrative of unrelenting feminine power” that places emphasis on womanhood and female connection as a way to overcome oppression, poverty and systemic injustice. Each story follows a different cast of Latina characters of Indigenous ancestry as they navigate “the universal experiences of abandonment, heritage, and an eternal sense of home.” Though their stories are different, each…

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A large white bowl with bison bourguignon, a stew with chunks of meat, carrot, and vegetable garnish. On the side, on a plate, is a loaf of bread and carrots.
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Rooted brings Indigenous cuisine to SFU dining hall

Peak Web June 6, 2023

By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer Rooted is a new program bringing traditional Indigenous ingredients and flavours to the SFU Dining Commons. Curated in collaboration with Steph Baryluk, a Teetl’it Gwich’in chef from Teetl’it Zheh in the Northwest Territories, the menu…

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