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Carcross/Tagish First Nation hosts Yukon handgames championship for first time
Drummers, spectators and handgames players crowded around three mats in a packed Haa Shagóon Hídi Hall in Carcross this weekend, as hundreds of competitors played in the 37th Yukon Annual Handgames Championship.
'A betrayal': Yukon First Nations call on government to repeal mining amendments
Yukon First Nations are calling on the territorial government to repeal amendments it made in May to mining regulations. The temporary amendments will extend some mining permits to allow operators to continue work while waiting for licence renewals.
Combining CYFN, AFN leadership roles could exclude some First Nations, says one chief
The chief of at least one First Nation in the Yukon is concerned about the upcoming merger of two regional leadership roles, saying the move may "exclude" his First Nation from any national representation.
'It's what I love doing': Tahltan carver to teach art to Yukon University students this fall
Vernon Asp says the arts program he'll teach is an expression of Indigenous identity. He's leading Yukon University's First Nations Arts certificate program this fall.
Yukon ombudsman finds human rights commission responsible for 'unfairness'
Complainants alleged they were pressured or even harassed to settle, rather than the alternative of raising the issue to an investigation.
Indigenous youth and elders join forces at digital storytelling workshop
The digital stories combined photos, voice, music and text and focused on the participants' life stories and sense of belonging.
Truck delivery of B.C. salmon to Teslin, Yukon highlights cultural loss
The fish delivery by truck is an annual reminder of how a Tlingit community lost a way of life after elders noticed the salmon run was too low to harvest.