Aaron Hemens
Photographer and Journalist at Freelance
Photojournalist at IndigiNews
Journalist with @IndigiNewsMedia . Filipino settler on unceded syilx Okanagan homelands. Work in @AP @canadianpress @globeandmail @WSJ @APTNNews (He/Him)
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Aaron Hemens
Indigenous leaders are condemning a lawsuit by a group of University of British Columbia (UBC) professors and one graduate student who are against the school making land acknowledgements, along with other diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
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2 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Aaron Hemens
Growing up in the bush in the mountains around snpink’tn (Penticton) in syilx Okanagan territories, Charles Kruger’s family taught him how to start fires when he was no older than five. “Being able to start a fire really young was crucial,” said Kruger, who is of syilx Okanagan and Sinixt ancestry. “Because we live off the land — deer, moose, elk, grouse, stuff like that — being able to start a fire in the rain, in the snow, is super important.
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2 weeks ago |
indiginews.com | Aaron Hemens
Growing up in the bush in the mountains around snpink’tn (Penticton) in syilx Okanagan territories, Charles Kruger’s family taught him how to start fires when he was no older than five. “Being able to start a fire really young was crucial,” said Kruger, who is of syilx Okanagan and Sinixt ancestry. “Because we live off the land — deer, moose, elk, grouse, stuff like that — being able to start a fire in the rain, in the snow, is super important.
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1 month ago |
thespec.com | Aaron Hemens
Standing by the banks of the nx̌ʷaqʷaʔstn (Mission Creek), Xwayluxalqs holds her rattle between drum songs as she invites people to pray for the waters of her homeland. “People call it a resource,” Xwayluxalqs (Fox Dress) said. “It’s not a resource — it’s our life. It’s Mother Earth’s lifeblood.”The syilx knowledge holder — also known as Tricia Manuel — led a water ceremony in kiʔláwnaʔ (Male Grizzly Bear, or the City of Kelowna) in syilx homelands on Friday, a day ahead of World Water Day.
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1 month ago |
indiginews.com | Aaron Hemens
Standing by the banks of the nx̌ʷaqʷaʔstn (Mission Creek), Xwayluxalqs holds her rattle between drum songs as she invites people to pray for the waters of her homeland. “People call it a resource,” Xwayluxalqs (Fox Dress) said. “It’s not a resource — it’s our life. It’s Mother Earth’s lifeblood.”The syilx knowledge holder — also known as Tricia Manuel — led a water ceremony kiʔláwnaʔ (Kelowna) in syilx homelands on Friday, a day ahead of World Water Day.
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