Culture in the News: 2021
- Fighting racism at home: How we’re connecting our White-passing kids to their Chinese Heritage (The Washington Post, Mar 18, 2021)
- The bison are back in town: For this Cree nation, cultural renewal comes thundering home (The Globe and Mail, Mar 9, 2021)
- Vanishing in the Desert, Traditional Bedouin Culture Lives Online (The New York Time, Mar 2, 2021)
- 18 Registered Dieticians Share Their Favourite Cultural Foods (Self, Feb 26, 2021)
- Why ‘Tight’ Cultures May Fare Better Than ‘Loose’ Cultures In A Pandemic (NPR, Feb 23, 2021)
- COMMENTARY: How brands move past performative BHM activism to meaningful cultural exchange (Global News, Feb 14, 2021)
- What archaeologists got wrong about female statues, goddesses, and fertility (Popular Science, Feb 9, 2021)
- Shina Nova Teaches Others About her Inuit Culture on TikTok (MTL BLOG, Feb 8, 2021)
- The Native American couple redefining cultural norms (CNN, Feb 3, 2021)
- Women influenced coevolution of dogs and humans (EurekAlert!, Jan 25, 2021)
- What happens in communities during large-scale quarantines? (Phys.org, Jan 21, 2021)
- What a “Safe and Dignified” Burial Means During a Pandemic (SAPIENS, Jan 14, 2021)
- Australia changes word in national anthem to reflect Indigenous history (CBC, Jan 1, 2021)
Culture in the News: 2020
- Winter Solstice 2020:The shortest day is long on ancient pagan traditions (CNN, December 21, 2020)
- Poetry, the soul of Uighur culture, on verge of extinction in Xinjiang (The Guardian, December 6, 2020)
- The human history of Ottawa Valley is thousands of years old. Archaeologists may have found a piece of it on Parliament Hill (Toronto Star, November 27, 2020)
- Indigenous archaeologist unearthing her ancestor’s legacy on the land (National Observer, November 13, 2020)
- From Burna Boy to Beyonce: how Black culture is embracing its African Roots (The Guardian, November 12, 2020)
- Early Big-Game Hunters of the Americas Were Female, Researchers Suggest (UC Davis, November 4, 2020)
- A cultural map of the opioid crisis (Kamloops This Week, November 3, 2020)
- By blending jigging and hip-hop, dancer hopes to bring new audiences to Métis dance (CBC, October 26, 2020)
- Research on First Nation’s wool dogs gives more insight into Tseshaht’s pre-colonial history (CBC, October 10, 2020)
- Xbox marks the spot: New game helps put Southeast Alaska arts and culture on the map (Juneau Empire, October 10, 2020)
- ‘So we don’t forget what happened in those schools’: Remembering Indigenous children on Orange Shirt Day (CBC, September 30, 2020)
- American horror story: How the US lost its grip on pop culture (The Guardian, September 12, 2020)
- ‘Culture is language’: why an Indigenous tongue is thriving in Paraguay (The Guardian, September 3, 2020)
- Sharing Food, Building Resilience (Hakai Magazine, August 4, 2020)
- 28 Movies, Books, TV Shows (and More) That Explore Disability Culture (The New York Times, July 24, 2020)
Culture in the News: 2019
- Reclaiming Inuit culture, one tattoo at a time (CNN, October 23, 2019)
- Huge Bronze Age metropolis that was home to 6,000 people unearthed in Israel (Daily Mail, October 7, 2019)
- Indigenous water activist to speak at UN as part of youth-led climate movement (Winnipeg Free Press, September 26, 2019)
- First Nations women finally to be treated equally under the Indian Act: Bennett (APTN News, August 19, 2019)
- Hunger strike ends in Attawapiskat after Ottawa, Ontario sign off on task force (CBC News, July 27, 2019)
- Cooking with kokum: McMurray Métis creating cookbook of traditional recipes (CBC News, July 18, 2019)
- Australia promises national vote on recognition of Indigenous people by 2022 (Reuters, July 9, 2019)
- Mexico in focus: The battle that we as Indigenous people are waging may be our last (Intercontinental Cry, July 3, 2019)
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How Coastal First Nations took control of their economy and environment (National Observer, June 10, 2019)
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Steve King warns against presuming ‘every culture is equal’ (CNN, May 29, 2019)
- ‘Our culture is in everything’: This Indigenous chef is on a crusade for food sovereignty (CBC, May 20, 2019)
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First Nations carver laments loss of western red cedars (CBC, May 18, 2019)
- Jaw from a mysterious human species shows early embrace of the high life (Washington Post, May 1, 2019)
- In Europe, media narratives about migration are deeply shaped by national press culture (NiemanLab, April 30, 2019)
- An anthropology pioneer’s complicated legacy about a Native Canadian tribe (Washington Post, April 27, 2019)
- Why Archaeologists Are Studying 10,000-Year-Old Urine (The Atlantic, April 17, 2019)
- How A Seed Bank Helps Preserve Cherokee Culture Through Traditional Foods (NPR, April 2, 2019)
- Skara Brae women archaeologists who were written out of history (BBC, March 21, 2019)
- B.C. announces first-of-its kind health care program for First Nations in Surrey (CTV News, March 13, 2019)
- 2,000-year-old tattoo needle identified by archaeologists (National Geographic, Feb. 28, 2019)
- Storytelling Is A Different Story For Each Culture (Forbes, Feb. 19, 2019)
- First Nations University of Canada becomes first urban reserve for educational purposes (Global News, Feb. 13, 2019)
- Wilson-Raybould resignation sets back Liberal relationship with B.C. First Nations (Vancouver Sun, Feb. 13, 2019)
- The decolonization game: An ancient sport puts Mexicans in touch with their Indigenous past (Globe & Mail, Jan. 16, 2019)
- Archaeological Resources at Risk As Government Shutdown Lingers (Forbes, Jan. 11, 2019)
- Brazil Dissolves Its Ministry of Culture (Smithsonian, Jan. 10, 2019)
- At the core of the Wet’suwet’en conflict: How, ultimately, should resource development be governed? (Globe & Mail, Jan. 9, 2019)
- What The Grateful Dead & An Indigenous BC Artist Have In Common (Coast Mountain Culture, Jan. 8, 2019)
- Who Controls Cultural Heritage? (Hyperallergic, Jan. 2, 2019)
Culture in the News: 2018
- How Culture Makes Us Smarter (Psychology Today, Dec. 14, 2018)
- Ford government cuts funding to Ontario Arts Council, impacting Indigenous Culture Fund (Global News, Dec. 14, 2018)
- The viral Twitter account celebrating Japan’s mascot culture (CNN, Dec. 10, 2018)
- Should a self-driving car kill the baby or the grandma? Depends on where you’re from. (MIT Technology Review, Oct. 24, 2018)
- Approach Christmas Like an Anthropologist to Avoid Gifting Catastrophe (Quartzy, Dec. 11, 2018)
- How a Woman Anthropologist Befriended Andaman’s Reclusive Sentinelese Tribe (News 18, Dec. 5, 2018)
- Irreplaceable totems moved aside for Museum of Anthropology seismic upgrades (CBC, Nov. 15, 2018)
- Eagle feathers now permitted in Nova Scotia courts (CTV News, Nov. 9, 2018)
- U of S archaeology, anthropology departments apologize in spirit of reconciliation (CBC, Nov. 5, 2018)
- Anthropology professor presents work on #MeToo movement at conference (The Spectator, Nov. 1, 2018)
- Aboriginal Rangers Face a Sisyphean Task: Waves of Trash (New York Times, Oct. 19, 2018)
- The Anthropology of the Office Email (JSTOR Daily, Oct. 17, 2018)
- How orgasm faces differ between people from Eastern and Western cultures (Ars Technica, Oct. 9, 2018)
- How to Talk about Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Europeans (The Tyee, Sept. 28, 2018)
- Video shows Trudeau’s ‘arrogance’ towards First Nations chiefs, says man who posted it (CTV News, Sept. 17, 2018)
- First Nations documentary turns Chatham woman’s life upside down (Blackburn News, Sept. 12, 2018)
- Priceless Pacific Northwest artifacts believed lost in Brazil’s devastating museum fire (CBC, Sept. 6, 2018)
- Vancouver begins First Nations reconciliation with ‘colonial audit’ of Stanley Park (The Globe & Mail, July 24, 2018)
- Hidden ancient temple uncovered (news.com.au, July 14, 2018)
- Trump: Immigration is ‘changing the culture’ of Europe (CNN, July 13, 2018)
- Tattoos, tanning and tears: inside the Yukon’s great indigenous festival (The Guardian, July 13, 2018)
- Soft power: Culture as a weapon of influence (Africa News, July 9, 2018)
- ‘The people of resilience’: Indigenous cultural tourism set to reshape historic Vancouver Island (CBC, July 9, 2018)
- Secret report sheds light on Toronto police culture (The Star, July 3, 2018)
- ‘Speeding towards failure’: Why a Métis lawyer quit the MMIWG Inquiry (CBC, July 3, 2018)
- First Nations woman fights to stay in Canada (CTV News, June 30, 2018)
- Human remains, artifacts left at doorstep of Inuit organization (CBC, June 21, 2018)
- Americans turn to social media to show support for Canadian culture exports (CityNews, June 11, 2018)
- Detective work, cultural awareness are key to fighting Ebola (CNN, June 5, 2018)
- Meet Jacob Burckhardt, the thinker who invented ‘culture’ (The Guardian, May 30, 2018)
- ‘It’s time’ Ontario regional chief says of establishing a First Nations university (CBC, May 18, 2018)
- Island archaeology book wins national award (The Guardian, May 17, 2018)
- No laughing matter: how can The Simpsons solve its problem with Apu? (The Guardian, May 6, 2018)
- Interior agency blocks group of archaeologists from attending scientific conference (Washington Post, May 3, 2018)
- First Nations offenders find healing, hope through reconnecting to culture (CBC, March 19, 2018)
- Culture at the Centre: unprecedented exhibit comes to Museum of Anthropology at UBC (CBC, March 17, 2018)
- First Nations schools are taking students back to the land (Globe & Mail, March 16, 2018)
- A First Nations scholar’s journey from a northern Alberta reserve to Oxford — and back again (CBC, Feb. 28 2018)
- Caribou hunting quotas make scapegoats out of northern First Nations: study (CTV News, Feb. 28, 2018)
- Alberta man offers to share his ‘stolen land’ with a First Nations family (CBC, Feb. 27, 2018)
- Opinion | Trudeau with his Indian culture overkill came across as patronizing (Toronto Star, Feb. 23, 2018)
- Archaeology in northern Alaska: a race against the clock (KTOO Public Media,Feb. 23, 2018)
- In Pakistan, Valentine’s Day Brings Out Roses And Culture Wars (NPR, Feb. 14, 2018)
- First modern Britons had ‘dark to black’ skin, Cheddar Man DNA analysis reveals (Feb. 7, 2018)
- Supreme Court sides with B.C. First Nation in ancestral land dispute (CBC, Feb. 2, 2018)
- Sprawling Maya network discovered under Guatemala jungle (BBC News, Feb. 2, 2018)
- Melting Glaciers Could Reveal How Our Ancestors Dealt With Changing Climates (National Geographic, Jan. 23, 2018)
- Ancient midden found after Semiahmoo Nation pressed for archeological assessment (Vancouver Sun, Jan. 30, 2018)
Culture in the News: 2017
- Tourism in coal country: Digging into culture, ecotourism (National Post, Dec. 26, 2017)
- An anthropologist explains why we love holiday rituals and traditions (Phys.org, Dec. 12, 2017)
- Liberal government backs bill that demands full implementation of UN Indigenous rights declaration (CBC.ca, Nov. 21, 2017)
- Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast. So What’s For Lunch? (Forbes, Nov. 9, 2017)
- Supreme Court ruling removes barrier for year-round ski resort on sacred First Nation land (CBC.ca, Nov. 2, 2017)
- Haida goes Hollywood: Making a film — and trying to save a language (CBC.ca, Nov. 2, 2017)
- How a B.C. First Nation is working to save their language from extinction (Canadian Geographic, Oct. 31, 2017)
- First Nations Fight to Protect the Rare Spirit Bear from Hunters (National Geographic, Oct. 26, 2017)
- Non-Indigenous B.C. artist defends work despite calls for authenticity (CBC.ca, Oct. 25, 2017)
- How walls like Trump’s destroy the past and threaten the future (National Post, Oct. 25, 2017)
- VIDEO and story: Totem pole raised on Lelu after LNG project falls (Northern View, Oct. 21, 2017)
