‘Different From a Textbook’: Doig Day Returns in 2025 to Educate Kids About Indigenous Culture and Language

‘Different from a textbook’: Doig Day returns in 2025 to educate kids about Indigenous culture and language

DOIG RIVER, B.C. — With a little wind in the air, school buses parked in an area on the grounds of Doig River First Nation (DRFN) for the annual Doig Day.

‘Different from a textbook’: Doig Day returns in 2025 to educate kids about Indigenous culture and language - The Turtle Island News

By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca DOIG RIVER, B.C. — With a little wind in the air, school buses parked in an area on the grounds of Doig River First Nation (DRFN) for the annual Doig Day. One by one, excited fourth graders filed off the vehicles on May 22nd, donning navy blue t-shirts for what has become a tradition for School District 60 students. Started in the 1970s in a classroom with a handful of studen…

‘Different from a textbook’: Doig Day returns in 2025 to educate kids about Indigenous culture and language – Energeticcity.ca

Doig River First Nation Elder Gerry Attachie warms up some bannock by the fire during Doig Day 2025 on May 22nd. (Ed Hitchins, Energeticcity.ca) DOIG RIVER, B.C. — With a little wind in the air, school buses parked in an area on the grounds of Doig River First Nation (DRFN) for the annual Doig Day. One by one, excited fourth graders filed off the vehicles on May 22nd, donning navy blue t-shirts for what has become a tradition for School District…

With an investment of R$14.5 million from FAPESP, the Documentation Center of Indigenous Languages and Cultures of Brazil was launched on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. The initiative is the result of a partnership between the Museum of the Portuguese Language and the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of the University of São Paulo (MAE-USP) and seeks During the event, representatives of FAPESP and the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples signed a Protocol …