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Kayla MacInnis’s Biography

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Kayla MacInnis is a Métis storyteller who, in her work, mixes the visual and written worlds. As a Journalism and Creative Writing student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, she hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in Communications and film studies. Currently, as well as being a freelance writer and photographer, Kayla is a Teaching Assistant and the Lead Editor for SAD Magazine. In life, and reflected in her work, Kayla is interested in the phenomenology of seeing, which approaches how an experience can a…

Kayla MacInnis’s Journalist Portfolio

e-pimohtâtamihk paskwâw mostos meskanaw

e-pimohtâtamihk paskwâw mostos meskanaw

kihci-paskwâwimostoswak kakîŵetahihcik isi paskwâw, pâ-pêyak pêyakoskânêsiwin kihci-paskwâwimostoswak kakîŵet…

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Indigenous nations are bringing buffalo back

Indigenous nations are bringing buffalo back

Millions of buffalo once roamed the grasslands, until colonialism nearly wiped them out. Finally, they're ret…

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Joan Phillip, the second First Nations woman in the 'B.C.' cabinet, is patient but unrelenting

Joan Phillip, the second First Nations woman in the 'B.C.' cabinet, is patient but unrelenting

In a 'cutthroat' colonial arena, her predecessor showed representation can come at a cost - but nearly one ye…

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Long after the woolly dog's extinction, Coast Salish kin carry on the canine's legacy

Long after the woolly dog's extinction, Coast Salish kin carry on the canine's legacy

Once a companion for weavers, First Nations people continue to learn from - and honour - their adored ancestr…

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How to save a river

How to save a river

The Miami River is struggling with habitat loss and poor water quality. Meet the volunteers trying to save it.

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Through film, Kayah George explores the nuanced responsibility of being səlilwətaɬ

Through film, Kayah George explores the nuanced responsibility of being səlilwətaɬ

After being on the frontlines from a young age, the young matriarch has started creating art as a 'creative a…

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In Oscar nominee Julian Brave NoiseCat, the trickster endures

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By Kayla MacInnis
| Broadview Magazine Verified
Julian Brave NoiceCat is seated in a softly lit room, framed by white-panelled walls and dark wooden beams. At 32, he is an award-winning writer and filmmaker, a champion powwow dancer and a member of the Canim Lake Band (Tsq’éscen’) and Secwépemc Nation, descended as well from the Líl’wat Nation of Mount Currie.
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Unspoken: The Cree code talkers of the prairies 

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By Kayla MacInnis
| Canadian Geographic Verified
When their language was useful, it was weaponized. Though their words helped win a war, their contributions remained classified for nearly two decades. And when that same history became politically inconvenient, their legacy disappeared behind a broken hyperlink. This is how colonial amnesia works.
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e-pimohtâtamihk paskwâw mostos meskanaw

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By Kayla MacInnis
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This feature story, written and reported by Kayla MacInnis, was translated into nêhiyawêwin (Plains Cree) by Dorothy Thunder from Little Pine First Nation in Treaty 6. Dorothy is a language keeper, educator and full-time Cree instructor in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta. A narration of the story from Dorothy can also be found below. This translated story, co-published with The Narwhal, has been condensed from its original version in English, which can be found here.
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