Odette Auger
@OdetteAuger
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Storyteller | Journalist | Author Sagamok Anishnawbek in the Salish Sea Bylines: Ricochet Media, APTN, Windspeaker The Tyee+more https://t.co/yPWBqelOSW
British Columbia
Joined November 2017
“With a firm grasp of her writing tools, lived experience, and raw-edged truth, Auger has created a distinct and powerful voice — direct, poetic at times, and gut-wrenchingly honest at the right intervals." – Writer's Trust mentor Joseph @Kakwinokanasum1 🍓 https://t.co/CRe1gSKixp
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Witnessing the medicine of Cedar- before logging, and climate emergency takes it away– it means the world to have it recognized by Indigenous Journalists Association! This @APTNNews story won 2 awards: 3rd place for Best Feature Story, 2nd place for Best Multimedia
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Mining camps ‘like a frat house’ — The silencing of Native women in #mining boomtowns. In #Arizona, where the Apache Stronghold is fighting to #saveOakFlat, ‘green’ mining supporters don’t want to hear about #MMIWG. New from @OdetteAuger: https://t.co/2YsykwZjah
#landback
ricochet.media
In Arizona, ‘green’ mining supporters don’t want to hear about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
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@Kakwinokanasum1 @writerstrust @AngelaSterritt @audible_ca @wordwomon and a special hug and thank you to my favourites Kaila Jefferd-Moore and Katlja Lafferty for early readings and long convos
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Miigwetch @Kakwinokanasum1 and @writerstrust for this mentorship! Listening to the spirit of the story was the biggest lesson. Much appreciation for encouragement from @richardvancamp @AngelaSterritt via @audible_ca Indigenous Writers' Circle, and talented editor @wordwomon🍓
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"There’s a subtle and brutal honesty in Auger’s writing that is coupled with a gentle wisdom that safely guides the reader through often difficult, but very real experiences for many Indigenous women.”—Joseph Kakwinokanasum, 2024 Writer's Trust Fiction Mentor
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"soft spoken, gentle– and then questions that hammer them in the face" is the best compliment ever!
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Thank you Institute of Journalism and Natural Resources~ this fellowship brought us to open pit mines, direct lithium extraction, mayors, land defenders, sky islands, equity+ justice coalitions... and brought us together. My award: "Velvet Glove, Iron Fist" moving + encouraging
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Check out this new podcast by @alisonaher exploring Michael Hill's story: race, sovereignty and the history of Cherokee Freedmen.
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My latest is out with @AJEnglish “They’re trying to kill us off:” Canada’s Indigenous deaths at the hands of police Featuring photos by @photobracken Please share far and wide https://t.co/UwqoK3Kb7a
aljazeera.com
A wave of Indigenous police-linked deaths in Canada has sparked outrage and calls for reform.
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Honoured and changed by witnessing a historic Sała (mourning ceremony) in Kwagu’ł territory, north Vancouver Island. It was the first time, ever, that a Sała has been held to mourn non-human kin – our forest and all the life that depends on it.
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It's happening everywhere. This story from @OdetteAuger
https://t.co/8cRr4O9mBE
aptnnews.ca
The majority of old growth Cedar forest on Vancouver Island is gone. Logging and the climate crisis hampering any chance of a return. Here's what it means to the Kwakwaka’wakw people.
We have created an economic system which bribes us every day, so that we can turn a blind eye to the crimes which fund these bribes. This extremely comfortable arrangement is not only immoral. It is very temporary. #ecology #economics #booklovers
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Moving article about the #oldgrowth trends on #Vancouverisland, especially Cedar #forests, by @OdetteAuger @APTNNews We need the paradigm-shift in #forest stewardship today, not tomorrow. Gratitude for Indigenous leadership #ClimateAction #bcpoli #cdnpoli
aptnnews.ca
The majority of old growth Cedar forest on Vancouver Island is gone. Logging and the climate crisis hampering any chance of a return. Here's what it means to the Kwakwaka’wakw people.
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Witnessing the spirit of Cedar as medicine– before the logging trucks arrive. Gilakas'la, e'mote, háw'aa– and miigwetch to weavers and Knowledge Keepers who spent time with me in their disappearing forests.
The majority of old-growth Cedar forests on Vancouver Island are gone. Logging, the climate crisis are hampering the recovery. Here is a special report to APTN News from @OdetteAuger on what Cedar means to the Kwakwaka’wakw people. https://t.co/Efbue2OCXX
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Medicine at Risk: #Cedar This spring I was in the forest with Knowledge Keepers who shared strong voices and hearts. Thank you documentarian @zainburgess for joining the adventure, camera in hand! Funded by @CSMCanada via @sitkafoundation🌱 📸Mya Van Woudenberg, @SierraClubBC
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Am I dreaming? I'm excited to learn from Joseph @Kakwinokanasum1, he's already encouraging, reassuring and inspiring.
"Odette Auger displays continuous growth in her journalism career with tremendous storytelling potential and a solid plan to complete a full-length novel." Joseph @Kakwinokanasum1 has selected @OdetteAuger as his 2024 WT Fiction Mentee https://t.co/CVsgEHHw8C
#WTMentorship
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There is a serious risk of cyanide contamination, said Chief Dawna Hope, and more than one nation is downstream. “The Elders have always been concerned about the project because it was literally taking down a mountain and filling up a valley."
windspeaker.com
The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun is demanding an independent investigation into the June 24 leach pad failure at Victoria Gold Corp.’s Eagle Gold Mine, 85 kilometres north of the First Nation in...
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Join the call for a national & provincial inquiry into the disturbing & disproportionate police-involved killings & deaths of Indigenous people, & for a formal, nationwide tracking system. https://t.co/lKg6cUtbvU...
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