Hamilton Wawmeesh

Veteran urban Indigenous rights fighter dies at 91

By Hamilton Wawmeesh ● Urban Nation ● March 20, 2019

In his youth, Bill Lightbown spent six months in prison for vagrancy but his real crime, he said, was being “an Indian.”

Learning my language is an act of defiance

By Hamilton Wawmeesh ● Urban Nation ● March 16, 2019

As a Hupačasath First Nation member I feel a duty to try to learn my language, any way I can.

Why Jody Wilson-Raybould’s integrity has us so transfixed

By Hamilton Wawmeesh ● Urban Nation ● March 6, 2019

“I come from a long line of matriarchs and I’m a truth teller, in accordance with the laws and traditions of our Big House,” the former attorney general testified.

Concrete hoop dreams: East Van team comes second in B.C.’s All Native Basketball Tournament

By Hamilton Wawmeesh ● Urban Nation ● March 4, 2019

“As an urban club team, it gave us an opportunity to give this platform for the youth,” says Pigeon Park Allstars captain.

6-year-old Kyle Hill loved Hobiyee, even as he battled terminal cancer

By Hamilton Wawmeesh ● Urban Nation ● February 27, 2019

An Indigenous mother shares her love for her late son.

Does the SNC-Lavalin affair leave reconciliation beyond repair?

By Hamilton Wawmeesh ● Urban Nation ● February 14, 2019

Indigenous leaders condemn Trudeau’s treatment of former Justice Minister and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould.

Hobiyee celebrates survival and resilience

By Hamilton Wawmeesh ● Urban Nation ● February 6, 2019

The Nisga’a lunar celebration brings together Indigenous people from across the Lower Mainland’s mosaic of nations.

Vancouver’s new city council cuts key reconciliation fund in half

By Hamilton Wawmeesh ● Urban Nation ● January 30, 2019

‘I’m actually appalled,’ says one member of the city’s Urban Indigenous Peoples’ Advisory Committee.