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Every continent has rivers that flow to the north.

A Northern Manitoba First Nation where one woman was killed and another woman died of exposure within a 10-day span has declared a state of emergency.

Land Back is a movement, gaining momentum, that calls for the acknowledgement and return of Indigenous sovereignty over traditional territories. Unreserved visits three places on Turtle Island where people are engaged in the Land Back movement and meet some of the leaders who are on the frontlines.

Seeing polar bears considerably inland from Hudson Bay, as a Thompson resident did near Gillam Dec. 7, is not unprecedented, though perhaps unusual.

Despite treaty agreements, most of Fox Lake Cree Nation's home territory has never been designated reserve land, which led to community members being displaced from their homes as northern Manitoba hydroelectric dams were built in the 1960s. After decades of waiting and negotiating, Fox Lake says it's time for the federal government to settle.