By Julia Sacco Local Journalism Initiative Reporter There’s a vending machine at the Niagara Regional Native Centre, but it’s not packed with chips and snacks. This vending machine is filled with books — specifically, Indigenous-authored books, for community members to take home for free. The machine is sponsored by Start2Finish, a Canadian charity that provides educational support to the country’s at-risk children, intending to break the child poverty cycle. The Niagara Regional Native Centre received one of eight book vending machines provided to friendship/cultural centres and schools on Anishinaabe Algonquin, Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak, Attawandaron, Blackfoot Confederacy, Tsuut’ina, Îyâxe Nakoda Nations and Métis Nation lands. Wyller Fushtey, the Native Centre’s Akwe:go program coordinator, controls the book vending machine. “It’s an opportunity for our community to access Indigenous literature by Indigenous authors…
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