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These texts are all either written by Indigenous individuals or are based on interviews with them. It is important to remember that each individual only ever speaks for themselves. No one person can represent an entire community, much less the hundreds of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.
Why I Teach "The Walking Dead" in My Native Studies Classes
But if I’m being honest, lately, when this comes up — and isn’t it telling that it comes up often enough that I can begin with “lately” instead of “well the last time, a long time ago, man I can barely remember that time?” — I like to tell them about The Walking Dead.
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Iskwew Stands on The Edge of Dystopia
I felt the world end with Colten Bushie; my ancestors watched the end of the world with the death of the bison; we have seen the end of…
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FPPSE – The First Peoples' Postsecondary Storytelling Exchange
“ Success is learning your customs and language – and learning in post-secondary. I t’s taking the best form of education you’re receiving and merging it with the wisdom of your ancestors. “
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Why I Won’t Be Attending Canada’s 150th Birthday Party
What are we celebrating exactly? We have far to go in giving Indigenous peoples a say over their lives, their communities and their nations.
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Still waiting on Trudeau | Ricochet
An Indigenous community leader in Montreal on the heartfelt appeal that Justin Trudeau has never answered.
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Subverting true crime: Connie Walker on the ethics of storytelling | CBC Radio
Connie Walker is an award-winning Cree journalist, and the host of CBC's true crime podcast, Missing and Murdered. She's thought a lot about not sacrificing ethics for storytelling.
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OPINION | OPINION: 'The hardest part of being from a Northern Indigenous community is all the deaths' | CBC News
At the age of 35 I can honestly say I do not know how many people I know who have drowned, died in a car crash, a house fire, snowmobile or boating accident, or killed themselves. I don't like to keep track, I just know the answer is a lot — too many.
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Jody Wilson-Raybould and the paradox of reconciliation in Canada
An Indigenous woman and member of Parliament held still-colonial Canada accountable like few others have done.
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Le respect des Autochtones passe par la connaissance de leur histoire
Cette année, les célébrations du 150e anniversaire du Canada nous permettront de nous interroger sur la signification historique de la fondation de notre pays. Quant à Montréal, ou Tiohtiá:ke, elle fêtera son 375
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