For countless kids around the world, comic books are the gateway to reading for pleasure and an opportunity to project themselves into imaginative stories of powerful heroes. Naturally, they look for characters they can relate to. Finding accurate depictions in […]
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Canada set to flout UNDRIP in Kinder Morgan purchase
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government risks sparking a constitutional crisis with First Nations over its $4.5 billion purchase of Kinder Morgan’s controversial Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline project. The controversial 987-kilometre pipeline expansion from Edmonton to a saltwater port in Burnaby, […]
Building on the past: honouring the architect of Oujé-Bougoumou’s first structure
A Shaputuan – sometimes spelled sabutan – is a traditional Cree longhouse shelter with a door on each end. One door represents a respect for knowledge passed forward from the Elders. The other symbolizes new kinds of learning taken out […]
The 2018 Appropriation Award
Indian Horse, by the late Richard Wagamese, is possibly one of the most important books ever penned by an Indigenous author. It’s a lament on the life of Saul Indian Horse, a residential school survivor and promising NHL prospect who […]
Skindigenous digs into the Native roots of tattoos
These days, whether you live in a small town or a major city, you’re likely to come across people sporting tattoos on their arms, legs, hands, neck or face. As many of the social stigmas surrounding the practice become less […]
The verdict in the Colten Boushie murder trial sparks outrage across Canada
After 12 hours of deliberation, an all-white jury delivered a not-guilty verdict in the second-degree murder trial of Gerald Stanley, accused in the killing of Colten Boushie, a 22-year-old Cree man from Red Pheasant First Nation in Saskatchewan. The jury […]
After 185 years of municipal elections, Montreal voters finally put an Indigenous person on city council
Marie-Josée Parent only moved to Montreal as an adult, but quickly fell in love with the city. A few years later, she made history as the first Indigenous person elected as a city councilor since Montreal was incorporated as a […]
Strength, pride and indignation
I was born to a strong, proud, indignant Indigenous woman. She came from a long line of strong, proud, indignant Indigenous women. They spent their whole lives fighting to ensure we, as Indigenous people, inherited a kinder, gentler world. They […]
First People’s Fest explores issues of Indigenous identity
Aboriginal culture and recognition was celebrated during the 27th First People’s Festival in Montréal August 2-9 with films, live music and art installations that showcased multi-disciplinary Indigenous art from around the globe. The opening gala at the BanQ National Library […]
Toronto conference hones the cutting edge of Indigenous schooling
Delegates from across the world, including several from the Cree School Board and the Cree Department of Justice and Correctional Services, gathered in Toronto in July to take part in the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE). Hosted by […]