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Chelsea Vowel Métis from Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta. Currently living in Edmonton Author, freelance writer, speaker

Statement of Treaty Principles: University of Alberta’s May 11th attack on students, staff, and community

kitatamiskâtinân nikotwâsik-tipahamâtowinihk ohci, êkwa ôta otipêyimisow-askîhk ohci We greet you all from Treaty Six territory and the Homeland of the Métis. ôta amiskwacîwâskahikanihk ohciôma kihci-kiskinwahamâtowikamik Alberta kâ-ayâk Garneau otipahaskânihk sisone sîpihk mîna pâhpâscês okayâsi-askîhkânihk Here, from Edmonton (Beaver Hills House) where the University of Alberta occupies the Garneau river lot, Read more

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Names and the White Possessive: Information for Creatives

In her 2015 work, The White Possessive: Property, Power, and Indigenous Sovereignty, Aileen Moreton-Robinson (Goenpul from Minjerribah, Quandamooka FN) explores the way in which white nation-states (Australia, Canada, the United States, New Zealand) use racial logics to disrupt Indigenous territorial sovereignty explicitly through structures of colonial territorial possession. “The white Read more

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