Dec
16
Today is December 16, 2012 and Chief Theresa Spence has been on a hunger strike for six days. Contrary to what some media outlets are reporting, she is not doing this only to protest Bill C-45 or even the deplorable … Continue reading
Categories: 60s scoop, Alienation, Comprehensive Claims, Cultural appropriation, Decolonisation, First Nations, Idle No More, Injustice, Inuit, Métis, Representation of natives
Tags: allies, Bill C-45, Chief Theresa Spence, colonialism, First nations, hunger strike, Idle No More, injustice, inuit, metis
May
14
Back in March of this year, I came across an online store called Ruby Love Joy. Based in Australia, this site featured (as you can see in this picture) a lot of men and women in face paint and “warrior … Continue reading
Mar
02
I’d like to tell you a story about icewine. Icewine is pressed from grapes that freeze on the vine, and is an incredibly sweet and expensive dessert wine. Not everyone likes it, but I consider it a pretty decadent treat. … Continue reading
âpihtawikosisân is Métis from the Plains Cree speaking community of Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta. She currently lives in Montreal, Quebec. Her passions are: education, Aboriginal law, the Cree language, and roller derby. She holds a BEd, an LLB and teaches indigenous youth.
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