I am quite upset to learn that a fellow going by the name Grey Owl (and I kid thee not, the irony of course being quite rich) is stealing the work of the phenomenal Métis artist, Christi Belcourt. His real name is actually Jack Walter Lamb, a gun-loving Tea Party supporter who also also loves…
Author: âpihtawikosisân
The consequences of going viral
Now that comments are trickling in at only 3 or 4 an hour instead of 20 or 30, I feel like I can breathe again. What a weird couple of days! Let me see. What have I learned so far about having a post go viral? Nothing prepares you for it. There was no way…
First Nations taxation
I’ve been struggling with what to write next, given the unreal amount of attention my last blog post got. I felt some pressure to use the attention to get a message out…but what do I say, where do I start? How can I top a ‘big picture’ article like one by Wayne Spear, which address…
Dealing with comments about Attawapiskat
I still intend to get a series of posts out clarifying issues like First Nations housing, health-care, education and so on, but I have a confession. I haven’t been staying away from the comments sections of articles about Attawapiskat. I know. It’s not healthy. There are so many racist rants and outright ignorant responses that…
Khodi Dill sums it up nicely.
I am working away on a series of posts I’d like to put together to help untangle the web of confusion surrounding oft-misunderstood issues such as First Nations health-care, education, housing, taxation, self-government, settlement claims and so on. It isn’t easy. I’ve studies these kinds of things my whole life, trying to disprove the claims…