Cree
A present for Canada Day!
I am no programmer, and honestly my kids understand this better than I do, but I have had a heck of a lot of fun these past few days creating a silly little RPG called “Idle No More: Blockade”. It Read more…
Decolonisation
Why every Canadian should be haunted by Rhymes for Young Ghouls
I have been meaning to write this for weeks now, but I needed the time to distance myself from my reaction to seeing Jeff Barnaby’s film, “Rhymes for Young Ghouls” . I’m not sure how successful I’ve been, given that Read more…
Uncategorized
Why McGill (and McGillish Universities) Need Tough Love
In February of this year, I was asked to come to the Faculty of Law at McGill to do a guest lecture on Aboriginal and Indigenous property. It was a fantastic class, I had a lot of fun, there were Read more…
Cree
The Cree Classroom is a go!
I am cross posting this from a new website, sakihitowinlearning.ca. I want to keep the âpihtawikosisan blog for a wide variety of writings, while the sâkihitowin learning site is dedicated to language. All our goings on in the Cree classroom Read more…
Uncategorized
Elsipogtog: What we need to be talking about
Despite the plethora of informative articles about the ongoing struggle at Elispogtog First Nation, north of Moncton, New Brunswick, and the RCMP raid there on October 17th, most mainstream media outlets have been underemphasizing some very important aspects of the Read more…