INAC (Aboriginal Affairs) is busy patting itself on the back for solving all of Attawapiskat’s problems. To hear them tell it, Jacques Marion was a veritable hero, swooping into Attawapiskat in the nick of time, narrowly averting disaster. INAC is Read more
There are a lot of things I could get pissed off about (say no to the speedo!), but I think other people have those conversations under control, and there are some things I just want to celebrate. A Tribe Called Read more
I am a huge language geek. As in, I’m a little obsessed with language and how it relates to culture, to identity, to understanding the world around you. If you speak another language, or have even tried to learn another Read more
Living in an urban setting is incredibly stressful for me sometimes. It is noisy. It is big. It smells. I am surrounded by people who do not know me, who do not know my family, who are strangers with no Read more
Last year I stumbled across a blog devoted to Plains Cree, written by a linguist who I’m ashamed to admit, manages to even out-geek me in the love-of-language department. It was actually his blog that inspired me to start writing Read more