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Cultural appropriation

Check the tag on that “Indian” story.

Stories and sayings attributed to Native Americans have been floating around probably since settlers stopped spending all of their time and energy on not dying. I am not entirely certain why stories that never originated in any indigenous nation are Read more

By âpihtawikosisân, 15 yearsFebruary 21, 2012 ago
Culture

Experiencing the digital revolution with my moccasins on.

Some people in the NDN tumblr community have coined a new meaning for the acronym NATO.  Forget the imperialism, there is no room for that in the new NATO.  Now it means Native Americans Take Over. There are a lot Read more

By âpihtawikosisân, 15 yearsFebruary 20, 2012 ago
First Nations

From emergency to catastrophe. Lack of addictions programming a national shame.

I don’t usually do ‘breaking news’ stories…and well I guess I’m not doing it now either.  This news isn’t new at all, it’s just finally getting some mainstream attention as the situation is set to get exponentially worse. The problem Read more

By âpihtawikosisân, 15 yearsFebruary 17, 2012 ago
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Why so quiet lately?

Well, quiet for me! I wanted to let everyone know that I’m in the process of transferring this blog to the newly registered www.apihtawikosisan.ca (and .com), and the logistics involved in this is what has diverted my attention lately.  I’d Read more

By âpihtawikosisân, 15 years ago
Injustice

Nimama, are they going to take me away too?

My youngest daughter was six years old when she asked me this, clinging to me in desperation, her face distorted and her eyes full of tears.  I hadn’t expected such a visceral reaction, and before I could say something intelligent Read more

By âpihtawikosisân, 15 years ago

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