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Statement of Treaty Principles: University of Alberta’s May 11th attack on students, staff, and community

To access the signable Google form please click here. kitatamiskâtinân nikotwâsik-tipahamâtowinihk ohci, êkwa ôta otipêyimisow-askîhk ohci We greet you all from Treaty Six territory and the Homeland of the Métis. ôta amiskwacîwâskahikanihk ohciôma kihci-kiskinwahamâtowikamik Alberta kâ-ayâk Garneau otipahaskânihk sisone sîpihk mîna pâhpâscês okayâsi-askîhkânihk Here, from Edmonton (Beaver Hills House) where Read more…

By âpihtawikosisân, 6 monthsMay 14, 2024 ago

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Verbal Suffixes in nêhiyawêwin

I started writing this at 5:30 a.m. because as usual I couldn’t sleep. This is going to be a nerdy language post, so feel free to disregard if you aren’t obsessed with nêhiyawêwin (Plains Cree)! If you are a fellow nêhiyawêwin nerd, please leave all the comments and thoughts you Read more…

By âpihtawikosisân, 12 months ago

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Mitigating Exposure to Wildfire Smoke: What I’ve Learned So Far

Folks, we need to talk. I’m shut up in the house again, windows tightly closed, air-filters running, because the outside air quality is absolutely terrible. It’s “wildfire season”. Meanwhile, a neighbour is burning leaves in their back yard, apparently oblivious to the smouldering garbage smell already permeating the block. With Read more…

By âpihtawikosisân, 1 yearSeptember 2, 2023 ago

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Names and the White Possessive: Information for Creatives

In her 2015 work, The White Possessive: Property, Power, and Indigenous Sovereignty, Aileen Moreton-Robinson (Goenpul from Minjerribah, Quandamooka FN) explores the way in which white nation-states (Australia, Canada, the United States, New Zealand) use racial logics to disrupt Indigenous territorial sovereignty explicitly through structures of colonial territorial possession. “The white Read more…

By âpihtawikosisân, 2 yearsAugust 2, 2022 ago

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