Ooph, it’s been about a month now since I went on a social media fast to focus on my thesis. Up to my eyeballs (happily) in sci-fi (have I mentioned what my thesis is yet? Oh let me do that first). Without getting into too much detail (because these things have a tendency to shift/change/completely…
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Fundraiser is a go, let’s do this!
tânisi nitotêmitik? Back in December I discovered that raising funds to support students in Indigenous studies is a thing that even decidedly not-rich folks like myself can do, and I ran excitedly to my blog to tell you all about it! The response was swift, and awe-inspiring. And also overwhelming! Turns out it took a…
Update on Fundraising
tânisi nitôtêmak? As you probably know, I have been actively fundraising in the hope of setting up three separate endowments for students at the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta. Your ABSOLUTELY AMAZING RESPONSE was honestly unexpected, and has created a sort of tsunami-situation for the University. That’s right folks, this has…
Reconciliation? How can we help?
I get asked to talk about Indigenous issues a lot, and since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report, the whole concept of “reconciliation” has become a hot ticket notion. Invariably during the Q&A sessions, people ask, “what can I do?” I’m a big fan of having at least a short list of…
Framing Indigenous resistance as terrorism
Recently the wonderful Elizabeth LaPensée released a 2D sidescroller game called Thunderbird Strike where you “fly from the Tar Sands to the Great Lakes as a thunderbird protecting Turtle Island with searing lightning against the snake that threatens to swallow the lands and waters whole”. The game won Best Digital Media at the imagineNATIVE Film…