Folks, I have some exciting news! MY BOOK IS FINALLY COMING OUT! JUST LOOK AT THIS BEAUTY!!! At last I’ve collected and expanded some of the pieces found on this blog, and wrote some new ones! I spent a tonne of time curating resources for each chapter so that people Read more…
The question I get, every single time I publish any piece at all on Indigenous issues is, “okay fine, but what are your solutions?” Often coupled with this question is the implication or outright accusation that all “we” (Indigenous people, or maybe just me, personally) do is complain without thinking Read more…
There is probably no more famous Chief in all of Canada than Chief Clarence Louie of Osoyoos, British Columbia. Whenever the issue of First Nations comes up in a news piece, you can lay a very safe bet on Chief Louie being raised in the comments section as an example Read more…
Though I will be writing on the events that took place on October 17, 2013 (timeline put together by Dylan Powell) when the RCMP raided a peaceful blockade by members of the Elsipogtog Mi’kmaq First Nation, for now I just want to provide people with some already available and excellent Read more…
It is so easy to get bogged down by all the problems indigenous peoples face. Poverty, suicide, addiction, disease, incarceration, homelessness, violence — where does one even begin to address these things? We can cast our nets widely, and see the big picture in all its ugly colonial horror. This Read more…