Shedding Our False Sense of Virtue
We consider ourselves immune to the type of civil unrest that erupted in the US in the 1960s. But could Indigenous frustration today be reaching the same boiling point?
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It’s Not My Job to Teach You about Indigenous People
If you don’t have time to educate yourself, then I can’t help you
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Why First Nations Shouldn’t Banish Their Citizens
Banishment continues the dark legacy that created the very group of lost souls some Indigenous communities are seeking to expel
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A Loss for Words
A Nisga’a poet turns the English language against his colonialist readers
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On Cultural Appropriation, Canadians Are Hypocrites
Citizens of this country believe in the value of protecting one’s culture—except when it comes to Indigenous people
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An Inuit Artist’s Unusual Route to International Fame
Kananginak Pootoogook’s work is keenly perceptive of his world—and how that world is perceived by outsiders
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Can the Government Take Away My Indigenous Identity?
With my status under threat, I am revisiting what it means to be a Mi’kmaq writer
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A High-Stakes Land-Use Battle at the Pristine Heart of the Yukon
The territory has been divided for years over mining and conservation. Now the Supreme Court will hear a case that will help determine the future of the Peel River watershed
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The Complicated Case of Pauline Johnson
The daughter of a Mohawk chief and an Englishwoman, Johnson championed Indigenous rights. But that may not have been the message her audiences took away
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The Rise of Nunatsiavut Art
After decades of being perceived as “inauthentic,” it’s time for Labrador Inuit artists to receive the recognition they deserve
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