Life in the slow lane: an old turtle’s view of the world Matriarchy can be the new patriarchy
I’m of the unqualified opinion that the acquisition of power remains the driving force behind most of our daily actions. We either revel in its…
Danielle Boissoneau
Laughing with the wrong people: insights into ego and tricksterism
To be honest, I don’t know what “tricksterism” is. The way that I understand it is that the word represents a colonial understanding of one…
Life in the slow lane: an old turtle’s view of the world
Is it just me, or ever since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released their report in 2015, is there a bandwagon effect towards healing the…
Onkwehonwe Week in Review: September 28th 2016
Indigenous nations across Turtle Island sign mutual defence treaty to protect against tarsands expansion Chiefs lined up to add their names and their nations to…
Onkwehonwe Week in Review: September 21, 2016
Winnipeg MP breaks ranks with Liberal caucus over controversial Site C project The Justice for the Peace Caravan has recently traveled from British Columbia…
Onkwehonwe Week in Review: September 7, 2016
Opaskwayak Cree trappers and fishers blockade highway over failed negotiations Near Gillam, Manitoba, the local Cree Fur Council and and the Opaskwayak Commercial Fishery Co-op…
Onkwehonwe Week In Review: August 31, 2016
Health Canada closes nursing stations on remote Northern reserves with 2 days notice On August 23, federal officials shocked Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) with a…
Onkwehonwe week in review: August 24, 2016
Indigenous leaders from across the country praise Gord Downie’s words at tour finale The Tragically Hip’s lead singer, Gord Downie, bas been diagnosed with terminal…
Onkwehonwe week in Review: August 17, 2016
Caldwell First Nation hosts first ever pow wow on rematriated lands Last weekend, a unique celebration happened; a powwow on land that was rematriated…
Onkwehonwe Week in Review: July 13, 2016
Paddlers from across Ontario canoeing to Garden River for Great Lakes Gathering Two separate water journeys have converged on route to Garden River, Ontario for…
“Suicide is genocide”: INAC takeovers rock the Canadian landscape
In response to the spate of suicides in Attawapiskat this past week, Indigenous activists, alongside activists from Black Lives Matter, took over the Indigenous and…
Intergenerational power through Rites of Passage
I recently came back from a conference discussing reconciliation and one of the workshops was listening to residential school survivors and visiting the burned out…
Op Ed: Trans-Pacific Partnership is colonization by corporation
On Feb. 4, 2016, trade representatives from 12 countries gathered to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). Over 40 per cent of the global economy…
Onkwehonwe Week in Review: Week of February 3
Indigenous peoples in Winnipeg welcome Syrian refugees Syria is a country torn by war. A crisis has emerged since the land is nearly unrecognizable by…
Onkwehonwe Week in Review: Week of January 27
Minister of Justice responds to call for inquiry into Gustafsen Lake standoff BURNABY, BC – Several protesters gathered outside of Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould’s…