Born into their people for specific purposes

In 2019, were there any significant changes in the situations for the original people of this land? The indigenous believe that life is a circle.…

History repeats itself: the Amazon

Since 1978, over 750,000 square kilometers (289,000 square miles) of Amazon rainforest have been destroyed across Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, and French…

Why government and industry want us to view the CN Rail strike as a security risk

Written by Andrew Crosby, PhD Student, Carleton University This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and…

Brantford’s past targeted more than “Indians”

Over the past 25-years or so, most of the civilized world has become more aware of the systematic racism intrinsically woven into the fabric of…

Nature stories: Children experience the seasons with Indigenous knowledge keepers

By Louise Zimanyi On the winding trails the ground is covered with red and yellow maple tree leaves. These are ininaatigobagaa, the children and adults…

An open letter to those considering a vote

By Lyle Hill With election season in full swing and with the Federal election for Canada’s next Prime Minister on the horizon I thought I…

On Orange Shirt Day — I was triggered

People across the country this week marked the memory of former students, now survivors, of the Indian Residential School System in Canada. The Orange Shirt…

Researchers search for Bigfoot in Kisatchie National Forest

ALEXANDRIA —  In the middle of Kisatchie National Forest, a Bigfoot researcher who calls himself “Tex-La” lets out four howls in an area that he…

Researchers search for Bigfoot in Kisatchie National Forest

ALEXANDRIA —  In the middle of Kisatchie National Forest, a Bigfoot researcher who calls himself “Tex-La” lets out four howls in an area that he…

How to get kids talking about their school day

“How was your day at school?” “Fine.” Does this sound familiar? This is the dreaded response to a well-intentioned question that parents might ask. The…

Tsilhqot’in blockade points to failures of justice impeding reconciliation in Canada

By Justine Townsend, PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph; Faisal Moola, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University…

Canada’s MMIWG report spurs debate on the shifting definitions of genocide

By Andrew Woolford, Professor, University of Manitoba When the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released its final report, it described…

OP-Ed: History has a funny way of repeating itself

Way back in the year 1970, the Six Nations Council building was padlocked on instructions by the “Hereditary Chiefs.” Six Nations Elected Council employees were…

Jody Wilson Raybould comes from a long line of Indigenous truth tellers

Author: Corrie Scott, Associate professor, University of Ottawa On Anti-Bullying Day, Canadians watched their former minister of justice and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould _ a…

Setting resolutions as an indigenous person

We’ve officially reached the second week of January. This means that most New Year’s resolutions are already in gear. And the most common New Year’s…