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October 26, 2024
Canadian Indigenous leaders hope Biden’s residential schools apology leads to meaningful change
America needs its own truth and reconciliation commission: former AFN chief Maura Forrest · The Canadian Press CBC News: The Canadian Press – Canadian Indigenous leaders say U.S. President Joe Biden’s apology for his country’s residential school system is only the first step toward healing generations of harm. On Friday, Biden apologized for the U.S. boarding school...
October 25, 2024
Historic Apology: Boarding school history ‘a sin on our soul’
President Joe Biden delivers an apology to Native people for the nation’s ugly history of Indian boarding schools. WARNING: This story contains disturbing details about residential and boarding schools. If you are feeling triggered, here is a resource list for trauma responses from the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition in the U.S. In Canada, the...
May 21, 2024
Yellowknives Dene scholar on the ‘critical history’ of community’s self-determination
Dene self-determination is part of a global decolonization movement, says Glen Coulthard Ideas, 53:59 – How global liberation efforts helped shape the Dene fight for self-determination Click on the following link to listen to Ideas: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/dene-self-determination-glen-coulthard-1.7208086 CBC News: CBC Radio – In the mid-20th century, a powerful exchange of ideas took place — between the...
April 26, 2024
Ongoing colonialism shows itself in Ontario’s legislature says Independent MPP
‘You don’t have to go far back in Canadian history to see how state powers use suppression of Indigenous cultural dress, language, ceremony and beliefs as tools of genocide,’ says MPP Sarah Jama. An image posted on social media of a member of the Ontario legislature addressing Independent MPP Sarah Jama. Photo: X APTN News:...