Exploring Theme: "Indigenous History"

‘It’s important because we can’t forget,’ said Gabriel Dumont Institute curriculum developer CBC Indigenous: Events in Saskatchewan this weekend will mark the 139th anniversary of the execution of Louis Riel.  Riel, the first president and leader of the Métis Nation, was charged with treason and hanged on Nov. 16, 1885, at the Northwest Mounted Police...

Rustad’s party set out their education plans Sunday. And then changed them hours later. The Tyee: Voters worried the BC Conservatives’ plan to implement a secret, extreme agenda if they win the election had their fears stoked this weekend. As did voters who worry the party is incompetent and not remotely ready to govern. Leader...

Descendant calls video depicting execution ‘colonial propaganda’ but professor says removal raises questions WARNING: This story contains video portraying a re-enactment of the execution of Louis Riel. APTN News: A history organization was right to remove a 1991 Heritage Minute dramatizing the execution of Louis Riel, says one of the Métis leader’s descendants after the decision...

A cadet salutes the wreaths laid at the Victory Square Cenotaph in downtown Vancouver to honour Indigenous veterans in Canada on Nov. 8, 2023. Photo by Pippa Norman Listen to article Canada’s National Observer -Concerns of an emerging climate enemy coupled with calls for hope at an Indigenous Veterans Day ceremony held in Vancouver. At the...

Deep divisions over continued challenges from residential schools, special status for Indigenous Peoples Angus Reid Institute Poll Survey Results October 5, 2023 – Canada was officially proclaimed a dominion by the British in 1867, but this land’s history extends thousands of years prior. For most in this country, the legacy of first contact between Indigenous Peoples and early...

Manitoba Métis Federation hopes items can be loaned to national heritage centre CBC News: Never-before-seen writings by Louis Riel displayed at a Calgary exhibition provide a glimpse into the personal life of the man considered the father of Manitoba, during his years of exile between the two historic Métis resistances he led in Western Canada. Devotion: Louis...

Toronto Star: Almighty Voice, fought the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) more than 125 years ago in an attempt to keep his people from starving. Here’s why that matters today. When out covering a story, it’s not uncommon for me to be asked, “Where’s your proof? How do I know you’re an actual reporter?”  People...

The field of archaeology changing. So are the ways some young Indigenous people see themselves CBC News: When she was about eight years old, Jennifer Tenasco moved from her home community of Kitigan Zibi, Que., to Ottawa. Changing schools meant she’d lost an important place to learn about her culture: her classroom on reserve.  “It...

A new book from Sean Carleton encourages critical thinking about connections between colonialism, education and capitalist exploitation The Maple: For this week’s Class Struggle, I sat down with Sean Carleton to talk about his 2022 book Lessons in Legitimacy: Colonialism, Capitalism, and the Rise of State Schooling in British Columbia, the paperback version of which is out from UBC...

The image of an Indigenous ceremony from the 1880s, discovered in the attic of an old home, was strange, given what it depicted. It proved to contain great symbolism for reconciliation BILL WAISER: SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Bill Waiser is a historian and the author of A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905,...

The Globe and Mail: The Governor-General of Canada usually chooses her words with careful, unsmiling deliberation. But her anger at the way that Canadian history has, until recently, been taught in our schools was unmistakable. “It has been uneven and it is unfair,” Mary Simon said. “This country is so diverse, but for the longest...

CBC News: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre faced criticism from his political opponents Friday for delivering a speech to the Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP), a controversial Winnipeg-based group that has been associated with efforts to downplay the effects of residential schools on Indigenous children and oppose vaccine mandates. Before introducing Poilievre on Friday, the group’s president, Peter Holle, said...

Who ‘discovered Canada’? Quebec says French explorer over Indigenous people: survey CTV News: OTTAWA, W.VA. –  Quebecers are more inclined to say Jacques Cartier — or even Christopher Columbus — “discovered Canada,” compared to the rest of the country, which points to Indigenous people, a new survey suggests. The results are based on a web study...

Toronto Star: One year after more than 1,000 unmarked graves were discovered on the grounds of former residential schools — putting a global spotlight on Canada’s horrific history of assimilation and abuse of Indigenous children — Canadians are barely any more familiar with the painful legacy of the institutions, new research shows. According to data...

A First Nations leader is among those accusing Manitoba’s premier of offering a distorted reframing of the province’s history, omitting the displacement of Indigenous people and violence against them in what feels like “a punch in the gut.” “It’s very disheartening, very disrespectful to Indigenous people,” said Leroy Constant, the interim grand chief of the...

Thirteen years after the Government of Canada offered a formal apology to the survivors of the residential school system and families, 68 percent of Canadians polled still say they were either unaware of the severity of abuses at residential schools or completely shocked by it. A poll conducted by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, the...