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What Was the First Day of Residential School Like? Part 2
In most cases, what little was known about Indigenous culture and spirituality was looked down upon as heathenistic devil worship
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Darren Grimes
Our Home and (Native?) Land - Part 6 “Let them Rob me”
Treaty No. 1 was made with the understanding that the Treaty would be in place for “as long as the sun shines, the grass grows, and the river flows...
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Darren Grimes
What Was the First Day of Residential School Like? Part 1
What bonds are interrupted when a young child is taken from the family home and settled into government and/or religious institutions?
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Darren Grimes
August 2023
Before the Schools
Canada’s Indigenous populations existed for thousands of years off the land and were still in a period of adjustment to the onset of Europeans and the…
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Darren Grimes
The White Paper vs The Red Paper "We will keep them in the Ghetto as Long as they Want"
“We do not want the Indian Act retained because it is a good piece of legislation. It isn’t.
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Darren Grimes
July 2023
Our Home and (Native?) Land - Part 5 "The Numbered Treaties"
The Treaties, at their core, involved the Surrender of Vast Amounts of Land
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Darren Grimes
Historic Settlement Reached: Indigenous Communities Closer to Receiving Long Overdue Compensation
After Years of Legal Battles a Proposed Settlement Offers Hope for Justice and Compensation for the Exploitation of Ancestral Lands
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Darren Grimes
Wasted Nations - The Indigenous Suicide Epidemic
Suicide and Self-harm is the leading cause of death for Indigenous Canadians Under the Age of 44
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Darren Grimes
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The Creation Story of three of the Nations of the Haudenosaunee - Part 4
Many people may be familiar with the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Creation Story, at least in its short version - Submitted by Kyle Delisle
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Darren Grimes
“Starlight Tours” - The Saskatoon freezing deaths
Reports of the practice date back to at least 1976. As of 2021, despite convictions for related offences, no Saskatoon police officer has been convicted…
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Darren Grimes
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Between 1980 and 2014, there were 6,849 police-reported female homicide cases in Canada. Among the total number of female victims, 16% were Indigenous…
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Darren Grimes
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Our Home and (Native?) Land - Part 4
Mining, Hydroelectric Dams, and the Mishkeegogamang
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Darren Grimes
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