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Our Home and (Native?) Land Part 3
The Seigneury of Sault St. Louis, also known as Kahnawake (Submitted by Kyle Delisle)
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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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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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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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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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Our Home and (Native?) Land - Part 4
Mining, Hydroelectric Dams, and the Mishkeegogamang
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The “Sixties Scoop”
Between 1951 and 1991, First Nation and Inuit children were taken into care and placed with Non-Indigenous Parents
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Oh, Canada... - the "Honour of the Crown"
156 Years after the its Creation Indigenous Canadians Occupy Less than 0.3% of the Country’s 10 Million Square kms. The Majority of Which (89%) Remains…
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Five crucial concerns for Indigenous Canadians in 2024
Government officials, researchers, policymakers, and Indigenous leaders often grapple with the overwhelming scope of these problems
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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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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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Indigenous Sovereignty vs. Globalist Bureaucracy: Why Joining the EU Means Losing Our Land—Again
To the average citizen, this may seem like just another political discussion. But for Indigenous nations, it raises an urgent and troubling question…
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