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Reading and Watching List: Indigenous Voices

March 2, 2020November 27, 2020 Laurel Scott 0 Comments Books, indigenous, Movies, Reading and Watching List

This article was written by Laurel Scott I love reading books. I also love watching movies. And who doesn’t try

Photo: An anti-Coastal GasLink pipeline protest and solidarity with Wet’suwet’en rally takes place in Victory Square in Vancouver, BC, on January 11, 2020. By Laurel Scott.

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Is Reconciliation Dead?

March 2, 2020November 27, 2020 The Meliorist 0 Comments indigenous, Opinion, Politics, Wetsuweten

This article was written by freelance contributor Chris Millard With Wet’suwet’en, Canada currently faces its biggest challenge of reconciliation to

History

January History Column

January 19, 2020November 27, 2020 Sorcha DeHeer 0 Comments history, indigenous, war

In a letter dated June 19, 1918, A. Desnomie, an Indigenous soldier wrote: “…as we all say here, we never retire but recoil.” His writings reflect a sense of pride in fighting for England and Canada. Speaking about the other Indigenous soldiers with him, Desnomie notes that they were “all well and ready to get after the Fritz again.” Indigenous soldiers participated in the Great War in comparable numbers to Anglo-European Canadians.