Opinion
Celebrating Indigenous history
As the country wrestles with the interim ruling of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal issued Friday - that Canada is committing genocide against Indigenous Peoples – we mark National Indigenous History Month.
The power of the peoples’ judgment
The international Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal is in Tiohtià:ke this week, probing a legacy of missing children and unmarked graves associated with residential schools.
Men must stand up against violence
Last week marked the annual Moose Hide Campaign, a fast-growing, Indigenous-led movement coming out of BC with a simple goal, to unite folks around putting an end to gender-based violence once and for all.
Racism needs to be called out
“Stop drinking, Wab.” These words were uttered in the chamber of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly to Wab Kinew, who is the only First Nations premier in the history of the country.
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November 2, 2023Educating our youth the right way
Restriction is a form of control based on fear, not on power, and in the case of the Quebec government’s latest decree to try and keep Anglophones from getting an English education, it’s just plain wrong.
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October 26, 2023Running a newspaper in our communities
We try to save this kind of editorial for January, which will mark 21 years in the business for the current editor, or July, which marks the anniversary of the transition back in 2008 from Kenneth Deer to Steve Bonspiel.
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October 12, 2023A day to remember our children
Whether you call it Orange Shirt Day or Truth and Reconciliation Day, September 30 is a special time to honour our residential school heroes and to never forget what happened.
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October 5, 2023Birks promo wasn’t well thought out
First, the positive: Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer and her partner Tami Jo Rice are proud of who they are as a gay couple in Kahnawake.
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September 28, 2023What to say when the unthinkable happens?
What words can be written when a tragedy strikes, with one young teenage girl ultimately losing her life? There are none.
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November 15, 2022A disgraceful end to housing inquiry
The housing investigation is over, and many are left shaking their heads after no charges were laid. -
August 12, 2022Feather Gardens production lands laughs
Courtesy Hudson Village Theatre It’s no easy feat to get a room full of settlers to laugh at themselves, but the Hudson Village Theatre’s production of Feather Gardens accomplished that and much more. Feather Gardens, written by Jimmy Blais, stars a patch of land in the town of Hudson, a non-Indigenous settlement located across the Ottawa River from Kanesatake.
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July 19, 2019Walking with the ghosts of the Oka Crisis
Twenty-Nine years after the Oka Crisis, Kanesatake is faced with an opportunity to dance with old traumas as they navigate new relations around the pine forest area with the old wounds that accompany it.
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April 24, 2019Iawentón:nia Kohserà:ke (tánon ne watstáhshion)!
When it comes to opinions, TED's mighty mite Kahenientha Cross doesn't mince words. (File Photo) Kí ohstón:’a wahentiiohstá:nion ontié:nawa’se kí tsi kohserà:ke tsi niiawentón:nia, iah thakkwé:ni akatehrhá:rate ne kakwitehnéhkha akawerá:ron – sénha ki’ ioiá:nere aio’nísko tsi ní:ioht ne tóhsa taontá:we wáhi?
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December 18, 2018"Rights recognition framework" delayed for now
Russell Diabo (right), pictured here with Assembly of First Nations national chief Perry Bellegarde, is warning all First Nations in Canada about dealings with Ottawa.
