Tawow! In November, the Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge was happy to welcome our 2025/2026 Scholar in Residence, Professor Larry Chartrand  for his public seminar “Applying Métis Legal Principles to the Question of a National Definition of Métis.”  Professor Chartrand, renowned Métis legal scholar and a Professor Emeritus at the University of Ottawa, spoke about his experience on the Métis National Council Expert Panel which provided the MNC Expert Panel’s Report . This

Photo by Mladen Borisov  on Unsplash Tawow! As nations revitalize and stand up their laws, discussions around enforcement have increasingly emerged at the forefront of priorities. At the Indigenous Bar Association’s  recent panel on “ Enforcement of First Nations Laws & Nation Building, ”   Alyson Bear , Ceilidh Stubbs , and Casey Caines  emphasized a truth echoed across many Nations: revitalizing Indigenous law and legal orders means more than writing laws—it requires rebuil

Happy New Year and welcome to 2026! We’re opening the season with a “meet the team” post featuring Siobhan Washburn and Casey Caines—WLGL legal counsel and former and current ReconciliACTION bloggers who are ready to bring some Indigenous-law energy into your feed this year. Casey Caines & Siobhan Washburn Siobhan is a member of the Otipemisiwak Métis Nation, and grew up in Treaty 6 just south of Edmonton. She loves to spend time with friends and family, to read, and to watch

By Megan Reti & Hero Laird Hello/Tansi, We wanted to take this end-of-2025 blog post to introduce two members of the team behind the ReconciliACTION blog: Megan Reti and Hero Laird.  Megan Hi! My name is Megan Reti and I am a lawyer, a member of the Metis Nation of Alberta, and the newest (sort of) member of the Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge’s legal team, having just rejoined the team on December 1. I worked as a research assistant with the WLGL as a law student and al

By Casey Caines, Hero Laird, and Siobhan Washburn This October, the Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge’s legal team attended the 37th Annual  Indigenous Bar Association  Conference, “Rewriting the Rules: Indigenous-Led Legal Reform and Resistance,” in Vancouver, on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.  The Indigenous Bar Association is a national non-profit association of First Nation, M é tis, and Inuit pe

Image: L-R Hadley Friedland, Hero Laird, Siobhan Washburn, Casey Caines. Generated with Open AI's Chat GPT November 2025. by Hadley Friedland Tawow! The  Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge  welcomes past and new readers to the ReconciliACTION YEG Blog.  This award-winning  blog was previously the home of the University of Alberta Faculty of Law ’s “Law and Social Media” Project. The Law and Social Media Project came to an end in April 2025, and the Wahkohtowin Lodge has tak

tansi ninôtemik, As the school term comes to a close, so too does the ReconciliACTION YEG blog. We feel like we’ve done some immense...

tansi ninôtemik, In a recent discussion published by Alberta Native News, the founder of Rise Consulting, Annie Korver, shared the...

tansi ninôtemik, We have previously discussed the history of Indigenous women undergoing forced sterilization as well as the ongoing...

tansi ninôtemik, Yesterday the Faculty of Law had a visiting speaker from Vancouver, Ryan Beaton, who presented on The Legacy of...

tansi ninôtemik, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action #42 is one of eighteen Calls to Action dedicated to addressing...

tansi ninôtemik,   The Trump administration, in another problematic move, continues to eradicate decades of discourse on empowering...

tansi ninôtemik, As discussed in a previous blog post , Canada is not bound by the decisions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights...

tansi ninôtemik, Canada’s oldest company, Hudson’s Bay, is struggling financially and has filed for creditor protection.[1] While they...

With the spring equinox falling later this week on the 20th, it is time to recognize Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQIA+ Celebration and...

tansi ninôtemik,  On March 12, Indigenous peoples of Onihcikiskwapiwin (Saddle Lake Cree Nation, Kehewin Cree Nation, Onion Lake Cree...

tansi ninôtemik, Most Latin American States have agreed to be under the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR)...

tansi ninôtemik, For those of us here in Edmonton, we are making our way out of hibernation, enjoying longer days and more sunshine!...

tansi ninôtemik, On March 2, the Canadian government and the Mississaugas Credit First Nation resolved their negotiations regarding land...

tansi ninôtemik, For the purpose of this blog post, we use the term “Indian” when discussing the Indian Act  and registration under the...