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Meet Team ReconciliACTION YEG 21/22: Hero Laird
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Welcome to 2022, a new year in the Gregorian Calendar. For some, this is a time of aspiration, hope and new beginnings....

ReconciliACTION 2021 Gift Guide
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Books are among my favourite gift to give this time of year, especially to the littles in my life and I’ve started...

A Very Merry Colonized Christmas
‘Tis the season. For both holiday magic and Indigenous guilt. Christmas has always been my favourite. Fluffy trees cloaked in baubles,...

How Do You Celebrate the Holiday Season? - A ReconciliACTION YEG Christmas Special
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Today, on this special holiday edition, we weave together the thoughts and reflections of two of our writers, one...

Metis Christmas & kissy New Year!
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, The sound of the bells rang across the snowy ground, and the horses’ breath hung in the frozen air. The sky was a dull...

Liz’s End-Semester Reflection
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Today is my last day of blogging with team ReconciliACTION YEG. I am handing over the Monday slot to Hero Laird who you...

What's in a name? And how do you get it back?
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Earlier this year, a collective gasp was heard across Turtle Island as the horrific discovery of 215 children’s remains...

Government’s Gift of the Gift to Decide Who We Gift
There is very little more complex than what it means to be Indigenous in Canada. The Government of Canada has its definition, communities...

Aboriginal Sports Circle NWT - Traditional Games
Tansi Nîtôtemtik Call to Action #66 states: “We call upon the federal government to establish multi-year funding for community-based...

There is no honor in the Crown.
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Every now and then, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) delivers a decision that is seemingly benign, maybe even a little...

Abandoning the Rule of Law on Wet'suwet'en Lands
A ReconciliACTION YEG Long Read Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Last week, while the lower mainland of British Columbia struggled to respond to...

'Official' languages?
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, In last year’s Call to Action Report Card, the calls related to Language and Culture received a B grade - the highest...

Norma's Story
“i stand on the sacrifices of a million women before me thinking what can i do to make this mountain taller so the women after me can see...

Call to Action #87 and Jordin Tootoo
Tansi Nîtôtemtik Call to Action #87 states: “We call upon all levels of government, in collaboration with Aboriginal peoples, sports...

Solidarity with Wet'suwet'en
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, RCMP are blocking food and medical supplies from Wet’suwet’en homes and are openly violating the human rights of the...

Indigenous Language and Culture: Are they Basic Human Rights?
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Last week we asked whether language is an Aboriginal right, protected under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982....

History on Trial?
Tansi Nitotemtik, I can remember very clearly the first time I understood that context influences what and how we learn, that there’s...

The True Cost of Indigenous Language Revitalization
"A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language." ~ Gaston Bachelard Tansi Nitotemtik, As...

Cultural Participation and Academic Learning Challenges
Tansi Nîtôtemtik While the TRC’s Calls to Action for education and culture are intended to provide opportunities for learning and growth...
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