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The United Nations Recommendations to Canada: The Indian Act
tansi ninôtemik, For the purpose of this blog, we use the term “Indian” when discussing the Indian Act and citizenship under the Indian...

Honouring Indigenous Veterans
tansi ninôtemik , What does it mean to fight for a country that has not fought for you? For Indigenous veterans, this question carries a...

Preserving the History of the Honourable Murray Sinclair
Senator Murray Sinclair passed away earlier this week. Sinclair was a trailblazer, working tirelessly throughout his career to advance...

Progress for Indigenous Child Welfare Law
tansi ninôtemik, The Truth and Reconciliation Commission recognized the harmful legacies of both residential schools and the Canadian...

"You are not our king": Indigenous Solidarity
tansi ninôtemiki, It is not often that we get to see individuals express their hurt and anguish about colonization directly to the...

Damaging Narratives: BC Conservative Candidate Calls Indigenous Peoples "Savages"
tansi ninôtemik, There are days where we feel like we have finally begun to move on from the damaging narratives imposed upon...

Wildfire Management using Indigenous Practices?
The 82nd annual Alberta Forest Products Association (AFPA) conference was held in Banff earlier this month. The event brought together...

Duty to Consult: Mitchikanibikok Inik First Nation
tansi ninôtemik, The duty to consult and accommodate is a constitutional duty that the Canadian government is obligated to do for...

Movie Moment: The YINTAH Documentary is a Powerful Call to Action
tansi ninôtemik, “ We do not own the land. We belong to the land. We are part of the land .” Lihkt’samisyu Chief Dsta’hyl[1] On October...

“Attainable Justice”: R v Skibicki and Murdered Indigenous Women
tansi ninôtemik, Trigger Warning: Disturbing content regarding details of violence against Indigenous women In a recent Manitoba case,...

Clean Drinking Water on Trial: Should this Basic Human Right be a Positive Legal Duty?
Last week, a momentous three-day hearing took place at the Federal Court. The question on trial is whether the Canadian government has a...

Thanksgiving as a Time of Reflection
tansi ninôtemik, Both European and Indigenous cultures have a history of holding celebrations during the fall, being thankful for food....

Indigenous Language Revitalization and Resources
tansi ninôtemik, Before European contact, 300 to 500 Indigenous languages were spoken across the land now known as Canada and the United...

LAND BACK: A Pluralist Understanding of Canada’s Constitution
tansi ninôtemik, The land is ever-pervasive in discussions of Indigenous law. In our most recent blog , we criticized the Canadian...

Transactional: The Canadian Approach to Indigenous Lands
tansi ninôtemik, On October 2nd, four Ecuadorian-Indigenous women leaders visited Ottawa to express concerns about a proposed free trade...

Sisters in Spirit: Honouring the Lives of MMIWG2S+
tansi ninôtemik, On October 4th, we honour the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people (MMIWG or...

Trudeau and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
tansi ninôtemik, In a live press conference after the signing of the Inuvialuit Coordination Agreement (the “Agreement”) on September 30,...

Orange Shirts for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
tansi ninôtemik, Phyllis Webstad, a residential school survivor and member of the Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation, is the founder of the...

5 ReconciliACTIONs You Can Take on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
tansi ninôtemik, Are you looking for ways to get involved with reconciliation? Here are 5 actions you can take to support and learn from...
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