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Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Today’s post is about enfranchisement, and how many Indigenous veterans lost their Indian status after serving in the...

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, November 8, 1994, commemorated the very first Indigenous Veteran’s Day in Canada. I must admit that until recently I...

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, There is no doubt that there are complicated relations between the Canadian state and many Indigenous people. The...

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, This week the writers at Reconcili-ACTION YEG have been discussing cultural appropriation. As a quick review, cultural...

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, This week, we have been looking at cultural appropriation. Today, we will look at how cultural appreciation can advance...

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Today’s post is about the repatriation of Indigenous cultural artifacts that have been wrongfully taken or stolen from...

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Today we are going to continue the theme of cultural appropriation or as some like to call it “cultural...

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Halloween is here, which means that children and adults alike are dressing up in costumes and outfits to become someone...

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Imagine being 13 years old, packing your bags, and moving away from home. You are being sent to live at a boarding...

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, One great casualty of residential schools was Indigenous languages. After being taken from their communities, First...

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, When it comes to the level of attainment and success in the education system, there is a big gap between Indigenous and...

Today’s story is about a young Indigenous woman who led the Students Helping Students campaign to have a school built in her home village...

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Last week on the blog, we talked about the importance of education in our province and how the inclusion of Indigenous...

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, A couple of weeks ago, I received a phone call from my son’s teacher- he was in trouble. The phone call was unusual...

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Today we will be exploring some ways in which the Edmonton Public School Board is incorporating Indigenous knowledge...

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, This week, we’ve been focusing on Indigenous educational content in schools. For today’s post, I interviewed my...

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Today we are going to talk about Call to Action #64. “We call upon all levels of government that provide public funds...

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, A province’s K-12 education curriculum is more important than some people realize. While teachers have some discretion...

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Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Today we will continue to explore Calls to Action in professional education, shifting our focus to public sector...