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TW: Forced sterilization, the disk system, Danielle Smith. Tansi Ninôtemik, This is part two of a four part series that discusses how...

As discussed earlier this week, on February 9th, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously upheld an Act Respecting First Nations, Metis...

The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously upheld an Act Respecting First Nations, Metis and Inuit Children Youth and Families (Bill C-92)....

This is part one of a four part series that discusses how Danielle Smith’s Proposed so-called parental rights policies parallel and...

Tansi Ninôtemik, Last week's discussions centered around prosecutorial discretion, mental health, R v Gladue, and ACE scores. This week,...

On January 8th and 9th, three Indigenous people were arrested related to their peaceful resistance of the Rowland encampment eviction....

TW: Mentions of CFS Tansi Ninôtemik, Following up on our last post about An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, youth...

TW: Mentions of CFS, foster care. Tansi Ninôtemik, Indigenous children are removed from their families at a rate 17 times higher than...

On January 18, 2024, residential school denialist Frances Widdowson spoke at the University of Alberta. Giving such views a powerful...

Trigger Warning: This post contains descriptions of police violence. Photograph shows ReconciliACTIONYEG Blog author Olive Bensler...

Tansi Ninôtemik, Earlier this week we posted about the narrative analysis method for revitalizing Indigenous laws. Today the...

“We take the stories that have actually been brought down for generations because they have value. Even though some of them sound...

On Tuesday we wrote a post detailing some of the challenges that come with tracking reconciliation. Another such challenge is the idea of...

Art piece by Olive Bensler In the years since the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) and the...

Art piece created by Olive Bensler. Tansi Ninôtemik, Over the last week, we have discussed various Indigenous identity topics, from...

Tansi Ninôtemik, Today's post introduces us to the inhabitants of the land, water, and ice known as the Inuit Nunangat.[1] The land,...

Megan generated this word cloud image using a compilation of social media comments regarding allegations of Indigenous identity fraud...

Indigenous identity has been a hot topic in the news of late. It is controversial, complicated and something hard for a room full of...

Tansi Ninôtemik, Today's post includes a photo set from student day at the 35th annual Indigenous Bar Association Conference. These...

Last week, October 22 marked the thirty year anniversary of the day a Métis father and son, Steve and Roddy Powley, shot and killed a...