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Pamela Palmater: For Indigenous peoples, it’s time to look within It’s time we finally got rid of what isn’t working for us—even if that means parting ways with long-established advocacy organizations or demanding better of our leaders by Staff on January 29th, 2021 at 9:00 AM 1 of 1 2 of 1 Excerpted from Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence (Fernwood Publishing),  a collection of essays by Pamela Palmater. I wish I didn’t have to write this. I wish I could say that now that Canadians have changed their federal government everything will be okay. But that is no...

First Nations groups, Charlottetown council differ on Sir John A. Macdonald statue Pedestrian walk past a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in Charlottetown on Monday, March 4, 2019. nbsp; THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan January 29, 2021 - 10:18 AM CHARLOTTETOWN - First Nations groups and Charlottetown city council are at odds over how to deal with a statue of Canada's first prime minister. Members of the Epekwitk Assembly of Councils — which represents the Abegweit and Lennox Island First Nations — say they want more than just modifications to an exi...

"We understood when we were asked for input following the city's decision to keep the statue last summer, that we were to provide recommendations on how that statue could be offset to address the situation, in keeping with reconciliation objectives," says a letter signed by the chiefs of the two First Nations and sent to the city Thursday. The demands from the Prince Edward Island First Nations groups echo similar calls across the country for the removal of Macdonald statues because of his role in the creation of Canada's residential school system. One statue of him was toppled by protesters ...

Credit Dean Swope / KYUK On Jan. 26, the Bethel City Council is expected to hire Tumak Enterprises, LLC as developers of Tanqik Subdivision. The already-approved subdivision will add 10 new lots to the city. It doesn’t sound like much. But between the other two subdivisions already underway, in a few short years the city could have over 100 new homes providing housing for hundreds of residents. Across the street from Tanqik is Blue Sky Subdivision. According to Bethel City Planning Director Ted Meyer, construction on roads there will continue this summer. Blue Sky has 80 lots, but has not b...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Alan Small | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 Save to Read Later Dig into the life of Curtis Jonnie, the man behind Shingoose, the singer and songwriter, and you’ll discover the fascinating journey of a person who bristled at discrimination against Indigenous people and spent his life doing something about it. Dig into the life of Curtis Jonnie, the man behind Shingoose, the singer and songwriter, and you’ll discover the fascinating journey of a person who bristled at discrimination against Indigenous ...