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A Robinson Huron Treaty Settlement Proposal to Save Anishinaabemowin

By Quinn Meawasige / April 16, 2024

Anishinaabemowin is on the brink of extinction. Saving it requires working with current speakers, a coordinated revitalization strategy including immersion opportunities, and a commitment from our leadership and communities more generally. It also requires resources – it requires zhooniyaa. It just so happens that Anishinaabeg in the Robinson Huron Treaty (RHT) areas may soon have …

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Powley, Rights Recognition, and the Rise of “Métis Denialism”: A Response to First Nations’ Calls for Accountability

By Stephen Mussell / December 7, 2023

How has the Powley test come to undermine Métis rights and relations with First Nations people?

A Call to Reconsider the Métis Self-Government Agreement in Ontario

By Celeste Pedri-Spade / June 16, 2023

Canadian MPs are expected to vote on the Metis Government Recognition and Self-Government Agreement. What are the issues with this agreement as it pertains to First Nations land and governance rights?

Constitutional Crisis at the Métis Nation of Alberta

By Wesley Simpson-Denig / February 9, 2023

Wesley Simpson-Denig discusses the recent ratification of the Métis Nation of Alberta Constitution and its reception in Alberta.

“Journacide” and the Settler Colonial Assault on Reality

By Azeezah Kanji / May 25, 2022

Earlier this month, journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Isreali forces while reporting from the occupied West Bank. The killing is one example in a chronicle of violence against those who report on settler colonialism, from Canada to Palestine. Azeezah Kanji describes this trend as journacide.

Imagining Urban Indigenous Sovereignty & Space Through Canadian UNDRIP Legislation

By Kanatase Horn / January 20, 2022

AS CABINET RETURNS to work this January, one item on the agenda should be implementing the new UNDRIP legislation. An outstanding question regarding implementation is the place of urban Indigenous people. What can we expect here? Shortly after Bill C-15, also known as, “An Act Respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”, …

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