The following is a response to Niigonwedom Sinclair’s critical review of Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry: The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation by one of its co-authors, Frances Widdowson. I appreciate Niigonwedom Sinclair’s efforts in reviewing the book I co-wrote with Albert Howard. Although I find most of Sinclair’s opposition to our work to be rooted […]
On Tuesday, June 15 in Winnipeg, CBC Radio’s The Sunday Edition will host a public forum (to be broadcast at a later date) entitled “Canada and The Aboriginal People: Can We Finally Get It Right?” Here’s the thing: last time I checked, the collection of territories called by the name of Canada for the past […]
Two years ago almost to the day, much was made of the Canadian government’s Statement of Apology to survivors of the country’s ‘Indian’ residential schools, where the only thing Indian about these grievous institutions were the children forced into them. We know the intended mission behind the schools: to systematically destroy the Indian in the […]
Today is the 2nd anniversary of the Government of Canada’s official apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools. To mark the date, Ottawa-based journalist Martha Troian sat down with one former student and heard her story of time spent at residential school, her reflections on the apology, and how she learned to forgive. She was […]
I probably first heard about the “Doctrine of Discovery” when I came upon my parents during one of their kitchen table sessions. Typically, Dad would make a point by poking a finger at the table. Mom might ponder a moment, maybe leaf through Felix Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law, or reach for a piece […]
