Québec’s “Niqab” Bill and YOU
Could Quebec’s controversial “niqab” law be used to undermine Indigenous ceremonies?
Could Quebec’s controversial “niqab” law be used to undermine Indigenous ceremonies?
In an attempt to both raise awareness and possibly assist with the investigation of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in this country, I have drawn on the power of Google Maps. It is simply scandalous that, as of July 2009, the past three decades have seen over 520 indigenous women disappear or die violently in […]
A closer look at the prospect for native insurgency in 2010.
Following up on my post about the two indigenous competitors at the 2010 Winter Olympics, I wanted to highlight the fact that Canada’s first medal of the Paralympic Games was earned by Saskatoon’s Colette Bourgonje, who, says Indian Country Today, is the squad’s “only aboriginal athlete.” On Sunday, Mar. 14, Bourgonje grabbed silver in the […]
If you’re going to stay current, sometimes you have to re-invent your brand, and we Indians are no exception. Luckily, we have people lining up to do it for us. We begin with the apparently oh-so-nascent Indigenous Resistance Army — IRA, for short — which, according to a recent speech by the chair of Defence […]