After Johnathan Kay and Jean Chretien’s rather ignorant and demeaning comments about First Nations people needing to move from their communities in order to solve the youth suicide issue I thought I needed to respond.
On May 1, 2016, Nelson Keitlah passed into the world of the ancestors at the age of 83. Nelson was a member of the Ahousaht First Nation, whose territory includes Flores island off Tofino on the West Coast of Vancouver Island where the Ahousaht now live.
When things go wrong in First Nations communities, like the large number of youth suicides in Attapaskiwat, some people say “let’s abolish the Indian Act” as the solution.
Billions of dollars have been invested and thousands of jobs in BC have been created through the development, construction and operations of Clean Energy Projects(CEP).
Trudeau-mania seems to be happening all over again. Everywhere I turn there is pictures of Trudeau without his shirt showing off his tattoo, dancing in the street, and pictures of First Nations people with Trudeau at various events. Everyone is filled with euphoria and hope for a better P
There are some events in your life that remain emblazoned in your memory. An event is so horrific or so unreal that you wonder how it could have actually happened. For many people around the world, watching tanks roll into Oka, Quebec to fight the Kanehsatake Mohawks and their supporters over t
I was going to ignore Canada Day. It is a holiday I don’t celebrate. But everything I see on TV, on Facebook, on twitter, flags everywhere I look, makes it hard to forget what is happening around me.
One year ago today, on June 26, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Tsilhqot’in title existed within 1700 square kilometers of land within their territory.
Like most holidays, aboriginal people should not be celebrated and respected for only one day of the year. This should be year round behavior to acknowledge the contributions of Aboriginal people. National Aboriginal day is currently used to spotlight the culture of First Nations, Metis and Inu
The report of the Truth and Reconciliation (TRC) came out on June 2, 2015 with 94 Calls to Action. It is a comprehensive body of work containing 388 pages that documents the Truth of what really happened in Indian Residential Schools.
