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Truth, reconciliation and the stories we don’t tell

There’s something deeply wrong when our history isn’t told honestly. Honouring my ancestors’ legacy means demanding truth at ...
PBS

‘In the blink of an eye, we lost so much.’ Worst wildfire season in Canadian history wreaking havoc on Indigenous communities

EAST PRAIRIE METIS SETTLEMENT, Alberta (AP) — Carrol Johnston counted her blessings as she stood on the barren site where her home was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire that forced her to flee her ...
Business Insider

Royal Canadian Mint Silver Collector Coin Honours Métis Leader and Father of Manitoba Louis Riel

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Oct. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royal Canadian Mint has unveiled a fine silver Special Edition Proof Dollar marking the 175 th anniversary of the birth of Louis Riel. In addition ...
Canadian Lawyer Magazine

First Peoples LLP's Bruce McIvor on Aboriginal law, his Métis heritage and his new book 'Standoff'

Bruce McIvor, lawyer and historian, is a partner at First Peoples Law LLP, a Vancouver law firm dedicated to defending and advancing Indigenous peoples’ inherent and constitutionally protected title, ...
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Rocking Spurs Graphic Novel Causes Canadian Racial Identity Uproar

Rocking Spurs: The Anti-Bullying Tour, is a graphic novel adaptation of the novel Rocking Ten by author KD Beckett, and drawn by Robert Plante. Intended to investigate Indigenous identity in Canada, ...
FOX59 News

CELEBRATING CULTURAL REVIVAL AND THE TRADITION OF PASSING ON GENERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE THROUGH A NEW ROYAL CANADIAN MINT COIN HONOURING THE RED RIVER MÉTIS

WINNIPEG, MB, IN THE HEART OF THE NATIONAL HOMELAND OF THE RED RIVER MÉTIS, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Red River Métis tradition of sharing and preserving knowledge by passing it on from one ...