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Loretta Saunders’ death latest in growing epidemic

Justin Brake — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:53:42 +0000

As the number of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada continues to rise at an alarming rate, people, human rights groups and politicians strengthen the call for a national public inquiry

This story was originally published March 1, 2014 on TheIndependent.ca

To the People of the United Church

Hillary — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:06:41 +0000

A letter from wape'k mikjikj e'pit

I am called wape'k mikjikj e'pit - white turtle woman. I am the daughter of a residential school survivor and know first-hand the generational and long term effects of the abuses suffered there. It has been partly through the reconciliation work of the United Church that I have reconnected with my own heritage and culture. I recently learned, however, that the Un

The indictments of Pam Palmater

Crystel — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:17:52 +0000

An interview

On Sept. 13, Dr. Pamela Palmater addressed the Ottawa community at Carleton University. She spoke about the assimilation – which she refers to as elimination – of First Nations peoples, and about Harper’s plan to erase cultural identity.