Local Youth Walk the Road to Reconciliation
Cornell Pashe Indigenous Community Coordinator Portage Urban Indigenous Peoples’ Coalition There has been plenty of talk about ‘building...
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Jun 1, 2021
A Painful Legacy
Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country....
Jun 1, 2021
Healing through Education
Alma Scott was taken to the Fort Alexander, Manitoba, Indian residential school when she was just five years old. “We got taken away by a...
Jun 1, 2021
Losing my Language
Imagine speaking a completely different language than your parents. How would you tell them when you were hungry? If you were hurting?...
Jun 1, 2021
Circles for Reconciliation
A recent ‘letter to the editor’ in this publication highlighted the depth of ignorance some local citizens continue to have about...
Jun 1, 2021
Education is your Buffalo
How many of you grew up hearing that First Nations people don’t pay taxes? Or that people on reserves get everything handed to them? Guy...
Jun 1, 2021
Breaking the Stigma
Cornell Pashe Indigenous Community Coordinator Portage Urban Indigenous People’s Coalition A heart attack that occurs when the left...
Jun 1, 2021
Nothing for Free
Cornell Pashe Indigenous Community Coordinator Portage Urban Indigenous People’s Coalition Of all the myths surrounding First Nations...
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