Indigenous education can and must be fixed
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If the current arrangements continue, the result will be another lost generation or two
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Tag: Aboriginal Politics
The questions left unasked about Indigenous deaths
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Including: how was it possible for these deaths to occur without anyone noticing?
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Finding a new path forward driven by Indigenous people
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If the graves of residential school children symbolize anything, it is the abject failure of decades of government policy
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We must discover the truth, no matter how horrible
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We must find out the truth about residential schools if we are to heal from the wounds caused by our cruelty
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First Nations need safe drinking water now
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After years of delays, mixed signals, lack of consultation and broken promises, delivery of safe drinking water systems is long overdue
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The horrible cost of constantly punting Indigenous claims to court
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Governments have more resources and delays can drag on for years. Indigenous peoples pay heavily for the delays in resolving their claims
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Below-normal temperatures lead to soaring spot LNG prices
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But opposition to resource development from environmental organizations and First Nations means Canada being left out in the cold
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Time to come to terms with Canada’s original sin
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Separating one racial group of people from the rest of the nation and expecting a good result was madness then and is madness now
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Indigenous communities see ocean of opportunity in oil and gas
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Road to Reconciliation: treating First Nations people as equal partners in projects advances economic and social causes
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First Nations face deep pandemic risks
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The terrible COVID-19 experience of Native American communities clearly carries lessons for Canada’s First Nations
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Indigenous communities take COVID-19 measures into own hands
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Local responses to pandemic are a necessity to protect people at higher risk of infectious diseases – and a strong assertion of sovereignty, says U of A expert
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How First Nations communities can balance governance
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The future of democracy for the Wet’suwet’en depends on harmonizing the roles of hereditary chiefs and elected leaders
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