1. One of the big differences between Canada & the USA is the relative salience of Indigenous issues. Canada has considerably more Indigenous per capita (especially if you consider only continental USA) & issues of treaty rights are more prominent.
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4. The Canadian & USA residential schools were organized along similar lines (church/state partnership) with similar agendas (forced assimilation). People should steel themselves for similar discoveries.
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5. This isn't just a story of past crimes but also about a vibrant, forward moving Indigenous political revival recovering its roots & also organizing on many fronts, including environmentalism. I talked to Indigenous scholar Sarah Nickel about thishttps://jeetheer.substack.com/p/podcast-mass-graves-and-indigenous?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter …
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Yes. Watching Gord Miller tweeting out lists of book recommendations from an academic friend on First Nations is something we haven’t seen yet on ESPN or the like.
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