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Why Cultural Appropriation is Disrespectful
Randomly plucking “popularized” images of a marginalized culture for entertainment or profit without respect for or an understanding of the culture is culturally disrespectful.
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This Hallowe’en Don’t Promote Cultural Appropriation
Definition: Cultural appropriation is the adoption of elements of one culture by members of a different cultural group, specifically the use by...
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The UN Declaration and Consent-Based Consultation
The Government will move forward to introduce legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples before the...
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Reconciliation Isn’t Dead. Here Are 94 Reasons Why
This year, 2020, has seen some difficult moments in Indigenous relations in this country. But, I don’t think it has been so dire that reconciliation...
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Back to School, Then and Now
This article includes a video of a conversation I had with my father Chief Robert Joseph, O.C., O.B.C., about his first day at residential school and...
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What is Orange Shirt Day?
As of September 30th, 2024, this article had been viewed by 142,000+ people who wanted to learn about Orange Shirt Day. Thank you for your interest...
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The Day I Met Joe Gosnell
First and foremost, on behalf of myself and my father, Chief Dr. Robert Joseph, O.B.C., O.C, I want to give my condolences to the Gosnell family and...
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ABCs of Indigenous Awareness
We have over 700 articles on our blog so decided to see if we could put the blog to the test by having an article that applied to every letter of the...
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Meaningful Consultation: Happy Days or Project Delays
Recent events in Canada have shown that resource development projects can face extensive resistance from the affected Indigenous communities if...
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The Red Paper: A Counter-Punch to the White Paper
There have been watershed moments in the history of Canada in which Indigenous leaders, outside of the courts, have stood up for their rights to the...