Indigenous Archives - Page 2 of 2 - confluence, by andrew kurjata

Northern British Columbia's post-colonial era

From residential schools to racist murals, what do we do with the less savory parts of our past?

Posted on 16 July 2013 and filed under articles, big, British Columbia, Canada, cities, Indigenous, main, Prince George

Canadians aren't racist, we just don't know our own history

John A. Macdonald is as much my ancestor as Deganawida. So why was I only taught about one of them?

Posted on 2 April 2013 and filed under articles, Canada, comments, Indigenous

Dzuhoonhdi Whuzadel (Let's stop ignoring where we are)

Why is Prince George called “Prince George”? It might be in honour of King George III. But no one’s quite sure.
The local First Nation, on the other hand, know exactly why they have their name. “Lheidli T’enneh” quite literally means “people of the confluence”. This is because they lived and live at the meeting of the Fraser and Nechako rivers.

Posted on 18 December 2012 and filed under articles, Indigenous, Prince George

Who Speaks for First Nations?

This is one I’ve been meaning to write for a bit. It started December 2, when news broke that the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs in northeastern B.C. had apparently entered into an agreement Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Project. The exact words: “On behalf of the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs, Hereditary Chief Elmer Derrick today announced an agreement […]

Posted on 15 December 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, British Columbia, Canada, comments, Indigenous

How much do you cost the government?

The finances of the Attawapiskat reserve have been placed under third-party control, in part to figure out where $90 million of federal government money went in the last five years. But how much is $90 million anyways? And how much money does the government spend on you?

Posted on 3 December 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, Canada, comments, Indigenous, main, politics

Stereotypes

Drunk. Lazy. The problem with stereotypes about Canada’s Aboriginal people.

Posted on 21 June 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, Canada, comments, Indigenous, main

The Real Thing?

The perspectives expressed in the blog are those of the author and the author alone, and do not reflect the views of anyone else. This morning on the show there was a discussion about Coca-Cola’s Aboriginal Art Bottle program. When I first started working on this, I wasn’t expecting much. After all, there’s been a […]

Posted on 18 January 2010 and filed under British Columbia, Canada, CBC, Indigenous