Against the backdrop of Canada 150 celebrations, the calendar was full of monumental shifts and episodes straight out of science fiction, writes Drew Hayden Taylor
I always thought I was the perfect Canadian, born on the first of July, half Native and half settler. But I hope there’s less controversy on my 150th.
When the National Arts Centre approached me about producing a play about John A. Macdonald, I was puzzled. Why me?
I’m reluctant to pass judgment on questions that have been asked recently about whether he’s overstated his Native heritage since my own blue eyes have made me somewhat suspect
The number-one question Aboriginal people get asked these days is What the hell should we call you guys now? Its a complex question because the answer varies, depending if you
Like child soldiers, Aboriginal children removed from their families during the Sixties Scoop were the pawns in a political chess game of cultural obliteration in Canada – except in our case they were given bibles, not guns
It’s not a place I would have expected to experience the familiar stirrings of an existential crisis
Scott Gilmore of Maclean’s has thought about it. Walrus Magazine editor-in-chief Jonathan Kay has considered it. Even former prime minister Jean Chretien has suggested it. Admit it: you’ve likely wondered
500 years of colonization have left First Nations people averse to forced relocation
If there were a T-shirt for residential school survivors, I’d suggest “To save the child we must destroy the Indian”
A staple of First Nations diet is taking over valuable shoreline in the Kawarthas, say cottagers on Pigeon Lake, but those who weekend in the area may be the real invasive species in this tale
Aboriginal reluctance to participate in federal elections is easily understandable when you look at the candidates for prime minister – all white, privileged and male – but exciting things are afoot in #elxn42
