“That hand is not the color of yours, but if I prick it, the blood will flow, and I shall feel pain. The blood is of the same color as yours. God made me, and I am a Man.” – Ponca Chief, Standing Bear In Canada, the Indigenous community faces ongoing challenges of discrimination andContinue reading “Structural Racism against Indigenous People in Canadian Law Enforcement”
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CANADA’S INDIGENOUS WAR HEROES
Many of the famous Code Talkers whose story was fictionalized and memorialized by Hollywood in the movie Windtalkers were actually Cree soldiers from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
AMBER VALLEY: CANADA’S BLACK COMMUNITY
The community of Amber Valley, Alberta was founded in 1910 by African American families from Oklahoma, Texas, and other nearby states. Seeking a life away from segregationist Jim Crow laws, racial hostility, and violence in the US, they came in response to the Canadian government’s offer of free land in the western part of the country.
A CANADIAN COLONIAL LEGACY: HOMELESS INDIGENOUS YOUTH
Homelessness disproportionately impacts Indigenous peoples on a global scale. As a country that has legacies of colonialism, specifically in the capacity of residential schooling for indigenous youth, Canada’s homeless demographic is largely composed of those with indigenous identity. Data shows that these legacies, such as abusive childhoods, are the cause for many indigenous youths to leave home. In order to reduce the rates of homeless Indigenous youth, we need to listen to Indigenous perspectives and live our day-to-day lives with cultural awareness.
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