âpihtawikosisân
@apihtawikosisan.bsky.social
Award-losing national bestselling Métis author of "Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit in Canada", from manitow-sâkahikan/Lac Ste. Anne in so-called Canada. Trying to debunk myths. She/her/wiya
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If you're new here, I will never accept that settler colonial nations have any right to exist. Decolonization means Indigenous land and life-ways back, no cops, no landlords, and probably other stuff that might twist up your ginch so beware.
In 2025 I put my health first and I'm so grateful I did. It wasn't until I began to recover that I realized just how bad things had gotten.
December 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In 2025 I put my health first and I'm so grateful I did. It wasn't until I began to recover that I realized just how bad things had gotten.
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orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
Happy Birthday, Wab Kinew - but it was my bday first :P
December 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Happy Birthday, Wab Kinew - but it was my bday first :P
Subsidized monthly food baskets through a local community organization have been a literal life-saver.
December 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Subsidized monthly food baskets through a local community organization have been a literal life-saver.
Tallying up my income for this year. Good lord. I made 40% of what I did in 2024. No WONDER things have been unbelievably tight. I kept sort of feeling like I'd done something wrong, that it was about my own management of money, but WOW.
December 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Tallying up my income for this year. Good lord. I made 40% of what I did in 2024. No WONDER things have been unbelievably tight. I kept sort of feeling like I'd done something wrong, that it was about my own management of money, but WOW.
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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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lmao someone said big day for those who can excuse racism but draw the line at animal cruelty lolllllll
December 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
lmao someone said big day for those who can excuse racism but draw the line at animal cruelty lolllllll
miyo kâ-pê-kîwê-kîsikâk, Happy Winter Solstice everyone! May this next year bring us more justice and more peace. Spirit plates out, ancestors/descendants fed.
December 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
miyo kâ-pê-kîwê-kîsikâk, Happy Winter Solstice everyone! May this next year bring us more justice and more peace. Spirit plates out, ancestors/descendants fed.
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Is *this* the Alberta Advantage?
Last year, Alberta had the highest percentage of people living in food-insecure households of all the provinces.
Only Northwest Territories and Nunavut were worse.
proof.utoronto.ca/2025/new-dat...
Only Northwest Territories and Nunavut were worse.
proof.utoronto.ca/2025/new-dat...
New data on household food insecurity in 2024
We've summarized the latest data on food insecurity in 2024 from Statistics Canada's Canadian Income Survey. In 2024, 10 million Canadians, including 2.5 million children, lived in a food-insecure hou...
proof.utoronto.ca
December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Is *this* the Alberta Advantage?
Manitobans! Once a long time ago I saw a bunch of you talking about a Norwegian cake you eat that no one else on the prairies knows about. I think it was Manitobans. Any idea what I'm talking about?
December 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Manitobans! Once a long time ago I saw a bunch of you talking about a Norwegian cake you eat that no one else on the prairies knows about. I think it was Manitobans. Any idea what I'm talking about?
I am four chapters away from finishing the first draft of this book omg, it's been a wild ride. But two chapters done today - who do I think I am, Stephen King?
December 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I am four chapters away from finishing the first draft of this book omg, it's been a wild ride. But two chapters done today - who do I think I am, Stephen King?
Finally got the kids completely outfitted for even the most extreme weather conditions, huzzah! Thanks to the folks who helped out with that. Their awesome grown-out of gear is donated and hopefully keeping other kids warm.
December 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Finally got the kids completely outfitted for even the most extreme weather conditions, huzzah! Thanks to the folks who helped out with that. Their awesome grown-out of gear is donated and hopefully keeping other kids warm.
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And, although it is not directly about Indigenous peoples, my 2022 article in Agitate about the implications of the first autopsy of George Floyd, which attempted to absolve felon Derek Chauvin of responsibility in Floyd’s death, which builds from my 2018 article:
agitatejournal.org/article/auto...
agitatejournal.org/article/auto...
Autopsy and State Violence: Implications in the Death Investigation of George Floyd - Agitate
This essay examines the circumstances surrounding the death investigation of George Floyd, tying it into larger discussions surrounding the role of law enforcement and state structures in death invest...
agitatejournal.org
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
And, although it is not directly about Indigenous peoples, my 2022 article in Agitate about the implications of the first autopsy of George Floyd, which attempted to absolve felon Derek Chauvin of responsibility in Floyd’s death, which builds from my 2018 article:
agitatejournal.org/article/auto...
agitatejournal.org/article/auto...
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Anyway, back to my academic engagement around settler misuse of Indigenous dead:
My 2018 article based off of my master’s thesis, focusing on the attempted autopsy of Ojibwe peoples in Minnesota :
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
My 2018 article based off of my master’s thesis, focusing on the attempted autopsy of Ojibwe peoples in Minnesota :
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“…to the Grave”—Autopsy, settler structures, and indigenous counter-conduct
In February 2015, two Anishinaabe tribal members, Mushkoob Aubid and Autumn Martineau, passed away after car accidents in Northeastern Minnesota. Thei…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Anyway, back to my academic engagement around settler misuse of Indigenous dead:
My 2018 article based off of my master’s thesis, focusing on the attempted autopsy of Ojibwe peoples in Minnesota :
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
My 2018 article based off of my master’s thesis, focusing on the attempted autopsy of Ojibwe peoples in Minnesota :
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The hubris of settlers demanding constant access to the Indigenous dead has not gone anywhere.
Whether it’s white scholars claiming that NAGPRA is anti-science, or residential school denialists demanding exhumation of remains to validate the stories of survivors, this ghastly hunger is insatiable.
Whether it’s white scholars claiming that NAGPRA is anti-science, or residential school denialists demanding exhumation of remains to validate the stories of survivors, this ghastly hunger is insatiable.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The hubris of settlers demanding constant access to the Indigenous dead has not gone anywhere.
Whether it’s white scholars claiming that NAGPRA is anti-science, or residential school denialists demanding exhumation of remains to validate the stories of survivors, this ghastly hunger is insatiable.
Whether it’s white scholars claiming that NAGPRA is anti-science, or residential school denialists demanding exhumation of remains to validate the stories of survivors, this ghastly hunger is insatiable.
Fascist neo-liberalism is destroying our communities and our ability to earn a living. This is an existential crisis. No amount of boot-licking can save us, so why not work within your community to develop other structures of support? Survival, not exploitation.
December 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Fascist neo-liberalism is destroying our communities and our ability to earn a living. This is an existential crisis. No amount of boot-licking can save us, so why not work within your community to develop other structures of support? Survival, not exploitation.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Look, I know that media is struggling but fuck am I ever sick of every goddamn thing being behind a fucking paywall. I can't afford that shit.
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Look, I know that media is struggling but fuck am I ever sick of every goddamn thing being behind a fucking paywall. I can't afford that shit.
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“Point and Laugh: Residential school denialism is not funny, but denialists sure are”
A new blog post by me on residential school denialism and what we should do about it.
skkb79-imrxk.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/p...
A new blog post by me on residential school denialism and what we should do about it.
skkb79-imrxk.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/p...
Point and Laugh: Residential school denialism is not funny, but denialists sure are
By Adam J. Barker Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Three residential school denialists walk into a bar… Yes, it sounds like a joke, and in reality, it sort of is. Several well-known bad actors hav…
skkb79-imrxk.wordpress.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“Point and Laugh: Residential school denialism is not funny, but denialists sure are”
A new blog post by me on residential school denialism and what we should do about it.
skkb79-imrxk.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/p...
A new blog post by me on residential school denialism and what we should do about it.
skkb79-imrxk.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/p...
I'm finally getting into D&D (thanks to rural Albertan Satanic Panic being 10 years late and ruining my early forays) and this is the sort of thing I expect my fellow players to bust out during a campaign, okay?
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm finally getting into D&D (thanks to rural Albertan Satanic Panic being 10 years late and ruining my early forays) and this is the sort of thing I expect my fellow players to bust out during a campaign, okay?
I don't know why but I was thinking about George Burns today, looked him up and found out he was born in 1896. He was in show business his whole life, but had a career comeback at 79. Wild.
December 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I don't know why but I was thinking about George Burns today, looked him up and found out he was born in 1896. He was in show business his whole life, but had a career comeback at 79. Wild.
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The website is owned by Francine of The Brown Bear:
www.thebrownbear.ca/pages/about-us
www.whois.com/whois/moccas...
www.thebrownbear.ca/pages/about-us
www.whois.com/whois/moccas...
About Us
The Brown Bear Distribution Inc. is a second generation family-owned company established in 1973. For 28 years, we have operated a retail business under the name The Brown Bear in Westport and Kingsto...
www.thebrownbear.ca
December 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The website is owned by Francine of The Brown Bear:
www.thebrownbear.ca/pages/about-us
www.whois.com/whois/moccas...
www.thebrownbear.ca/pages/about-us
www.whois.com/whois/moccas...
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Repeated lesson by guides on this trip: Always Maya. Never Mayan.
Maya pyramids. Maya calendar. Maya people.
Maya pyramids. Maya calendar. Maya people.
December 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Repeated lesson by guides on this trip: Always Maya. Never Mayan.
Maya pyramids. Maya calendar. Maya people.
Maya pyramids. Maya calendar. Maya people.
MASSIVE score today at our local charity thrift shop. Donated a bunch of kid's books and got a 10% off coupon and found one of the kiddos a Columbia jacket for $20! Also folks donated knitted stuff and she got a super soft scarf.
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
MASSIVE score today at our local charity thrift shop. Donated a bunch of kid's books and got a 10% off coupon and found one of the kiddos a Columbia jacket for $20! Also folks donated knitted stuff and she got a super soft scarf.