Sandra Fox
@asilverraven.bsky.social
Musqueam & mixed-descent, mom, researcher, learner...
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Since being announced Monday, the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ name of the new bridge joining Surrey and New Westminster — stal̓əw̓asəm — has drawn a wave of social media criticism. @rjjago.bsky.social reports.
The Fascinating History Ignored by Critics of a Bridge’s New Name | The Tyee
In 1808, a Kwantlen man saved the life of Simon Fraser. The Pattullo Bridge’s replacement will stand as testament.
thetyee.ca
December 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Since being announced Monday, the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ name of the new bridge joining Surrey and New Westminster — stal̓əw̓asəm — has drawn a wave of social media criticism. @rjjago.bsky.social reports.
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'There is a question that pops up from time to time. Colonizer's always ask: "Where are the bodies?" or "How many graves have been exhumed with bodies?" I usually ignore these types of questions because you never know who is baiting or who is genuine.'
Colonizer Questions
Residential School exhumed graves?*WARNING: THIS POST HIGHLIGHTS THE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SYSTEM'S GENOCIDE*National Indian Residential School Crisis Line (1-866-925-4419) exists to provide support for ...
www.decolonizemyself.ca
June 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
'There is a question that pops up from time to time. Colonizer's always ask: "Where are the bodies?" or "How many graves have been exhumed with bodies?" I usually ignore these types of questions because you never know who is baiting or who is genuine.'
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On this Red Dress Day, I'd like to ask if you've read the final report of the National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls report? If not, today is a good day to start.
www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/
www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/
Final Report | MMIWG
www.mmiwg-ffada.ca
May 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
On this Red Dress Day, I'd like to ask if you've read the final report of the National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls report? If not, today is a good day to start.
www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/
www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/
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Click to see the impacts on First Nations women and communities across Canada: www.ubcic.bc.ca/bc_first_nat...
To find out more about second generation cut-off: www.ubcic.bc.ca/indian_act_s...
#HonourOurWomen #FirstNationsCommunities
To find out more about second generation cut-off: www.ubcic.bc.ca/indian_act_s...
#HonourOurWomen #FirstNationsCommunities
April 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Click to see the impacts on First Nations women and communities across Canada: www.ubcic.bc.ca/bc_first_nat...
To find out more about second generation cut-off: www.ubcic.bc.ca/indian_act_s...
#HonourOurWomen #FirstNationsCommunities
To find out more about second generation cut-off: www.ubcic.bc.ca/indian_act_s...
#HonourOurWomen #FirstNationsCommunities
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BREAKING: Indigenous person unsure if house with giant Canadian flag belongs to freedom convoy supporter or Liberal
April 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
BREAKING: Indigenous person unsure if house with giant Canadian flag belongs to freedom convoy supporter or Liberal
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There is some good news in the world: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘Grubby’ treaty principles bill voted down in New Zealand parliament
Bill which sought to radically reinterpret New Zealand’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown fails by 11 votes to 112
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
There is some good news in the world: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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New piece out today: Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives have a Residential School Denialism Problem: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives have a residential school denialism problem
It’s time for Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives to move on from Aaron Gunn and leave residential school denialism behind once and for all. If the Conservatives are truly serious about “common sen...
canadiandimension.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
New piece out today: Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives have a Residential School Denialism Problem: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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UBCIC denounces the regressive views expressed in the petition recently filed on behalf of certain UBC faculty. The statement that “UBC lands are unceded” is not political – it is fact – as confirmed by international, Canadian and, most importantly, First Nations’ laws www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
UBC professors taking school to court over 'political' actions by administration
A group of professors at the University of British Columbia say the school is wrongfully engaging in “political activity” by using Indigenous land acknowledgments, promoting equity and inclusion initi...
www.ctvnews.ca
April 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
UBCIC denounces the regressive views expressed in the petition recently filed on behalf of certain UBC faculty. The statement that “UBC lands are unceded” is not political – it is fact – as confirmed by international, Canadian and, most importantly, First Nations’ laws www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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March 31 is National Indigenous Languages Day.
Mother Tongue Teachings showcases phrases from speakers and knowledge keepers across Turtle Island. Explore the teachings here:
Mother Tongue Teachings showcases phrases from speakers and knowledge keepers across Turtle Island. Explore the teachings here:
Mother Tongue Teachings | APTN News
Mother Tongue Teachings presents a Phrase of the Day from speakers and knowledge keepers across Turtle Island.
www.aptnnews.ca
March 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
March 31 is National Indigenous Languages Day.
Mother Tongue Teachings showcases phrases from speakers and knowledge keepers across Turtle Island. Explore the teachings here:
Mother Tongue Teachings showcases phrases from speakers and knowledge keepers across Turtle Island. Explore the teachings here:
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Chatted with CBC about how to identify and confront residential school denialism: www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Residential school denialism: what is it and how to recognize it | CBC News
Residential school denialism does not deny the existence of the school system, but rather downplays, excuses or misrepresents facts surrounding the harms caused by it, experts say.
www.cbc.ca
March 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Chatted with CBC about how to identify and confront residential school denialism: www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
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Read the full story: First Nations offer to buy ‘iconic’ Hudson’s Bay store chain for tobacco, blanket
First Nations offer to buy ‘iconic’ Hudson’s Bay store chain for tobacco, blanket
A coalition of First Nations has offered to purchase the struggling Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) with a deal reminiscent of the retailer’s own early transactions: a blanket and some tobacco. “Seems l...
walkingeaglenews.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Read the full story: First Nations offer to buy ‘iconic’ Hudson’s Bay store chain for tobacco, blanket
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"Oops" - identifying a single minority group for deportation from the city isn't an "oops". It's a declaration of your abhorrent racism & the racism of each of the ABC councillors who chose silence. For any minority other than Natives, this would end your career, which is I guess why you targeted us
"Oops"
Ken Sim issues non-apology apologies for DTES displacement plans and for putting lawn signs on properties without permission.
He's unfit for office.
We will defeat his candidates on April 5th, then evict him from City Hall next year. #vanpoli
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/03/13/v...
Ken Sim issues non-apology apologies for DTES displacement plans and for putting lawn signs on properties without permission.
He's unfit for office.
We will defeat his candidates on April 5th, then evict him from City Hall next year. #vanpoli
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/03/13/v...
'Oops': Vancouver mayor apologizes for series of recent slip-ups
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is owning up to a string of recent blunders that have stirred up controversy for his ABC Party.
vancouver.citynews.ca
March 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
"Oops" - identifying a single minority group for deportation from the city isn't an "oops". It's a declaration of your abhorrent racism & the racism of each of the ABC councillors who chose silence. For any minority other than Natives, this would end your career, which is I guess why you targeted us
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A leaked report shows that Vancouver's mayor wants to make Vancouver a 'sunset community' where Native people aren't welcome. He has a plan to deport Indigenous residents of the city to their "home communities". www.bcafn.ca/news/regiona...
March 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A leaked report shows that Vancouver's mayor wants to make Vancouver a 'sunset community' where Native people aren't welcome. He has a plan to deport Indigenous residents of the city to their "home communities". www.bcafn.ca/news/regiona...
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Living through the times when there's a Propagandhi or Rage Against the Machine song for every moment
March 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Living through the times when there's a Propagandhi or Rage Against the Machine song for every moment
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icymi: Bored with war alone, white people now fighting with money too
Bored with war alone, white people now fighting with money too
Centuries of conventional warfare proving insufficient, the world's wealthiest white nations have discovered a new battleground: the global economy. With tariffs flying like missiles, a full-scale ...
walkingeaglenews.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
icymi: Bored with war alone, white people now fighting with money too
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Supportive academics & community members! Please sign this Google Docs letter b4 March 10.
Written by Chris Andersen, Dean Faculty of Native Studies UAlberta & Rob Innes, Chair, Indigenous Studies, McMaster U. in support of #Indigenous Studies at #York U, which administrators propose cutting.
Written by Chris Andersen, Dean Faculty of Native Studies UAlberta & Rob Innes, Chair, Indigenous Studies, McMaster U. in support of #Indigenous Studies at #York U, which administrators propose cutting.
Indigenous Studies Response to York’s Suspension of their Program
Dear Dean McMurtry, Provost Peters, and President Lenton,
As two Indigenous studies administrators (Dr. Chris Andersen is the Dean of the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta and Dr....
docs.google.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Supportive academics & community members! Please sign this Google Docs letter b4 March 10.
Written by Chris Andersen, Dean Faculty of Native Studies UAlberta & Rob Innes, Chair, Indigenous Studies, McMaster U. in support of #Indigenous Studies at #York U, which administrators propose cutting.
Written by Chris Andersen, Dean Faculty of Native Studies UAlberta & Rob Innes, Chair, Indigenous Studies, McMaster U. in support of #Indigenous Studies at #York U, which administrators propose cutting.
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Five years after detaining and threatening to arrest a Gitxsan reporter at a Wet’suwet’en land dispute, the RCMP apologizes | @karynpugliese.bsky.social
RCMP apologize for detaining, threatening Gitxsan reporter
Five years after detaining and threatening to arrest a Gitxsan reporter at a Wet’suwet’en land dispute the RCMP was ordered to apologize.
www.aptnnews.ca
February 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Five years after detaining and threatening to arrest a Gitxsan reporter at a Wet’suwet’en land dispute, the RCMP apologizes | @karynpugliese.bsky.social
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While you’re distracted by the Canada/US hysteria, Canada continues to Canada
Ottawa ends funding for national advisory committee on unmarked residential school graves | CBC News
The National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials supports Indigenous communities looking to identify, locate and commemorate children who died at residentia...
www.cbc.ca
February 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
While you’re distracted by the Canada/US hysteria, Canada continues to Canada
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yeah but reconciliation tho
A First Nation in northern Ontario living under the longest boil water advisory in Canada is about to hit a grim milestone.
February 1 marks 30 years without safe drinking water for Neskantaga First Nation, an anniversary the chief says is unconscionable.
February 1 marks 30 years without safe drinking water for Neskantaga First Nation, an anniversary the chief says is unconscionable.
Neskantaga First Nation to mark 30 years living under boil water advisory | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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January 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
yeah but reconciliation tho
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They're building an offshore concentration camp for people seeking asylum. It's horrific.
January 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
They're building an offshore concentration camp for people seeking asylum. It's horrific.
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In my head all day.
January 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
In my head all day.
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Another day, another scream into the abyss.
Gmorning, fellow screamers. Sigh.
Gmorning, fellow screamers. Sigh.
January 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Another day, another scream into the abyss.
Gmorning, fellow screamers. Sigh.
Gmorning, fellow screamers. Sigh.