KL Sealegs
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Red River Métis, cat person, music lover, bleeding heart
“A pipeline to B.C.’s coast is nothing but a pipe dream” said Chief Donald Edgars of Haida Gwaii www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Assembly of First Nations calls for withdrawal of Canada-Alberta pipeline deal | CBC News
Assembly of First Nations chiefs are demanding the withdrawal of Canada and Alberta’s recently announced new pipeline deal and expressing full support for First Nations on the British Columbia coast t...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“A pipeline to B.C.’s coast is nothing but a pipe dream” said Chief Donald Edgars of Haida Gwaii www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
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By McGill Assoc. Provost Indigenous Initiatives, Celeste Pedri-Spade
"These heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries like publishing, media and academia — not by us. Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices."
"These heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries like publishing, media and academia — not by us. Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices."
Thomas King: As we learn another ‘hero’ is non-Indigenous, let’s not ignore a broader cultural problem
Indigenous people are more than stories. We deserve a future where our identities are not commodities, and accountability is measured by actions that build trust and repair harm.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
By McGill Assoc. Provost Indigenous Initiatives, Celeste Pedri-Spade
"These heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries like publishing, media and academia — not by us. Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices."
"These heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries like publishing, media and academia — not by us. Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices."
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Punk rockers | Norval Morrisseau (Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation), 1989. Now on display at The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detriot, Michigan.
November 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Punk rockers | Norval Morrisseau (Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation), 1989. Now on display at The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detriot, Michigan.
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Trudeau-era environment minister Steven Guilbeault has published a resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.
He directly cites today's MOU:
He directly cites today's MOU:
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trudeau-era environment minister Steven Guilbeault has published a resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.
He directly cites today's MOU:
He directly cites today's MOU:
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I do hope one day we hear an announcement of a nation building project that’s about more than pulling shit out of the ground and selling it.
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I do hope one day we hear an announcement of a nation building project that’s about more than pulling shit out of the ground and selling it.
Open Reel Ensemble filmed at Tama Art University youtu.be/vaG5tVnpkwc?...
Tape Bowing Ensemble - Open Reel Ensemble
YouTube video by Open Reel Ensemble
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November 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Open Reel Ensemble filmed at Tama Art University youtu.be/vaG5tVnpkwc?...
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On this day in 1927, Ernie Coombs was born.
To generations of Canadians, he was Mr. Dressup. His show aired from 1967 to 1996 with 3,000 episodes. He died in 2001.
Learn more 👇
canadaehx.com/2020/11/28/m...
To generations of Canadians, he was Mr. Dressup. His show aired from 1967 to 1996 with 3,000 episodes. He died in 2001.
Learn more 👇
canadaehx.com/2020/11/28/m...
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
On this day in 1927, Ernie Coombs was born.
To generations of Canadians, he was Mr. Dressup. His show aired from 1967 to 1996 with 3,000 episodes. He died in 2001.
Learn more 👇
canadaehx.com/2020/11/28/m...
To generations of Canadians, he was Mr. Dressup. His show aired from 1967 to 1996 with 3,000 episodes. He died in 2001.
Learn more 👇
canadaehx.com/2020/11/28/m...
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An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit that accuses the current president of the Manitoba Métis Federation and a former president of the Métis National Council (MNC) of misappropriating millions of dollars of the MNC’s funds.
MMF exonerated by Ontario Superior court in MNC lawsuit
The Manitoba Métis Federation, MMF, has been cleared in lawsuit launched against it by the Métis National Council.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit that accuses the current president of the Manitoba Métis Federation and a former president of the Métis National Council (MNC) of misappropriating millions of dollars of the MNC’s funds.
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Celebrated author Thomas King says that despite believing so nearly all his life, he is not Indigenous.
Celebrated 'Inconvenient Indian' author Thomas King says he's not Indigenous
Celebrated author Thomas King says that despite believing so nearly all his life, he is not Indigenous.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Celebrated author Thomas King says that despite believing so nearly all his life, he is not Indigenous.
Tyson Roulette’s death cannot be fully understood without considering the role of colonialism, the inquest found: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Inquest into inmate death urges better gang-exit strategies, Indigenous programming | CBC News
An inquest into the hanging death of an inmate at Manitoba's Stony Mountain Institution says prisons must offer more comprehensive Indigenous programming and do more to help inmates shed the gang-affi...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Tyson Roulette’s death cannot be fully understood without considering the role of colonialism, the inquest found: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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(everyone has known for years — years!! — that Thomas King is not Cherokee) www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
Inconvenient Indian author Thomas King says he is not part Cherokee
Writer ‘still in shock’ after a whistle-blowing organization showed him genealogical evidence that he wasn’t part Indigenous as he originally assumed
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November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
(everyone has known for years — years!! — that Thomas King is not Cherokee) www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
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King's books, many of which i have read and enjoyed, are conspicuously absent from Bad Indians Book Club.
In case you were wondering if this was something a lot of us already knew.
In case you were wondering if this was something a lot of us already knew.
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
King's books, many of which i have read and enjoyed, are conspicuously absent from Bad Indians Book Club.
In case you were wondering if this was something a lot of us already knew.
In case you were wondering if this was something a lot of us already knew.
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Manitobans who’ve experienced meth-induced psychosis and health-care workers have signed a petition to ensure drug-related detentions are “a last resort.”
Rally urges reforms for new 72-hour detox detention
Manitobans who’ve experienced meth-induced psychosis and health-care workers have signed a petition to ensure drug-related detentions are “a last resort.”
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Manitobans who’ve experienced meth-induced psychosis and health-care workers have signed a petition to ensure drug-related detentions are “a last resort.”
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NASA compiles list of best plants to clean indoor air
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NASA compiles list of best plants to clean indoor air
Plants and air purifiers both contribute to improved indoor air quality, but work in different ways. We list the unique advantages, limitations, and the best house plants for improving indoor air qual...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
NASA compiles list of best plants to clean indoor air
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www.co2meter.com/blogs/news/n...
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“The Lovejoy Trap is a tool people use to construct their identities in a way that makes them appear morally virtuous. It’s also frighteningly effective at packaging extreme inhumanity as being necessary ‘for the children.’”
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-lovejoy-...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
“The Lovejoy Trap is a tool people use to construct their identities in a way that makes them appear morally virtuous. It’s also frighteningly effective at packaging extreme inhumanity as being necessary ‘for the children.’”
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-lovejoy-...
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-lovejoy-...
CSIS subjected Indigenous activists, who were fighting for self-determination, to a series of “native extremism” investigations:
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
How investigating Indigenous activists became a CSIS priority for at least a decade | CBC News
Canada's spies subjected Indigenous activists to a series of “Native extremism” investigations for at least a decade beginning in 1988, in what internal documents show was a countrywide surveillance p...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
CSIS subjected Indigenous activists, who were fighting for self-determination, to a series of “native extremism” investigations:
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
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WINNIPEG – Prime Minister Mark Carney has paid tribute to Métis leader Louis Riel on the 140th anniversary of Riel’s execution.
Prime Minister Mark Carney in Winnipeg for Grey Cup, Louis Riel ceremony
WINNIPEG – Prime Minister Mark Carney has paid tribute to Métis leader Louis Riel on the 140th anniversary of Riel’s execution.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
WINNIPEG – Prime Minister Mark Carney has paid tribute to Métis leader Louis Riel on the 140th anniversary of Riel’s execution.
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RIP to the GOAT Alice Wong
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
RIP to the GOAT Alice Wong
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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"The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers." - Roy Ayers
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers." - Roy Ayers
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"However, holding the CSC accountable for mismanagement, unfair decisions, and human rights violations has not been without its toll," Ivan Zinger says in his final message.
Canada’s correctional investigator is leaving two years before his second term ends and says one of the reasons is the government’s failure to address the gross over-representation of Indigenous people in the federal prison system.
Zinger leaving post early due to lack of progress on Indigenous issues
Ivan Zinger, Canada's prison watchdog says he's leaving his job early due to the lack of progress on Indigenous issues in penitentiaries.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"However, holding the CSC accountable for mismanagement, unfair decisions, and human rights violations has not been without its toll," Ivan Zinger says in his final message.
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the concern is that 72-hr forced detox is definitely going to kill people
Premier Wab Kinew announced that the opening of the protective care centre will now be sometime in December after the late November opening became impractical.
He says the regulations and permits are in place, but healthcare professionals have concerns.
He says the regulations and permits are in place, but healthcare professionals have concerns.
Opening of controversial 72-hour forced detox facility is delayed due to concerns | APTN News
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November 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
the concern is that 72-hr forced detox is definitely going to kill people
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”…this continually unfolding tragedy is a violation of human rights and the result of systemic discrimination…”
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner’s Statement on the Toxic Drug Crisis
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B.C. Human Rights Commissioner’s Statement on the Toxic Drug Crisis
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A human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis | BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner
The Commissioner’s position on the toxic drug crisis, calling for an evidence-based response that centers public health and compassion.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
”…this continually unfolding tragedy is a violation of human rights and the result of systemic discrimination…”
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner’s Statement on the Toxic Drug Crisis
bchumanrights.ca/resources/pu...
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner’s Statement on the Toxic Drug Crisis
bchumanrights.ca/resources/pu...