Benjamin Kucher
@truthinthesoil.bsky.social
• MA Student at the University of Alberta
•Chair of the Canadian Archaeological Association Indigenous Issues Committee
•Chair of the Canadian Archaeological Association Indigenous Issues Committee
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"Denialism is not an Indigenous problem; confronting it is a Canadian responsibility...Truth & reconciliation cannot survive if the truth is minimized, downplayed or disavowed."
Critically important piece by @seancarleton.bsky.social & @truthinthesoil.bsky.social theconversation.com/confronting-...
Critically important piece by @seancarleton.bsky.social & @truthinthesoil.bsky.social theconversation.com/confronting-...
Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility
Residential schools denialism is harmful on many levels, and jeopardizes Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples to create a stronger future.
theconversation.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"Denialism is not an Indigenous problem; confronting it is a Canadian responsibility...Truth & reconciliation cannot survive if the truth is minimized, downplayed or disavowed."
Critically important piece by @seancarleton.bsky.social & @truthinthesoil.bsky.social theconversation.com/confronting-...
Critically important piece by @seancarleton.bsky.social & @truthinthesoil.bsky.social theconversation.com/confronting-...
Earlier this week I joined @aptnnews.bsky.social to discuss residential school denialism and the need for legislative action
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/07MQ...
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/07MQ...
October 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Earlier this week I joined @aptnnews.bsky.social to discuss residential school denialism and the need for legislative action
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/07MQ...
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/07MQ...
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Also, what kind of journalist would not disclose that the person he is talking about in this tweet (below)....IS HIS WIFE? Oh, right, the same kind of activist who is promoting a far-right Christian nationalist, IRS denialist conspiracy theory. You goofs are cooked.
October 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Also, what kind of journalist would not disclose that the person he is talking about in this tweet (below)....IS HIS WIFE? Oh, right, the same kind of activist who is promoting a far-right Christian nationalist, IRS denialist conspiracy theory. You goofs are cooked.
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As @truthinthesoil.bsky.social have argued, confronting this residential school denialism - ways that do not give these people the attention they are hoping to manufacture through free speech stunts like this - is an ethical and shared responsibility: theconversation.com/confronting-...
Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility
Residential schools denialism is harmful on many levels, and jeopardizes Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples to create a stronger future.
theconversation.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
As @truthinthesoil.bsky.social have argued, confronting this residential school denialism - ways that do not give these people the attention they are hoping to manufacture through free speech stunts like this - is an ethical and shared responsibility: theconversation.com/confronting-...
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For context, the BC Conservative staffer fired for spreading residential school denialism on Orange Shirt Day has a long and clear history of promoting anti-Indigenous, denialist content. It's no accident; they are following the far-right playbook: provoke, platform, profit🧵
October 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
For context, the BC Conservative staffer fired for spreading residential school denialism on Orange Shirt Day has a long and clear history of promoting anti-Indigenous, denialist content. It's no accident; they are following the far-right playbook: provoke, platform, profit🧵
Wearing orange on September 30th is important. But the work doesn’t end when the shirt comes off. Indigenous Peoples live with the intergenerational impacts of residential schools every single day.
Remembrance without action is just performance. Carry the truth with you beyond today.
Remembrance without action is just performance. Carry the truth with you beyond today.
October 1, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Wearing orange on September 30th is important. But the work doesn’t end when the shirt comes off. Indigenous Peoples live with the intergenerational impacts of residential schools every single day.
Remembrance without action is just performance. Carry the truth with you beyond today.
Remembrance without action is just performance. Carry the truth with you beyond today.
On #TruthAndReconciliationDay, we call on Canada to confront Residential School denialism.
We believe Survivors.
We honour their truth.
We will never stop fighting for those who never made it home.
Read our letter:
We believe Survivors.
We honour their truth.
We will never stop fighting for those who never made it home.
Read our letter:
September 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
On #TruthAndReconciliationDay, we call on Canada to confront Residential School denialism.
We believe Survivors.
We honour their truth.
We will never stop fighting for those who never made it home.
Read our letter:
We believe Survivors.
We honour their truth.
We will never stop fighting for those who never made it home.
Read our letter:
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"Residential school denialism is not simply an alternate perspective. It is a form of harm that retraumatizes Survivors, undermines truth and perpetuates colonial ideas that jeopardize Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples..." –
@seancarleton.bsky.social @truthinthesoil.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"Residential school denialism is not simply an alternate perspective. It is a form of harm that retraumatizes Survivors, undermines truth and perpetuates colonial ideas that jeopardize Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples..." –
@seancarleton.bsky.social @truthinthesoil.bsky.social
The cover is done. The manuscript is almost there. One step closer to publishing The Death of A Curious Mind: A Manifesto for Surviving the Violence of the Academy.
This one’s for every voice that’s been silenced in the name of rigor.
#AcademicTwitter #AmWriting #DecolonizeAcademia
This one’s for every voice that’s been silenced in the name of rigor.
#AcademicTwitter #AmWriting #DecolonizeAcademia
August 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The cover is done. The manuscript is almost there. One step closer to publishing The Death of A Curious Mind: A Manifesto for Surviving the Violence of the Academy.
This one’s for every voice that’s been silenced in the name of rigor.
#AcademicTwitter #AmWriting #DecolonizeAcademia
This one’s for every voice that’s been silenced in the name of rigor.
#AcademicTwitter #AmWriting #DecolonizeAcademia
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I was one of many Native people who showed up in 1990 to support the heroic Mohawk resistance in Kahnawake & Kanehsatake.
While some have walked on to the spirit world, many of us continue to be committed to defending the Land, the People and the Law. The defense of Native sovereignty cannot rest.
While some have walked on to the spirit world, many of us continue to be committed to defending the Land, the People and the Law. The defense of Native sovereignty cannot rest.
1/ Today marks 35 years since the start of the siege at Kanehsatake and Kahnawà:ke. what the world came to know as the Oka Crisis.
A thread on what happened, why it matters, and why we must never forget.
#OkaCrisis #Kanehsatake #Kahnawake #LandBack
A thread on what happened, why it matters, and why we must never forget.
#OkaCrisis #Kanehsatake #Kahnawake #LandBack
July 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I was one of many Native people who showed up in 1990 to support the heroic Mohawk resistance in Kahnawake & Kanehsatake.
While some have walked on to the spirit world, many of us continue to be committed to defending the Land, the People and the Law. The defense of Native sovereignty cannot rest.
While some have walked on to the spirit world, many of us continue to be committed to defending the Land, the People and the Law. The defense of Native sovereignty cannot rest.
1/ Today marks 35 years since the start of the siege at Kanehsatake and Kahnawà:ke. what the world came to know as the Oka Crisis.
A thread on what happened, why it matters, and why we must never forget.
#OkaCrisis #Kanehsatake #Kahnawake #LandBack
A thread on what happened, why it matters, and why we must never forget.
#OkaCrisis #Kanehsatake #Kahnawake #LandBack
July 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
1/ Today marks 35 years since the start of the siege at Kanehsatake and Kahnawà:ke. what the world came to know as the Oka Crisis.
A thread on what happened, why it matters, and why we must never forget.
#OkaCrisis #Kanehsatake #Kahnawake #LandBack
A thread on what happened, why it matters, and why we must never forget.
#OkaCrisis #Kanehsatake #Kahnawake #LandBack
1/ I’ve been quietly working on something that feels like both a rupture and a homecoming. Another book!
July 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
1/ I’ve been quietly working on something that feels like both a rupture and a homecoming. Another book!
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A little history lesson, in 1924 (the year we were granted US citizenship), there were roughly only 250K-300K Natives left in the US out of millions. Not surprising the US gov. and a lot of White folks don't believe they killed enough cuz WE ARE STILL HERE.
Our survival is their greatest failure.
Our survival is their greatest failure.
July 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
A little history lesson, in 1924 (the year we were granted US citizenship), there were roughly only 250K-300K Natives left in the US out of millions. Not surprising the US gov. and a lot of White folks don't believe they killed enough cuz WE ARE STILL HERE.
Our survival is their greatest failure.
Our survival is their greatest failure.
1/ As an Indigenous person and rights advocate, I’ve seen a lot of racism. But Ann Coulter’s post: “We didn’t kill enough Indians” is one of the most vile, dehumanizing things I’ve ever seen online. Let’s be clear: this is genocidal rhetoric. Period.
July 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
1/ As an Indigenous person and rights advocate, I’ve seen a lot of racism. But Ann Coulter’s post: “We didn’t kill enough Indians” is one of the most vile, dehumanizing things I’ve ever seen online. Let’s be clear: this is genocidal rhetoric. Period.
1/ As a Canadian watching this from across the border, it’s hard not to feel a deep sense of dread watching Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” pass. What’s being hailed as a domestic “win” is actually a global warning siren.
July 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
1/ As a Canadian watching this from across the border, it’s hard not to feel a deep sense of dread watching Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” pass. What’s being hailed as a domestic “win” is actually a global warning siren.
On July 1st I started sharing pieces from my book: “We Were Never Theirs” and I wanted to catch up on it by posting the past few days here! I’m sharing one piece a day for the entire month of July! If you are interested in reading the full book it’s available online as an e-book!
July 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
On July 1st I started sharing pieces from my book: “We Were Never Theirs” and I wanted to catch up on it by posting the past few days here! I’m sharing one piece a day for the entire month of July! If you are interested in reading the full book it’s available online as an e-book!
The stages of thesis edits:
1.This is fine.
2.This needs work.
3.This is absolute nonsense.
4.Who wrote this absolute disaster??
5.Oh right, it’s me.
#AcademicTwitter #ThesisWriting
1.This is fine.
2.This needs work.
3.This is absolute nonsense.
4.Who wrote this absolute disaster??
5.Oh right, it’s me.
#AcademicTwitter #ThesisWriting
June 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The stages of thesis edits:
1.This is fine.
2.This needs work.
3.This is absolute nonsense.
4.Who wrote this absolute disaster??
5.Oh right, it’s me.
#AcademicTwitter #ThesisWriting
1.This is fine.
2.This needs work.
3.This is absolute nonsense.
4.Who wrote this absolute disaster??
5.Oh right, it’s me.
#AcademicTwitter #ThesisWriting
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UGH. Of course. Indigenous folks are being harmed...speak out against that harm...and are labelled a threat. Oh and "xenophobic." cripes.
On June 19, GSA staff called U of A Protective Services to remove Associate vice-president (labour), Nathan Lamarche from the GSA office. Staff cited safety concerns.
thegatewayonline.ca/2025/06/gsa-...
thegatewayonline.ca/2025/06/gsa-...
GSA calls UAPS on associate vice-president (labour) - The Gateway
On June 19, GSA staff called U of A Protective Services to remove Associate vice-president (labour), Nathan Lamarche.
thegatewayonline.ca
June 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
UGH. Of course. Indigenous folks are being harmed...speak out against that harm...and are labelled a threat. Oh and "xenophobic." cripes.
A reminder that the weight we carry is heavy, but we carry it together.
June 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A reminder that the weight we carry is heavy, but we carry it together.
May 27, 2021.
The world learned what we had always known—215 children buried at Kamloops.
It was the day the silence shattered.
The grief poured out.
And truth refused to be buried.
We carry them still.
#215 #EveryChildMatters #IndigenousLivesMatter
The world learned what we had always known—215 children buried at Kamloops.
It was the day the silence shattered.
The grief poured out.
And truth refused to be buried.
We carry them still.
#215 #EveryChildMatters #IndigenousLivesMatter
May 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
May 27, 2021.
The world learned what we had always known—215 children buried at Kamloops.
It was the day the silence shattered.
The grief poured out.
And truth refused to be buried.
We carry them still.
#215 #EveryChildMatters #IndigenousLivesMatter
The world learned what we had always known—215 children buried at Kamloops.
It was the day the silence shattered.
The grief poured out.
And truth refused to be buried.
We carry them still.
#215 #EveryChildMatters #IndigenousLivesMatter
Heading to Montreal this week to speak at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Users’ Meeting!
I’ll be sharing insights from community-based archaeology on how astronomy can build ethical, community-led practices—especially on sacred Indigenous lands like Maunakea.
#CFHT2025
I’ll be sharing insights from community-based archaeology on how astronomy can build ethical, community-led practices—especially on sacred Indigenous lands like Maunakea.
#CFHT2025
May 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Heading to Montreal this week to speak at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Users’ Meeting!
I’ll be sharing insights from community-based archaeology on how astronomy can build ethical, community-led practices—especially on sacred Indigenous lands like Maunakea.
#CFHT2025
I’ll be sharing insights from community-based archaeology on how astronomy can build ethical, community-led practices—especially on sacred Indigenous lands like Maunakea.
#CFHT2025
Bill 54 is a direct assault on Indigenous sovereignty.
It violates our Treaties, disrespects our Nations, and rebrands colonialism as “autonomy.”
#Bill54 #StopSeparatism #TreatyRights #IndigenousSovereignty #abpoli #cdnpoli
It violates our Treaties, disrespects our Nations, and rebrands colonialism as “autonomy.”
#Bill54 #StopSeparatism #TreatyRights #IndigenousSovereignty #abpoli #cdnpoli
May 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Bill 54 is a direct assault on Indigenous sovereignty.
It violates our Treaties, disrespects our Nations, and rebrands colonialism as “autonomy.”
#Bill54 #StopSeparatism #TreatyRights #IndigenousSovereignty #abpoli #cdnpoli
It violates our Treaties, disrespects our Nations, and rebrands colonialism as “autonomy.”
#Bill54 #StopSeparatism #TreatyRights #IndigenousSovereignty #abpoli #cdnpoli
1/ Let’s get this straight: All three Treaty confederations in Alberta—Treaty 6, Treaty 7, and Treaty 8—have now issued official statements condemning Premier Danielle Smith’s separatist rhetoric and Bill 54.
This is not just pushback. This is a wall of resistance.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
This is not just pushback. This is a wall of resistance.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
May 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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ALBERTANS MUST STAND WITH #INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF #TREATY 6,7,8!!
#abpoli #ableg #Alberta
#yyc #yeg #edmonton #calgary #reddeer #Banff #jasper #FortMcMurray #MedicineHat #cdnpoli #canada #KINGCHARLES #England #uk #turtleisland #abyayala #indigena
#abpoli #ableg #Alberta
#yyc #yeg #edmonton #calgary #reddeer #Banff #jasper #FortMcMurray #MedicineHat #cdnpoli #canada #KINGCHARLES #England #uk #turtleisland #abyayala #indigena
Treaty Rights Are Not Up for Negotiation!
Treaty Nations are standing united against Alberta’s overreach and the Government of Canada’s failure to uphold its legal obligations. Our Treaties are not mere agreements—they are sacred covenants that recognize our sovereignty and self-determination.
Treaty Nations are standing united against Alberta’s overreach and the Government of Canada’s failure to uphold its legal obligations. Our Treaties are not mere agreements—they are sacred covenants that recognize our sovereignty and self-determination.
May 2, 2025 at 3:52 AM
ALBERTANS MUST STAND WITH #INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF #TREATY 6,7,8!!
#abpoli #ableg #Alberta
#yyc #yeg #edmonton #calgary #reddeer #Banff #jasper #FortMcMurray #MedicineHat #cdnpoli #canada #KINGCHARLES #England #uk #turtleisland #abyayala #indigena
#abpoli #ableg #Alberta
#yyc #yeg #edmonton #calgary #reddeer #Banff #jasper #FortMcMurray #MedicineHat #cdnpoli #canada #KINGCHARLES #England #uk #turtleisland #abyayala #indigena