by Zach Dawes Jr | May 12, 2022 | News
Around half of the Federal Indian Boarding Schools “received support or involvement from a religious institution or organization, including funding, infrastructure, and personnel,” according to a report published May 11 by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Titled...
by Colin Harris | Feb 7, 2022 | Opinion
Among the colloquial expressions that I remember from my background is a response to some assertion of an idea or opinion – “I reckon.” Most of the time, as I recall, its meaning was something along the line of “I agree,” perhaps with a bit more nuance: “I hear what...
by Jodi Spargur | Dec 8, 2021 | Opinion
“Eat this book.” It felt like the prophet Ezekiel being commanded to eat the scroll given him by the angel of the Lord. The church in Canada had been asked to “formally adopt and comply with the principles, norms, and standards of the United Nations...
by Mitch Randall | Nov 11, 2021 | Opinion
Second Lieutenant Ernest Childers was the first Indigenous person awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during World War II. This is the highest military honor for valor in the U.S., awarded to only 3,525 soldiers since its establishment in 1861. Childers was a...
by Mitch Randall | Oct 15, 2021 | Opinion
Indigenous cultures and systems existed throughout North America prior to 1492. In his book, 1491, Charles C. Mann chronicles the nuances and complexities of Indigenous cultures and systems, which involved complex social and economic structures for governance,...
