Broken promises and the need to move towards reconciliation

With each new and re-elected prime minister, Indigenous Peoples hear more promises. It does not take long at all for these promises to be broken.
The Eagle River Drum Group performs at the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 30, 2024.

Long before Canada became a country, Inuit, First Nations and later Métis thrived on these lands. As Indigenous Peoples, we fell deep into abysmal victimhood with genocidal policies from both the British Crown and churches. These settler policies continued even when Canada ...

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