Serial Killers, Scape Goats, and Big Whitey
In Winnipeg, Indigenous women keep ending up in the garbage. This is not meant as a crude joke, but as a statement regarding a grim… Read More »Serial Killers, Scape Goats, and Big Whitey
Natives in Canada
Why Canadian Aboriginals Get Lighter Sentences Even When They Commit Violent Crimes: The Case of Myles Sanderson and the Saskatchewan Stabbing Rampage
Many Canadians are shocked to hear about the violent history of Myles Sanderson, the primary suspect in the Saskatchewan stabbing rampage that killed 11 people… Read More »Why Canadian Aboriginals Get Lighter Sentences Even When They Commit Violent Crimes: The Case of Myles Sanderson and the Saskatchewan Stabbing Rampage
A Tale of Two Commissions: Truth and Reconciliation Commission 2015 versus the Bagot Commission Report of 1845.
In this essay, I want to acquaint the reader with the work of the Bagot Commission. The Commission’s Report, published in 1845, tells the story… Read More »A Tale of Two Commissions: Truth and Reconciliation Commission 2015 versus the Bagot Commission Report of 1845.
Era of Atonement: “Historical Guilt” Gets Hysterical in the Quest for Native Reconciliation
Here are three questions, obvious but unasked: (a) What does “reconciliation” mean? (b) Who gets to define it? (c) Can it ever be achieved to… Read More »Era of Atonement: “Historical Guilt” Gets Hysterical in the Quest for Native Reconciliation
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is Coming Your Way. Are You Ready?
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is a radical document designed to wear down the sovereignty of the Canadian nation-state.… Read More »The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is Coming Your Way. Are You Ready?