Globe and Mail, April 23, 2010

If someone asked you to describe all the important relationships in your life – to people, places, even to organizations and institutions – where would the federal government rank? For most of us, the government would not even make the list. And yet when it comes to the circumstances and opportunities of first nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, many Canadians assume aboriginal leaders and the federal government are the only ones with a role to play.  Read more >>

Globe and Mail, April 19, 2010

For generations of native Canadians, the city was the white man’s world. Natives might migrate there to escape the stagnation and despair of the reserve, but to do so was often considered a kind of cultural betrayal. It meant giving up the attachment to the land that was considered the essence of native identity. It meant abandoning native spirituality and submitting to the materialism of urban life. In short, it meant an end to being native.  Read more >>