“Protect Our Girls Even if They’re Not Yours”

So proud of my community and the government for continuing to move forward together in a good way. Despite misinformation and anti-Indigenous rhetoric, we will continue to work to make life better for people on Haida Gwaii.

My statement regarding MLA McInnis' insulting comments yesterday.

🛑 No More Stolen Sisters 🛑

Good morning to everyone except Aaron Gunn, who won his North Island-Powell River riding. The Conservatives are sending yet another residential school denialist to the House of Commons. As I’ve made clear, the rot of anti-Indigenous racism runs deep: canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…

Just a reminder of Treaty’s.

Join First Nation to support tribes and Native-led orgs developing new generations of Native American language speakers, and establish infrastructure and models for Native language immersion programs that may be replicated throughout Indian Country: bit.ly/43gtWia

If there is one video you watch today... Chief Troy Knowlton of Piikani Nation was asked if Alberta First Nations are prepared to take on Smith and the Alberta Government. He offered up a masterclass in history all Canadians and Albertans should hear. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

For more than two decades, 2024 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellow Ernestine Hayes (Tlingit) has blazed trails as an award-winning Native storyteller and a tenured professor. Find out what Hayes means when she says, “Let’s be human together:" bit.ly/43GQise

Many Canadians know of The Group Of Seven, but have you heard of the Indigenous Group of Seven? Formally known as the Professional Native Indian Artists Incorporation, it formed in 1973, with seven Indigenous artists to promote Indigenous art. These are the artists. 🧵1/9

Lenacapavir has been approved as a twice yearly PrEP option. A real breakthrough in HIV prevention. But without access, it means nothing. Read my latest blog on the need for urgent and equitable rollout. theaccidentalhivactivist.substack.com/p/a-shot-of-ho… #HIV #Lenacapavir #UequalsU #HIVPrevention #Access

Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day! This is the U.S. cover of The Knowing - the book will be available widely, end of July, wherever you buy your books. I wrote a new foreword for the U.S. edition, on Indian Boarding Schools and the push for a commission to investigate the

This map should be included in every history book... History is not there for you to like or dislike. It is there for you to learn from it. And if it offends you, even better. Because then you are less likely to repeat it. It’s not yours for you to erase or destroy. ❤️

Breaking: the team investigating the Kuper Island Residential School in BC has confirmed 171 children deaths at the institution, 50 more than previously known. As a residential school historian and someone fighting residential school denialism, here's a 🧵 timescolonist.com/local-news/arc…

For years, residential school denialists have demanded "proof," despite church and state records already confirming 4000+ residential school deaths. Disrespectfully, they say: "show me the bodies!" Well, Deninu Kųę́ First Nation have now exhumed remains: cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

As a BC historian, I have a responsibility to point out that "Billboard Chris" here, with half a million followers, gets British Columbia's history wrong. In fact, the creation of BC in the 1850s - an act of colonial dispossession - was straight-up theft of Indigenous lands.

"UBCIC raises our hands to the survivors, elders, and leaders for their strength in retelling the extremely traumatic stories of what happened to children at St. Augustine’s Residential School, and to the investigators for documenting and sharing evidence" ubcic.bc.ca/ubcic_stands_w…

1/ In my last thread, I spoke about Residential School denialism and why it’s not “debate” but violence. This is a follow-up, because the denialist attacks have only reinforced the point: confronting this hate is not optional.