Writing to Prime Minister Robert Borden in 1917, the Ontario Committee of the Allied Tribes  declared, “We cannot say that we are fighting for our...

By Karl Hele TORONTO – Can and should Aboriginal academics be activists within academia and Indigenous communities? The answer is yes, judging from feedback from...

By Karl Hele No Need of a Chief for This Band is an excellent examination of federal attempts to replace Mi’kmaq governance with an imposed...

By Karl Hele BOSTON/OTTAWA – “What exactly are we commemorating?” is the question I was left with after attending two distinct events surrounding the Royal...

By Karl Hele Linda Scarangella McNenly examines Native performers’ involvement in both the original Wild West shows, undertaken by the likes of Buffalo Bill Cody,...

By Karl Hele MONTREAL – Concordia University now offers a Major and Minor Bachelor’s degree in First Peoples Studies (FPST). First Nation students such as...

By Karl Hele George Catlin and His Indian Gallery is a collection of images and articles that illustrates just how complicated the images by and...

A timely reprinting of the 1965 novel by Robert Traver, which was the nom-de-plume for Justice John D. Voelker.  Laughing Whitefish is a fictionalization of...

By Karl Hele MONTREAL –Presentations by “settler” academics at times met heated responses from residential school survivors during a mini-conference on the Legacy of Residential...

By Karl S. Hele In 1985, the Conservative government officially ended enfranchisement with Bill C-31 and restored Indian Status to thousands of people albeit with...

HALIFAX, NS (July 16, 2014) – First Nation leaders, women’s groups, elders and youth today gathered in a Circle of Hope in Halifax today, offering...