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Lisa Cowan Pineo @lisacowanpineo.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Indigenous Peoples Day celebrates and honors Indigenous people and commemorates their histories and cultures. Here are picture, middle grade and young adult books by and about Indigenous people. Book lists in ALT text. #indigenouspeoplesday #indigenousbooks #kidsbooks #kidlit #booksky #books

Indigenous Peoples Day
PB, MG and YA book list
Posted by @pineolisa

TILLY AND THE CRAZY EIGHTS by Monique Gray Smith
BE BRAVE, BE BRAVE, BE BRAVE by F. Anthony Falcon & Trisha Mason
THE CASE OF WINDY LAKE by Michael Hutchinson
THE GIRL AND THE WOLF by Katherena Vermette & Julie Flett
MAY WE HAVE ENOUGH TO SHARE by Richard Van Camp
INDIAN NO MORE by Charlene Willing McManis & Traci Sorell
THE PENCIL by Susan Avingaq, Maren Vsetula & Charlene Chua
IT'S A MITIG! by Bridget George
WE ALL PLAY by Julie Flett
BUFFALO WILD! by Deidre Havrelock & Azby Whitecalf
BERRY SONG by Michaela Goade
THE BARREN GROUNDS by David A. Robertson
BE A GOOD ANCESTOR by Leona Prince, Gabrielle Prince & Carla Joseph
TOGETHER WE DRUM, OUR HEARTS BEAT AS ONE by Willie Poll & Chief Lady Bird
BEAUTIFUL YOU, BEAUTIFUL ME by Tasha Spillett-Sumner & Salini Perera
SWEETGRASS by Theresa Meuse & Jessica Jerome

THE STORYTELLER by Brandon Hobson
FUNERAL SONGS FOR DYING GIRLS by Cherie Dimaline
THE REZ DOCTOR by Gitz Crazyboy & Veronika Barinova
FATTY LEGS (10th anniversary edition) by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton & Liz Amini-Holmes
THE STORY OF THE FOX AND THE WOLF by Jaypeetee Amakak & Nuria Muro Gio
THE OTHER SIDE OF PERFECT by Melanie Florence & Richard Scrimger
NUTSHIMIT: IN THE WOODS by Melissa Mollen Dupuis & Elise Gravel
LITTLE MOONS by Jen Storm & Ryan Howe
INDIGINERDS ed. by Alina Pete
LOOKING FOR SMOKE by K.A. Cobell
ON A WING AND A TEAR by Cynthia Leitich Smith
IT'S POWWOW TIME! by Martha Troian & Hawlii Pichette
MORTIFIED by Kristy Jackson & Rhael McGregor
BETWEEN THE PIPES ed. by Albert McLeod et al.
WALKING TOGETHER by Albert Marshall, Louise Zimanyi & Emily Kewageshig
THE LAND KNOWS ME by Leigh Joseph & Natalie Schnitter

YOU WERE MADE FOR THIS WORLD ed. by Stephanie Sinclair & Sara Sinclair
LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN ed. by Cynthia Leitich Smith
THE OTHERS by Cheryl Isaacs
SISTERS IN THE WIND by Angeline Boulley
ORIGIN by Nat Cardozo
OF THE SUN by Xelena González & Emily Kewageshig
TOGETHER WE SEE by Ari Tison
WE ARE WHO WE ARE by Wab Kinew & Janine Gibbons
SHIRLEY by Joanne Robertston & Shirley Fletcher Horn
SHARDS OF SILENCE by Brian Lee Young
AN EXPANSE OF BLUE by Kauakanilehua Māhoe Adams
MEDICINE WHEELS by Byron Graves
DEATH IN THE TALLGRASS by Andrea L. Rogers
RAVEN, RISING by Christine Hartman Derr
LIKE GLASS by Jen Ferguson
TUUTARJUK: THE SPIRIT OF STRING FIGURES by Louise Flaherty, Neil Christopher & Kagan McLeod

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Derek Halliday 🇨🇦 @dthalliday.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Yeah. WE KNOW. They'd doing the same thing in Alberta right now, and everyone pretending like it's not happening.

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 01/10/2026

As a toddler, Denise Boucher was taken to St. Joseph’s residential school in Fort Resolution. When her grandparents tried to bring her home, the church refused. The last time her family saw her, nuns were dragging her inside as the door slammed. ow.ly/SiSo50ZSWKc

On the left: Photo of a small, white church building surrounded by grass against a cloudy blue sky. On the right: text that reads “She died in a residential school and was buried in secret. It took eighty-three years to bring Denise Boucher home.”

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chilliwackashwell.bsky.social @chilliwackashwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

But no follow up on the botched execution....?

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chilliwackashwell.bsky.social @chilliwackashwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Twas the 'supreme court' that re-ordered her execution Where's your headline about that?

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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dallas Brodie and OneBC out here doing anti-Indigenous racism, masks off, day-to-day lives and in their election platform. #bcpoli

from ONEBC platform:
Reconciliation

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Repeal DRIPA and declare UNDRIP to have no force and effect in BC

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Halt all voluntary transfers of cash, land, and control over public resources to band governments

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Restore oversight and accountability for Indigenous Band spending

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Demand constitutional reforms to repeal the Indian Act, transform reserves into townships, and unite all British Columbians under one law and political framework.

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Restore the original names of public institutions and public places — Names must primarily be in English

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End the practice of mandatory land acknowledgements within the government and government-funded institutions.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is foul. A reader reached out and told me the first google result when you search "kamloops unmarked graves discovery" is residential school denial. I did the search myself, and I found the same thing. The first non-sponsored result is the Fraser Institute's residential school denial.

Google search result for "kamloops unmarked graves discovery" has, as its first non-sponsored post, a publication from the Fraser Institute.

It reads: "No evidence of 'mass graves' or 'genocide' in residential ..."

"Feb 12, 2024 — ... Kamloops narrative are either false or highly exaggerated. No unmarked graves have been discovered at Kamloops or elsewhere-not one. As of ... Read more"

Another screenshot shows the only result before the Fraser Institute result is a sponsored post from Angus Reid, affirming that the Fraser Institute result is the first non-sponsored one.

Screenshot shows the intial response Google provides to the search "kamloops unmarked graves discovery"

All you can see on this first screenshot is the AI overview (barf) and the sponsored result from Angus Reid. However, as the other screenshots show, that Angus Reid result is followed by the first non-sponsored result: residential school denial from the Fraser Institute.

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chilliwackashwell.bsky.social @chilliwackashwell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The 72 at Battleford: The Residential School Graves Canada Knew About in 1974 – Cree Literacy Network share.google/Kj24aro2ESEf...

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 30/09/2026

Denise Boucher was one of the many children in Canada’s residential school system who did not live to see adulthood. Pat Kane‬ tells the story of her family’s eight-decade-long search to find her remains and bring them home: ow.ly/aztx50ZSWK1

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Pam Palmater @pampalmater.com · 24/09/2026

Video 2 in my Bill S-2 Explained series confronts the myth that millions of people will be added to First Nations if Bill S-2 passes. Only facts & stats here! #firstnations #bills2 #humanrights #treatyrights #end2ndgen #endthecutoff youtu.be/he6BuY2ii80

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Bill S2: Will Millions of People Be Added to First Nations?

YouTube video by Pam Palmater

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“A court-appointed receiver says Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath’s firm moved $11.5 million from a First Nation trust it controlled to help cover a court-ordered payment it owed to another First Nation client” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1207056...

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$11.5M from Sturgeon Lake trust helped fund Rath firm’s Tallcree payment: receiver | Globalnews.ca

Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath’s firm took $11.5 million from one First Nation trust to help him make a court-ordered refund to another First Nation, court documents show.

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Howard Breen He/Him @howardbreen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What is Bill S-2? What First Nations Need to Know youtu.be/Q3XVTtNdOzg?...

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What is Bill S-2? What First Nations Need to Know

YouTube video by Pam Palmater

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

* timeline cleanse * Please enjoy this adorable CBC video of a preschool class in Baltimore taking an imaginary trip to Canada 🥹🇨🇦

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chilliwackashwell.bsky.social @chilliwackashwell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What the Fuck is the matter with these Fools Europe Come Collect your Garbage 🗑

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Incredibly brave evidence this morning from women and men who have survived brutal strip searches in youth jails - a tool for social control, to humiliate and degrade - and disproportionately used against First Nations young people

THE SENATE
LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting the Strip Searching of Children) Bill 2026
PUBLIC HEARING
Tuesday 22 September 2026
Committee Room 2S1
Australian Parliament House, and via videoconference, Canberra
All times are in AEST
Time Witness
9.45 am Panel associated with Sisters Inside and National Network of Incarcerated and
Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
10.55 am Panel associated with Level Up and Sisters Inside
Committee Chair: Senator Jana Stewart
Committee Secretary: Jane Thomson
PO Box 6100, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: +61 2 6277 3560
Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au Internet:
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs

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🍁 Christine 🍁 @204queenb0574.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This makes it clear - the governments failed.

Chief justice’s last act ‘revolutionary’ step forward

OPINION

WEEKS before being nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada, Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal rendered one of the most remarkable decisions in this province’s history.

You may not have heard about it, but it was a big one — and not just in the financial sense but in a change-theface- of-this-province kind of way.

In October 2022, three First Nations chiefs joined with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and launched a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking $2.1 billion in damages for three decades of harms by child and family services agencies run by the provincial and federal governments.

Joyal presided over the case in one of his last duties as Manitoba’s top judge.

In his May 11 decision, he wrote that the “plaintiffs sought monetary, declaratory and injunctive relief for collective harms” that violated their right to self-government and resulted in “loss of language, culture, spirituality, and identity. Those harms are alleged to have been caused by the separation of First Nations children (under the age of 18) from their lands and communities (on and off reserve) through the child welfare system in Manitoba.”

Joyal not only certified the class action lawsuit (potentially allowing 60 other First Nations to join the first three) but he issued a summary judgment determining that further court proceedings were not necessary to prove Manitoba and Canada violated the rights of First Nations.

Due to this decision, a number of things will happen.

First, 60 First Nations must determine whether their members have been harmed by provincial- or federal run CFS agencies since Jan. 1, 1992 (the start date of the class action) and join the case.

With every addition, millions will be added to the $2.1 billion claim and a to-be-determined negotiated agreement.

But that’s not the big part.

Joyal’s decision means that Canadian legislators have to grapple with the fact provincial- and fede…

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Tej @themightytej.northsky.social · 20/09/2026

A tumblr post from user TheMightyTej, dated 11 minutes before the screenshot was taken. It reads:

"I want to be very clear that I support Palestine. I am utterly opposed to the genocide Israel is carrying out against Palestinians. I have actively participated in demanding my representatives push for the United States to stop endorsing and materially supporting Israel's continued attacks against Palestine and other surrounding nations. I have argued that it isn't even sensible as a Christian position to support Israel, as the common argument for it relies on the idea that God promised the land to the Jewish people while ignoring the fact that, if we assume that promise applies to the modern nation of Israel, it came with conditions that Israel is not meeting. It is a gross injustice that we cannot support and still think ourselves the good guys.

Keep that in mind as I say the following.

I think, if we absolutely positively cannot break our relationship with Israel, then we need to at least be logically consistent and give up at least 2/3 of the United States to the full sovereign control of Native Americans. Not the continental United States. The whole thing. All of our territory gets counted in."

The same post as the first image, continued. This portion reads:

"I mean, that was the logic, right? The Jewish people underwent a horrible genocide, and therefore they needed to be given a place where they had full sovereignty and safety from future genocidal maniacs, so the then-current controlling state of the land where they claimed ancestral heritage was broken up and a majority share given to them. That's the entire argument for why Israel exists as a distinct state at all in the modern world. So if we're so absolutely sold on this idea that we can't even consider reducing the massive cash flow we throw at Israel every year, then we need to be consistent. The peoples native to North America underwent a horrific genocide, and are still suffering ongoing aspects of that; it is only logical that our response, as the state that currently controls the land of their ancestral heritage, that we break up that land and give them the majority share. So they can establish a place where they have full sovereignty and safety from future genocidal intentions. Obviously.

I'm cool with either option. Whether we stop support of Israel or give the same support to other genocided peoples, at least we'd be consistent in our ideals. Or maybe we could do both! That would be cool, too!"

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

That’s right: it looks like Canada is on track to become the first Associate Member of the European Union. It’s extremely exciting. There’s just one question. Um, what the hell is an associate member of the EU?  Here's what we know (and don't know) about what this means for you and me:

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 14/09/2026

UNLOCKED | Rose LeMay: Whatever we do next to build a sense of resolve, build it in the resilience of this land and Indigenous Peoples www.hilltimes.com?p=517505

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https://www.hilltimes.com/?p=517505

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chilliwackashwell.bsky.social @chilliwackashwell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

IDK why FNs are seemingly Quiet on this Issue

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Ezra's hero.

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rev recluse @revrecluse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

August 30, 1969 and Bigfoot Is Roaming Around Rocky Mountain House at Vintage Edmonton: www.vintageed... #yeg #alberta #edmonton #1960s

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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 30/08/2026

what if Canada just declared this America's flag, and started using it on their literature and websites

the American flag except the stripes have been made to look like a circus tent

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Space Nutella Sales Rep @friendpanda.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Donations to Dolly’s Imagination Library are so brisk the site is sluggish and at times simply crashes I donated specifically to a center dedicated to Canada’s First Nations. Felt appropriate. Join me in carrying forth a bit of Dolly’s light. donate.imaginationlibrary.com

donate.imaginationlibrary.com

Home

Make a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children.

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paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton’s Dollywood Foundation brought literacy to Native communities, the program reached out to 92 Native American communities across The States, as well, in partnership, with the Manitoba First Nations Literacy Drive in 2013, the foundation prioritized northern Canadian communities. A great

Dolly Parton’s Dollywood Foundation brought literacy to Native communities, the program reached out to 92 Native American communities, as well, in partnership, with the Manitoba First Nations Literacy Drive in 2013, the foundation prioritized northern Canadian communities. A great lady who will be remembered with love. Photo: Foundation, Nashville, Tennessee 2009.

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QOTL 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦 @iamqotl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hear! hear! This imported pseudo-yanky colonialist patriotism is unrecognisable. We are a nation of invaders. We are a country of boat people. All except the First Nations. All others are immigrants. Multiculturalism is central to the modern Australian identity. And we just get on with it. #auspol

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James Andrew Smith @drsmith.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

When the Americans complain that Canada is supporting local industries because of a trade war the Americans started, remember that the US has subsidized its industrial-military complex for decades. American firms can’t survive without welfare.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Just listened to some music by this amazing Indigenous band Melawmen Collective from British Columbia and damn they are incredible, roots, blues, rock music, check out their music 🎶 #Queen 🙌🏼 #Canada Credit to melawmencollective

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Alan Ranta (ꜱᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ?) 🇨🇦 @alanranta.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Replace "reds" with "woke," and we are still basically living in the 1950s.

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Kelly Greene @kellyrichmondbc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Thank you to local leadership, staff and volunteers in the Kelowna area for the visit yesterday. The Okanagan is facing a difficult situation and people across the region continue to step up to support. My deep appreciation to everyone for their work to keep people safe.

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