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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today, September 26, marks the end of the Mohawk Resistance of 1990. But, the land struggle at the heart of that movement - a struggle that had been raging in Kanehsatà꞉ke for 270 years - continues today, as my friend Ellen Gabriel always makes clear.

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

To mark the start of Truth and Reconciliation Week, @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social, Gord Hill, and I are excited to share some big news: In January 2027, we will be releasing "A Knock On the Door: A Comic Book History of Residential Schools": uofmpress.ca/books/a-knoc...

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

.@niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I will be on CBC airwaves tomorrow. Listen to: Qulliq: Iqaluit (Nunavut); Weekend AM (Newfoundland); Weekender (Yukon/NWT); North by Northwest (BC); All in a Weekend (Montreal) Saskatchewan Weekend; In Town & Out (Ottawa); Fresh Air (Toronto).

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Truth Before Reconciliation is officially a National Bestseller! @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I, and all of the contributors, are very grateful for all of your support! Peer-reviewed, academic books published by university presses rarely become national bestsellers.

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thanks to everyone’s support, including denialists who keep buying the book to take pictures burning it etc., Truth Before Reconciliation is a McNally Robinson Booksellers #1 bestseller this week. Thank you!

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another day, another totally normal response to @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and my's new edited book, Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism, featuring a dream team of collaborators and subject experts dissecting the unhinged racism and mis/disinformation.

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I mean, right-wingers wanting to burn books they don't like is very on brand. *Note: this is an altered image this goofball made. As a community member said, I guess this means the book is sparking a lot of interest....

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What a wonderful evening and book launch for Truth Before Reconciliation last night in Winnipeg, bringing the community together to honour Survivors and confront residential school denialism.

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Most peer-reviewed, expert, university press books to get this kind of support - so we are extremely grateful. We hope this can help more people find their way to truth, not denialism, misinformation, and hate.

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Niigaan and I and our contributors are very thankful to CBC Books for naming Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism to its list of nonfiction books to read this fall!

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🚨 New Book Day🚨 @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I, and our dream team of contributors, are happy to share that Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism is officially out in the world, wherever you buy books.

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In the lead-up to tomorrow's (September 9) release of Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism, @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I are sharing the last of the incredible blurbs for the project. Many thanks to at @tanyatalaga.bsky.social for these kind words!

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

No word of a lie: the first time I saw Truth Before Reconciliation out in the wild (even before it’s officially released on Wednesday) was at the Propagandhi merch table at their Winnipeg night #1 show last night. Life highlight 😎🤘 Checking out night #2 tonight at the Park!

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

In the lead-up to next week's (September 9) release of Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism, @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I will be sharing some of the incredible blurbs for the project. Many thanks to at David MacDonald for these kind words!

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thanks to CBC Books for naming Truth Before Reconciliatio: Confronting Residential School Denialism to its list of fall books Canadians should read 🙏📚

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

In the lead-up to September 9, the release of Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism, @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I will be sharing some of the incredible blurbs for the project - starting with @pampalmater.com.

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

That's a wrap! Truth Before Reconciliation is off to the printers. Available wherever you buy books, September 8: uofmpress.ca/books/truth-... @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social @umanitobapress.bsky.social

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Today is the 36th anniversary of the 1990 Mohawk Resistance - but the origins of the “crisis” lay in the 270-year struggle against colonial land theft that preceded the SQ invasion on July 11. That struggle continues, as I was honoured to discuss with Ellen Gabriel in When the Pine Needles Fall:

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Very honoured to write the new foreword for Kristy McLeod and Phyllis Webstad’s bestselling book, Decolonization and Me, reflecting on 10 years since the TRC and the rise of residential school denialism (which the book addresses head on). If you’re looking for a good summer read, check it out.

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Pretty funny way of admitting that, for conservatives, Canada Day *is* about unapologetically celebrating colonialism and the oppression of Indigenous Peoples. That's a losing strategy, as the majority of Canadians support reconciliation and building a more honourable future.

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Proofs ✅ Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism will be available wherever you buy books, September 9. You can pre-order now: uofmpress.ca/books/truth-.... Royalties going to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society.

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

We’ve reached the Make BC Racist Again part of the BC Conservative leadership campaign. Be proud of shelling Indigenous communities with gunboats? Forced re-education for children? Ignoring Canadian law and reusing to sign treaties only to cause future problems? Embarrassing stuff.

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

This was a true face melter. Highly recommend: Silencing The Past: Power and the Production of History.

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Reminder: the deadline to submit a proposal for the Canadian History of Education Association conference, in Winnipeg October 15-17 2026, is this Friday, March 13. Panels and individual proposal can be submitted here: uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Please join the Department of History at the University of Manitoba in welcoming SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow Cathleen Clark to campus next Wednesday, March 18, for a talk on Indigenous Education Activism in the 1960s. All welcome. There will be donuts :)

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

🚨 @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I - along with a dream team of incredible collaborators - are excited to announce a new book challenging residential school denialism! Truth Before Reconciliation will be released in September with the University of Manitoba Press: uofmpress.ca/books/truth-...

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The residential school denialism movement is fracturing because (unsurprisingly) it has a Nazi problem - and you just love/hate to see it.

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

He would have read The Unjust Society, which makes the problems of the system clear.

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

In light of Jean Chrétien's most recent denialist comments - story to come, basically he downplays the harm of the IRS system - I went down the rabbit hole researching how far Indigenous leaders lobbied him, as Minister of Indian Affairs in the 1960s and 1970s, to close the system 🧵

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

First 2026 read. This line from Kent Monkman was the advice I needed to start the year: “Do not let chaos distract you, keep focused on the world that should be, and make it our future.”

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

If you’re looking for an accessible and engaging history of American imperialism right now, I can’t recommend A People’s History of American Empire: A Graphic Adaptation more. Check it out.

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

“Reconciliation will destroy Canada” - the usual suspects; combined age 308.

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

This is extremely concerning, showing the global spread of residential school denialism on the extreme far right.

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