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Essays on the First Nations of Canada, including Inuit and Métis, by Wayne K. Spear

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NatChief PB is Doing Very Good Great Things at the AFN

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on December 7, 2017July 2, 2021

For the first time in Canada’s history, a federal government has a plan for Indigenous people that is going to be great for them

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Georges Erasmus: Reflections on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on November 21, 2017January 2, 2020

Nobody gives you power. You take it.

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Is it Even Possible for the MMIWG National Inquiry To Do Better?

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on November 2, 2017July 2, 2021

So far the MMIWG National Inquiry has been a disappointment, but I wonder how much it is within the power of this organization to do better. To what extent is the National Inquiry hindered by Canada?

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Georges Erasmus Calls for Action on RCAP Recommendations

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on May 17, 2016

In November, it will have been 20 years since the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples…

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Will colonial domination survive UNDRIP?

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on May 10, 2016January 2, 2020

Colonialism can not be reconciled with decolonization. Canada’s assertion of Dominion from sea to sea to sea can not be reconciled with Indigenous assertion of sovereignty, anywhere in Canada, and certainly not within a S.35 Constitution Act framework.

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Miche vs Canada: the dangerous quicksand of First Nations rights

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on May 3, 2016October 26, 2017

This is a story about folks who just want a chance to clean the slate and…

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The Indian Residential Schools Are Still With Us

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on May 2, 2016May 2, 2016

In 2010, I interviewed the former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Phil Fontaine,…

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The power of broadcasting positive indigenous stories

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 4, 2016February 11, 2016

I love being an entrepreneur. Why? Because every day, for me, is an opportunity. An…

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An interview with Justice Murray Sinclair

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on August 5, 2015August 7, 2015

Wayne K. Spear in conversation with Justice Murray Sinclair | August 1, 2015 Photo by…

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Who are the Indigenous influencers in Canada?

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on June 24, 2015June 24, 2015

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94ways: how we will ensure the TRC report is not the RCAP report

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on June 24, 2015June 25, 2015

A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, Zoe Todd posted a YouTube video inviting people to read from…

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Education is the key to reconciliation

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on June 22, 2015June 22, 2015

BRITISH COLUMBIA’S Education Minister, Peter Fassbender, announced late last week that the province will introduce…

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Looking back on this week’s Truth and Reconciliation final event

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on June 5, 2015June 12, 2015

It’s a sunny Tuesday in Ottawa, and I’m having shawarma with my son on Bank…

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My Truth, My Reconciliation

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on May 28, 2015June 12, 2015

Will Canadians learn anything of useful value from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada?…

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I wish I hadn’t been born an Indian

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on January 20, 2015January 28, 2015

As I write this, it’s late. I’ve spent 11 hours travelling across a country. I’m…

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Wayne K. Spear has been a writer for over thirty years. His work has appeared in the National Post, Huffington Post, CBC, Ottawa Citizen, and elsewhere. He was a weekly CTV News panelist and currently hosts The Roundtable Podcast.

✍ wayne.k.spear@gmail.com

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Residential Schools, With the Words and Images of Survivors, A National History — winner of the Golden Oak Award and finalist of the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. Rated 4.25/5 on Goodreads!

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