In this weekend’s @winnipegfreepress.com column, I openly wonder if Carney understands the implications of what he actually did. www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0...

Opinion: Carney’s defence of Lake Ontario carries enormous weight

For centuries on Turtle Island (North America), explorers, map makers, and political leaders have erased Indigenous place names and substituted them — more often than not — with political, ethnocentri...

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This weekend’s @winnipegfreepress.com column: Let it be known that when Canada’s provinces and alcohol industries needed a defender, Canada’s first First Nations premier was their greatest warrior. www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0...

Opinion: Kinew’s message for PM: don’t back down

Let it be known that when Canada’s provinces and alcohol industries needed a defender, Canada’s first First Nations provincial premier was their greatest warrior.

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Niigaan combines clear-eyed analysis paired with infectious optimism. For those of us who find it hard to be optimistic about much, he’s a valuable resource.

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This week’s @winnipegfreepress.com column: Indigenous peoples deeply invested in Canada www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Kinda chic to confront residential school denialism. Truth Before Reconciliation, edited by myself and @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social with essays by expert contributors, is out September 9, wherever you buy books: uofmpress.ca/books/truth-...

Truth Before Reconciliation

Embedded in the lived experiences of Survivors and supported by the evidentiary record, Truth Before Reconciliation is a valuable tool to help develop the historical and information literacy needed to...

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Putting truth before reconciliation means confronting the slow creep of residential school denialism into mainstream discourse. @seancarleton.bsky.social and @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social explain how a recent Globe editorial creates space for denialism to take root.

Putting truth and respect before reconciliation

Sean Carleton and Niigaan Sinclair, Indigenous studies professors and editors of the new book, Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism, respond to the slow creep of harmf...

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This week’s @winnipegfreepress.com column: Indigenous peoples deeply invested in Canada www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Opinion: Indigenous peoples are deeply invested in Canada

Elections Canada released a report this week that stated that, in the 2025 federal election, approximately 41 per cent of eligible First Nations, Inuit and Métis voters cast a ballot and contributed s...

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Here's the full episode of @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I on CBC's Front Burner talking about what's fuelling residential school denialism and what we can do about it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdJI...

What’s fuelling residential school denialism? | Front Burner

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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

Saturday @winnipegfreepress.com column: A measure of hope a decade after senseless death, injustice www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0...

Opinion: A measure of hope a decade after senseless death, injustice

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Latest @winnipegfreepress.com column: Inspiring Stony Mountain Penitentiary & U of Wpg theatre program bridges gap between inside and outside www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: Inspiring theatre program bridges gap between inside and outside

What if, instead of hearing the story of Little Red Riding Hood as it happened, we instead heard about the impacts of its actions?

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"In most countries of the world, a government dictating who one should and should not marry to pass on one’s cultural and political rights would be considered unjust and illegal, but in Canada this is just the way things are..." ~ @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

Senate unanimously passes bill to eliminate Indian Act's 2nd-generation cut-off | CBC News

The Senate voted unanimously Thursday to advance Bill S-2 with an amendment calling for the removal of the second-generation cut-off from the Indian Act, where children are not eligible for Indian sta...

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Saturday @winnipegfreepress.com column: Chief Justice’s last act “revolutionary” step forward www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0...

Opinion: Chief justice’s last act ‘revolutionary’ step forward

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.

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An honour to appear with my co-editor and colleague @seancarleton.bsky.social for this discussion on the impacts of residential school denialism youtu.be/BdJImlySLKk?...

What’s fuelling residential school denialism? | Front Burner

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Monday @winnipegfreepress.com column: Indigenous artifacts in Swiss “collection” deserve legal protection www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: Indigenous artifacts also deserve legal protection

Following the 2003 U.S.-backed overthrow of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, criminals looted important religious and political items from the country, whose civilization is more than 4,000 years old.

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See you tomorrow N'Swakamok aka Sudbury! @laurentianu.bsky.social

The World Cup, a tournament I have been obsessed with since I was old enough to know what football is, starts in three days, and I genuinely find myself completely uninterested. The vibes for this tournament are so rancid.

It’s been a crazy couple of months speaking/working/teaching on the road (47/61 days!) & it will be nice to get to ceremonies this week. Here’s a piece I forgot to post last week but seems apropos now. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Opinion: Peace, justice and bringing this country together

From the War of 1812 to today, no one has stood up for this country and worked for unity in this place more than Indigenous Peoples.

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Really great having @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social here at St John’s College to deliver the Jay Newman Lecture to the Canadian Theological Society this evening. #common26

This is excellent. Well said @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Opinion: Peace, justice and bringing this country together

On Sept. 18, 1813, British major general Henry Procter started retreating from Fort Malden in Amherstburg, Ont., south of what is now Detroit, following the defeat to the Americans at the Battle of La...

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I wonder what has changed to make the majority of Albertans question Danielle Smith’s fitness to run the province. Oh yeah…

A Cree student who graduated from the University of Manitoba nursing program said she’s striving to make the health-care system a more welcoming place for Indigenous patients.

Nursing grad hopes to drive change for Indigenous patients

A Cree student who graduated from the University of Manitoba nursing program said she’s striving to make the health-care system a more welcoming place for Indigenous patients.

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APTN News has just won the Best National Newscast Award at the Canadian Screen Awards and to accept the award were our colleagues at APTN Investigates, Paul Barnsley, Josh Grummet and Tamara Pimentel.

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APTN News has just won the Best National Newscast Award at the Canadian Screen Awards...

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Amazing to hear Niigaan Sinclair and others speak at the ”A Compassionate Community” dinner this evening. Thank you @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social for your insights and for the group working to make the #NiagaraPeninsula a Compassionate Community!

Saturday @winnipegfreepress.com column: Outrage over Northland Tales hypocritical (but, sigh, predictable) www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Opinion: Outrage over Northland Tales program hypocritical

Progressive Conservative MLA Wayne Ewasko was suspended from the Manitoba legislature earlier this month for yelling at Premier Wab Kinew: “You’re drunk, you’re drunk. I thought you quit drinking.”

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“Yeah CSIS.” Dr. @pampalmater.com 🤣 I can’t recommend this podcast enough. I teared up hearing Dr. @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social talk about how our parents leave us early fighting colonialism. Mahsi to you both for all you’ve done for all of Canada. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...

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Warrior Life Podcast with award-winning columnist, prof, author & speaker Dr. @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social gives us an update on what's happening in Canadian politics. #warriorlifepodcast #podcast #indigenous #cdnpoli #DRIPA #RCMP #abpoli #MarkCarney #Trump warriorlifepodcast.ca/five-things-...

Well this is a first; I’m the answer to today’s Cryptogram in the @winnipegfreepress.com - Miigwech and thanks to Derek Bowman. I’ll post it below but don’t look if you like doing the puzzle 🙂

It’s a beautiful day to change, grow and create a better future - come join us at the national launch of the Moose Hide Campaign - starting in a few mins! moosehidecampaign.ca/livestream/

Campaign Day Livestream - Moose Hide Campaign

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A new governor general has been named this week, as Mary Simon’s time as the first Indigenous governor general ends. Winnipeg Free Press columnist Niigaan Sinclair shares his thoughts on her legacy. Watch the full conversation on Truth & Politics: youtu.be/5JgdR6prZtw

Someone please call the prime minister to tell him the new GG may not be qualified. Tomorrow’s @winnipegfreepress.com column www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0...

Opinion: Someone call the PM: next governor general doesn’t speak a single Indigenous language

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