Métis The confusing world of Métis identityThe Globe and Mail - Jean TeilletJean Teillet is the great-grandniece of Louis Riel and an Indigenous rights lawyer. She is the author of Métis Law in Canada and The North-West is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel’s People, the Métis
Spiders How spider silk is one of the most versatile materials on EarthNational Geographic - Jason BittelSpiders spin webs out of silk, but they also use their threads as slingshots, submarines, and hang-gliders. Spider silk is one of the most versatile materials on Earth. Actually a protein created by special
Indigenous Peoples Election debate: Scheer doesn’t retract Indigenous 'hostage' commentsctvnews.ca - Sarah Turnbull OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer didn’t walk back comments he made Thursday evening at the first leaders’ debate of this federal election …
Environment Defender of Brazil’s Indigenous Tribes Murdered ‘Execution-Style’ in Amazon TownGizmodo - George Dvorsky Maxciel Pereira dos Santos, a veteran defender of Brazil’s indigenous people, has reportedly been shot dead in a remote Amazon town while riding his …
Science The Game That Made Rats Jump for JoyThe Atlantic - Ed YongScientists taught rats to play hide-and-seek in order to study natural animal behavior—but it was also fun, for both the researchers and the animals. Annika Reinhold says that she likes playing with animals
Books Fireweed by Michelle PorterCBC News - CBC Books - stacked logo Michelle Porter has made the 2019 CBC Nonfiction Prize longlist for Fireweed. Michelle Porter is a citizen of the Métis Nation and a member of the …
Black Holes Scientists Discover Huge, Mysterious Radio Structures at the Heart of the Milky WayVICE - Becky FerreiraScientists have discovered two massive “radio bubbles,” mysterious gaseous structures that emit radio waves, at the center of the Milky Way. Extending hundreds of light years above and below the galactic
Lifestyle (Canada) Indigenous, two-spirit couple from Alberta wins The Amazing Race CanadaThe Globe and Mail - Paola LoriggioAnthony Johnson and James Makokis hoped being the first Indigenous, two-spirit couple to compete on The Amazing Race Canada would give them a national platform to highlight issues close to their hearts.
The Brain A Famous Argument Against Free Will Has Been DebunkedThe Atlantic - Bahar GholipourFor decades, a landmark brain study fed speculation about whether we control our own actions. It seems to have made a classic mistake. The death of free will began with thousands of finger taps. In 1964,
Dior Sauvage Johnny Depp breaks silence on Dior ‘cultural appropriation’ claimsthedrum.com - John Glenday Johnny Depp has come out fighting amid claims he helped facilitate the ‘cultural appropriation’ of Native American imagery for a Dior advert, by …
Language AI Can Pass Standardized Tests—But It Would Fail PreschoolWIRED - Condé Nast Artificial intelligence researchers have long dreamed of building a computer as knowledgeable and communicative as the one in Star Trek, which could …
Design DIY Firewood Rack Ideas With Ingenious Designshomedit.com - Simona Ganea Firewood racks are very rarely the subject of discussion these days but that doesn’t mean they’re not still needed. In fact, it’s very important to …
Aliens Aliens May Have Explored The Galaxy And Visited Earth Already, Scientists SayScienceAlert - MORGAN MCFALL-JOHNSEN The Milky Way could be teeming with interstellar alien civilizations, according to a new study. We just don't know about it because they haven't paid …
First Nations Municipalities turn up heat over province's closed-door dealings with First Nationsvancouversun.com - Randy Shore Local governments will turn up the pressure on the province to end their secretive dealings with First Nations when the Union of B.C. Municipalities …
David Hogg David Hogg: We Need To Recognize "Indigenous Mass Shootings" Conducted By The American Governmentrealclearpolitics.com - Ian Schwartz In an interview with MSNBC host Chris Hayes, gun control activist David Hogg stated that in a "post-genocidal" society such as America today, people …
Aliens Alien civilizations may have already colonized the galaxy, study saysBusiness Insider - Morgan McFall-JohnsenThe Milky Way could be teeming with interstellar alien civilizations, according to a new study. We just don't know about it because they haven't paid us a visit in 10 million years. The study, published
Whales Whale Songs Are Getting DeeperThe Atlantic - Rebecca GiggsScientists have theories as to why—some worrisome, some hopeful, all involving humans. Is any environment more secluded from our imagination than the seas surrounding Antarctica? Icebergs grind above seabed
Climate What If We Stopped Pretending?The New Yorker - Jonathan FranzenThe climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it. “There is infinite hope,” Kafka tells us, “only not for us.” This is a fittingly mystical epigram from a
Regina, SK'We walked those spirits here': Lost lives of children affected by Regina Indian Industrial School honoured by spiritualctvnews.ca - Colton Wiens and Brendan Ellis Cowessess First Nation honoured the lives of children that lost their lives at the Regina Indian Industrial School by walking around 21 km from the …
Organoids Brainwaves in Organoids?discovermagazine.com - Neuroskeptic A paper about electrical activity in cultured human brain cells got a lot of attention this week: The study, published in Cell Stem Cell, was about …
Science Strange life-forms found deep in a mine point to vast 'underground Galapagos'Euronews - By Corey S. Powell with NBC News Tech and Science NewsSomething odd is stirring in the depths of Canada's Kidd Mine. The zinc and copper mine, 350 miles northwest of Toronto, is the deepest spot ever explored on land and the reservoir of the oldest known
Recipes Chili Lime Chicken - Printer Friendlyallrecipes.com - Larry Dean "This recipe combines many of the spices that I grew up with and that have become a distinctive part of much of my cooking including dishes such as …
Mind 'You Can Do Anything You Set Your Mind To' Is Bad Advice. Here's the Truth About Choosing a CareerInc Magazine - Peter CohanPick a career that pays what you need, that you enjoy and do better than anyone. Work with colleagues you respect. There is probably worse career advice than "you can do anything you set your mind to."
Canadian News Feds announce almost $1M for U of R lead project aiming to lower indigenous population in justice systemGlobal News - By Taylor Braat Indigenous people are disproportionately represented in correctional facilities in Canada. According to Statistics Canada, 27 per cent of offenders in …
First Nations First Nations given max compensation for Ottawa’s child-welfare discriminationvicnews.com - The Canadian Press First Nations children who were separated from their families by a chronically underfunded welfare system could receive more than $2 billion in …
Aboriginal Canadians Uncovering the complicated history of blankets in Indigenous communitiesCBC News - CBC Radio · Blankets hold great cultural significance in many Indigenous communities. They were used in trade, given as gifts and even offered a way to record …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoNative Americans Native American bones to be returned to a tribe | The Starthestar.com - The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho - Human bones excavated from a 4,000-year-old burial site in western Wyoming will be returned to a Native American tribe to be …
Health Care (Canada) Ottawa ordered to compensate First Nations children impacted by on-reserve child welfare systemCBC News - Jorge Barrera Ottawa must pay tens of thousands of dollars to every First Nations child who was placed in the on-reserve child welfare system, following a Friday …
Indigenous PeoplesTeaching is in need of transformation. For Indigenous kids grappling with history of heartache these small changes led tothestar.com - Shree Paradkar Education Without Oppression — the 2018-19 Atkinson series — examines the continuing marginalization of Black and Indigenous students in Canada. It …
Pocahontas Every Time Trump Says ‘Pocohontas,’ He Means to Slur Native Womenmedium.com - Ruth Hopkins Every Time Trump Says ‘Pocahontas,’ He Means to Slur Native Women When the president evokes Pocahontas’ name in reference to Elizabeth Warren, it is …
Guy Guyerson Elizabeth Warren Asked Native American Leaders for Forgiveness. Here's How That Went.VICE - Morgan Baskin
Guy Guyerson Apple restores banned parental control app OurPact to the App StoreThe Verge - Chaim Gartenberg
Guy GuyersonBest Buy Best Buy Called in a Mom on Her Day Off. Her Response Prompted a New BenefitWorking Mother - By Joseph Barberio
Guy Guyerson ‘Best vintage in years’ draws crowds at 2015 Bordeaux releaseGlobal News - By Simon Little
Guy Guyerson Is Your Dog Actually Happy? An Animal Behaviorist ExplainsInverse - Paul McGreevy and Melissa Starling, The Conversation
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