âpihtawikosisân
@apihtawikosisan.bsky.social
Award-losing national bestselling Métis author of "Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit in Canada", from manitow-sâkahikan/Lac Ste. Anne in so-called Canada. Trying to debunk myths. She/her/wiya
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If you're new here, I will never accept that settler colonial nations have any right to exist. Decolonization means Indigenous land and life-ways back, no cops, no landlords, and probably other stuff that might twist up your ginch so beware.
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world's first direct quantum observation of a bench
A little girl peeks inside a tuba during the National Band Festival at Crystal Palace, London, 1923
November 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
world's first direct quantum observation of a bench
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Palestine is not the only genocide that Canada is arming.
For two years, a Sudanese paramilitary force has been massacring civilians—with Canadian-made weapons.
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and Ismail Adam join @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes Ottawa complicit in the war in Sudan.
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and Ismail Adam join @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes Ottawa complicit in the war in Sudan.
Canadian weapons are enabling Sudan’s ‘war against civilians’ ⋆ The Breach
Nisrin Elamin and Ismail Adam join Desmond Cole to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes the country complicit in the war in Sudan
breachmedia.ca
November 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Palestine is not the only genocide that Canada is arming.
Can the Seb Malette exposé please come out now.
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Can the Seb Malette exposé please come out now.
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Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
From Turtle Island to Palestine, Indigenous people across the world continue to resist settler-colonial domination, extraction, and exploitation of their land and communities.
We center these tradi...
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
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sounds familiar bsky.app/profile/danr...
"Denialism is no longer restricted to Canada. It is increasingly circulating as part of a transnational network and being used globally to shape international opinion in concerning ways." activehistory.ca/blog/2024/12...
Exposing Residential School Denialism’s Transnational Network
Residential school denialism may have its origins in Canada, but it is increasingly circulating and being used around the world as part of a wider matrix of imperial apologetics – a transnational n…
activehistory.ca
May 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
sounds familiar bsky.app/profile/danr...
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Redwashing: "urging companies and governments to make First Nations “equity partners” in natural resources projects on their territories, in the hopes that a higher share of revenues would convince some [FN] groups to become vocal supporters of oil and gas projects" drilled.media/news/trfst-a...
How Think Tanks Laid the Groundwork to Criminalize Protest
It’s no coincidence that the backlash against climate protest looks the same from country to country. Not only is industry sharing tactics across borders, but also a global network of more than 500 th...
drilled.media
May 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Redwashing: "urging companies and governments to make First Nations “equity partners” in natural resources projects on their territories, in the hopes that a higher share of revenues would convince some [FN] groups to become vocal supporters of oil and gas projects" drilled.media/news/trfst-a...
Spellcheck is just straight up ass these days. It fails to recognize SO MANY words. Like, I'm sorry, you don't know what "excerpt" is?
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Spellcheck is just straight up ass these days. It fails to recognize SO MANY words. Like, I'm sorry, you don't know what "excerpt" is?
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this is my favorite link :)
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
this is my favorite link :)
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just sayin bsky.app/profile/jeff...
To be super duper clear, Carney is preparing a counter-insurgency campaign backed by the American Empire. The US aren't playing around, they really do need these resources if they want to keep playing the imperial game. This was just a warm up: ricochet.media/justice/poli...
Playbook for RCMP’s Wet’suwet’en raids provided by former U.S. commander in Iraq and Afghanistan
Presentation highlights darker truths behind violence and intimidation against Indigenous land defenders resisting resource extraction
ricochet.media
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
just sayin bsky.app/profile/jeff...
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hey Canada what happened the last time Canada forced pipelines through Indigenous territories?
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
hey Canada what happened the last time Canada forced pipelines through Indigenous territories?
The absolutely awesome Canadian author, Robert J. Sawyer has written quite a few Indigenous characters into his books. He has even waxed philosophical about Indigenous relationships to land without ever needing to present himself as Indigenous. (apihtawikosisan.com/2012/01/ques...)
Questioning assumptions, Sawyer did it, will you?
I’ve been reading a lot of Robert J. Sawyer lately, because as pointed out by Adam Shaftoe and Matt Moore in the fall 2011 On Spec, he’s a Canadian Sci-Fi author who is surprisingly opt…
apihtawikosisan.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The absolutely awesome Canadian author, Robert J. Sawyer has written quite a few Indigenous characters into his books. He has even waxed philosophical about Indigenous relationships to land without ever needing to present himself as Indigenous. (apihtawikosisan.com/2012/01/ques...)
Sure hoping I get that grant I applied for because I have one month of savings left to cover December and after that I may be hooped!
Still not going to go back to academia though. I'll happily get a mall job.
Still not going to go back to academia though. I'll happily get a mall job.
November 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Sure hoping I get that grant I applied for because I have one month of savings left to cover December and after that I may be hooped!
Still not going to go back to academia though. I'll happily get a mall job.
Still not going to go back to academia though. I'll happily get a mall job.
I HOWLED.
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Meme: Dude in front of a laptop looking up with a thoughtful expression as part of a Wiki How article. The topic is writing, and careers in writing. Text is "How to Succeed as a Writer" and the first point is "Pretend to be Indigenous."
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Meme: Dude in front of a laptop looking up with a thoughtful expression as part of a Wiki How article. The topic is writing, and careers in writing. Text is "How to Succeed as a Writer" and the first point is "Pretend to be Indigenous."
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I HOWLED.
Alt text description.
Meme: Dude in front of a laptop looking up with a thoughtful expression as part of a Wiki How article. The topic is writing, and careers in writing. Text is "How to Succeed as a Writer" and the first point is "Pretend to be Indigenous."
Alt text description.
Meme: Dude in front of a laptop looking up with a thoughtful expression as part of a Wiki How article. The topic is writing, and careers in writing. Text is "How to Succeed as a Writer" and the first point is "Pretend to be Indigenous."
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"Miles said her son and uncle were both detained by ICE agents who initially did not accept their tribal IDs before they were eventually let go."
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Miles said her son and uncle were both detained by ICE agents who initially did not accept their tribal IDs before they were eventually let go."
I love my publishers and publishers in general but their careful and organized schedules (which are absolutely necessary for publishing success) can be such a bummer when you, the writer, just want to squeal and be excited lol.
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I love my publishers and publishers in general but their careful and organized schedules (which are absolutely necessary for publishing success) can be such a bummer when you, the writer, just want to squeal and be excited lol.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
please enjoy brand new tingler POUNDED BY THIS DELICIOUS TOFURKEY ON THANKSGIVING out now here www.amazon.com/dp/B0G45479FL or on all patreon tiers www.patreon.com/posts/pounde...
Just want to point out that "Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada" has a new edition coming out in the spring of 2026 with a much expanded exploration of administrative definitions of Indigenous folks (and more).
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Just want to point out that "Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada" has a new edition coming out in the spring of 2026 with a much expanded exploration of administrative definitions of Indigenous folks (and more).
Fuuuucking this (re: Thomas King's book being cited in a SCC decision):
"But when a Pretendian (unwitting or not) is influencing Supreme Court decisions about Indigenous Peoples, it must be called out and stopped.”
"But when a Pretendian (unwitting or not) is influencing Supreme Court decisions about Indigenous Peoples, it must be called out and stopped.”
I’ve got an article out in the Star today about the Thomas King issue:
Thomas King’s admission he isn’t Indigenous is just the first step. This is what has to happen next
#Opinion from Robert Jago
#Opinion from Robert Jago
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Fuuuucking this (re: Thomas King's book being cited in a SCC decision):
"But when a Pretendian (unwitting or not) is influencing Supreme Court decisions about Indigenous Peoples, it must be called out and stopped.”
"But when a Pretendian (unwitting or not) is influencing Supreme Court decisions about Indigenous Peoples, it must be called out and stopped.”
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November 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Anyone got a way to read this article?
I’ve got an article out in the Star today about the Thomas King issue:
Thomas King’s admission he isn’t Indigenous is just the first step. This is what has to happen next
#Opinion from Robert Jago
#Opinion from Robert Jago
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Anyone got a way to read this article?
Anyway, same as it always was. What can I do? Just keep being mindful and careful about the space I take up. Visit my relatives. Celebrate my kids learning Cree in their school.
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Anyway, same as it always was. What can I do? Just keep being mindful and careful about the space I take up. Visit my relatives. Celebrate my kids learning Cree in their school.
Ethnic frauds stir up so many terrible feelings in Indigenous folks, and I don't think the general public really understands this.
The goal of the ongoing colonial project has been the erasure of Indigenous Peoples, meaning our identity and existence has been undermined from every direction.
The goal of the ongoing colonial project has been the erasure of Indigenous Peoples, meaning our identity and existence has been undermined from every direction.
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Ethnic frauds stir up so many terrible feelings in Indigenous folks, and I don't think the general public really understands this.
The goal of the ongoing colonial project has been the erasure of Indigenous Peoples, meaning our identity and existence has been undermined from every direction.
The goal of the ongoing colonial project has been the erasure of Indigenous Peoples, meaning our identity and existence has been undermined from every direction.
Wait until you find out about some of the "Indigenous" authors you replace Thomas King with.
It just doesn't end.
It just doesn't end.
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Wait until you find out about some of the "Indigenous" authors you replace Thomas King with.
It just doesn't end.
It just doesn't end.
One more thing. For YEARS I (and others) thought King was Blackfoot because of Green Grass, Running Water and his other writings around that time. And he was so heavily embedded in Treaty 7 at that time. I don't know if I missed it or he wasn't saying at the time that he claimed Cherokee.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
One more thing. For YEARS I (and others) thought King was Blackfoot because of Green Grass, Running Water and his other writings around that time. And he was so heavily embedded in Treaty 7 at that time. I don't know if I missed it or he wasn't saying at the time that he claimed Cherokee.
The real problem with pretendians is the way discussions around them are driven by mainstream colonial narratives about Indigeneity. Non-indigenous folks believe themselves experts on Indigenous identity and end up muddying the waters even more.
Seeing this discussed by non-Indigenous folks is...
Seeing this discussed by non-Indigenous folks is...
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The real problem with pretendians is the way discussions around them are driven by mainstream colonial narratives about Indigeneity. Non-indigenous folks believe themselves experts on Indigenous identity and end up muddying the waters even more.
Seeing this discussed by non-Indigenous folks is...
Seeing this discussed by non-Indigenous folks is...