Sean Carleton
@seancarleton.bsky.social
Historian/Indigenous Studies. Books: When the Pine Needles Fall; Lessons in Legitimacy; Dissenting Traditions; Direct Action Gets the Goods; 1919; Drawn to Change; May Day. www.seancarleton.com
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Sean Carleton
@seancarleton.bsky.social
· Sep 28
Hi folks: my name is Sean Carleton. I'm a settler historian of colonialism and schooling at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - Treaty 1 Territory. I'm looking forward to engaging with and learning from you all on this new, less fascist-y platform.
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We just had a wonderful conversation about WHEN THE PINE NEEDLES FALL by Ellen Gabriel & @seancarleton.bsky.social in a Canadian & Indigenous Studies course at Trent. I think it was all the more special, because our seminar room was not far from where the two of them first met. @btlbooks.com
When the Pine Needles Fall
Indigenous Acts of Resistance.
btlbooks.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We just had a wonderful conversation about WHEN THE PINE NEEDLES FALL by Ellen Gabriel & @seancarleton.bsky.social in a Canadian & Indigenous Studies course at Trent. I think it was all the more special, because our seminar room was not far from where the two of them first met. @btlbooks.com
With the recent spike in residential school denialism, I'm happy to share this important conversation with Phyllis Webstad and Willie Sellars, "Truth Before Reconciliation: Addressing Residential School Denialism": www.youtube.com/watch?v=RorH...
Truth Before Reconciliation: Addressing Residential School Denialism
YouTube video by GreenpeaceCanada
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November 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
With the recent spike in residential school denialism, I'm happy to share this important conversation with Phyllis Webstad and Willie Sellars, "Truth Before Reconciliation: Addressing Residential School Denialism": www.youtube.com/watch?v=RorH...
Today, in Montreal, I was honoured to be inducted into to the Royal Society of Canada as a member of the RSC College. I’m looking forward to using the platform to fight residential school denialism and further truth and reconciliation.
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Today, in Montreal, I was honoured to be inducted into to the Royal Society of Canada as a member of the RSC College. I’m looking forward to using the platform to fight residential school denialism and further truth and reconciliation.
Residential school denialists getting ready for spooky season.
October 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Residential school denialists getting ready for spooky season.
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If you haven't heard about the film One BC's been promoting, now you have. It's called Making a Killing: Reconciliation, Genocide and Plunder in Canada
And it seems they used public funds from their caucus budget for it
"The splinter group nobody actually voted for" gets $650k a year, btw #bcpoli
And it seems they used public funds from their caucus budget for it
"The splinter group nobody actually voted for" gets $650k a year, btw #bcpoli
Rob Shaw: B.C. taxpayer cash fuelling condos, documentaries and cushy new jobs
While British Columbians cut back, MLAs find creative new ways to spend public money
www.richmond-news.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If you haven't heard about the film One BC's been promoting, now you have. It's called Making a Killing: Reconciliation, Genocide and Plunder in Canada
And it seems they used public funds from their caucus budget for it
"The splinter group nobody actually voted for" gets $650k a year, btw #bcpoli
And it seems they used public funds from their caucus budget for it
"The splinter group nobody actually voted for" gets $650k a year, btw #bcpoli
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"The goal is to convince people of this misinformation so that it can get distributed up the far-right media food chain. So, denialism has jumped from these extreme right-wing sources now to elected politicians.
Always read Sean Carleton on Residential School denialism 👇
Always read Sean Carleton on Residential School denialism 👇
New piece for @canadiandimension.bsky.social talking about the far-right strategy to undermine truth and reconciliation: “flooding the zone” with residential school denialism. Learn more: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
‘Flooding the zone’ with residential school denialism
In light of BC MLA Dallas Brodie’s persistent residential school denialism, it’s important to understand these actions as part of a broader far-right strategy. To help people better recognize this str...
canadiandimension.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"The goal is to convince people of this misinformation so that it can get distributed up the far-right media food chain. So, denialism has jumped from these extreme right-wing sources now to elected politicians.
Always read Sean Carleton on Residential School denialism 👇
Always read Sean Carleton on Residential School denialism 👇
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Critical knowledge to arm ourselves with in the fight against residential school denialism. Our interview with Sean Carleton on the far-right wing strategy of "Flooding the Zone". @ubcic.bsky.social @seancarleton.bsky.social @canadiandimension.bsky.social
New piece for @canadiandimension.bsky.social talking about the far-right strategy to undermine truth and reconciliation: “flooding the zone” with residential school denialism. Learn more: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
‘Flooding the zone’ with residential school denialism
In light of BC MLA Dallas Brodie’s persistent residential school denialism, it’s important to understand these actions as part of a broader far-right strategy. To help people better recognize this str...
canadiandimension.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Critical knowledge to arm ourselves with in the fight against residential school denialism. Our interview with Sean Carleton on the far-right wing strategy of "Flooding the Zone". @ubcic.bsky.social @seancarleton.bsky.social @canadiandimension.bsky.social
New piece for @canadiandimension.bsky.social talking about the far-right strategy to undermine truth and reconciliation: “flooding the zone” with residential school denialism. Learn more: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
‘Flooding the zone’ with residential school denialism
In light of BC MLA Dallas Brodie’s persistent residential school denialism, it’s important to understand these actions as part of a broader far-right strategy. To help people better recognize this str...
canadiandimension.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New piece for @canadiandimension.bsky.social talking about the far-right strategy to undermine truth and reconciliation: “flooding the zone” with residential school denialism. Learn more: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Reposted by Sean Carleton
Félicitations!
Reconnaissance spéciale pour son écho aux thèmes de la vérité et de la réconciliation pour le prix Meilleur livre du RÉC
Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel with @seancarleton.bsky.social
When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance
@btlbooks.com
csn-rec.ca/fr/nouvelles...
Reconnaissance spéciale pour son écho aux thèmes de la vérité et de la réconciliation pour le prix Meilleur livre du RÉC
Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel with @seancarleton.bsky.social
When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance
@btlbooks.com
csn-rec.ca/fr/nouvelles...
October 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Félicitations!
Reconnaissance spéciale pour son écho aux thèmes de la vérité et de la réconciliation pour le prix Meilleur livre du RÉC
Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel with @seancarleton.bsky.social
When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance
@btlbooks.com
csn-rec.ca/fr/nouvelles...
Reconnaissance spéciale pour son écho aux thèmes de la vérité et de la réconciliation pour le prix Meilleur livre du RÉC
Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel with @seancarleton.bsky.social
When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance
@btlbooks.com
csn-rec.ca/fr/nouvelles...
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Congratulations!
Best Book Prize Special Recognition for resonating with Truth and Reconciliation themes
Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, with Sean Carleton, When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance
@btlbooks.com @seancarleton.bsky.social
csn-rec.ca/news/80804-c...
Best Book Prize Special Recognition for resonating with Truth and Reconciliation themes
Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, with Sean Carleton, When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance
@btlbooks.com @seancarleton.bsky.social
csn-rec.ca/news/80804-c...
October 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Congratulations!
Best Book Prize Special Recognition for resonating with Truth and Reconciliation themes
Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, with Sean Carleton, When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance
@btlbooks.com @seancarleton.bsky.social
csn-rec.ca/news/80804-c...
Best Book Prize Special Recognition for resonating with Truth and Reconciliation themes
Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, with Sean Carleton, When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance
@btlbooks.com @seancarleton.bsky.social
csn-rec.ca/news/80804-c...
Thanks to the Winnipeg Free Press for covering our special event, marking the 50th anniversary of the Department of Indigenous Studies at @umanitoba: www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
University of Manitoba Indigenous studies department reaches milestone
It was a day of celebration and of recognition Wednesday, as the University of Manitoba Indigenous studies department marked a half-century of scholarship, honouring decades of students and scholars i...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Thanks to the Winnipeg Free Press for covering our special event, marking the 50th anniversary of the Department of Indigenous Studies at @umanitoba: www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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"Denialism is not an Indigenous problem; confronting it is a Canadian responsibility...Truth & reconciliation cannot survive if the truth is minimized, downplayed or disavowed."
Critically important piece by @seancarleton.bsky.social & @truthinthesoil.bsky.social theconversation.com/confronting-...
Critically important piece by @seancarleton.bsky.social & @truthinthesoil.bsky.social theconversation.com/confronting-...
Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility
Residential schools denialism is harmful on many levels, and jeopardizes Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples to create a stronger future.
theconversation.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"Denialism is not an Indigenous problem; confronting it is a Canadian responsibility...Truth & reconciliation cannot survive if the truth is minimized, downplayed or disavowed."
Critically important piece by @seancarleton.bsky.social & @truthinthesoil.bsky.social theconversation.com/confronting-...
Critically important piece by @seancarleton.bsky.social & @truthinthesoil.bsky.social theconversation.com/confronting-...
"The responsibility to show we have actually changed, and to repair the catastrophic damage the Residential Schools have wrought isn’t with the people of the past. It is here and now and with us" - @rjjago.bsky.social
In this OpEd, I talk about the residential schools still being built in China and Russia - and explain how that should change Canadians’ thinking about this country’s residential schools: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Residential schools still exist in our world today. This is the lesson Canadians can draw from that disturbing truth
Canadians think about residential schools as if they were a creature of the past, an ancient moral failing from which we have since evolved. But around the world new residential
www.thestar.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"The responsibility to show we have actually changed, and to repair the catastrophic damage the Residential Schools have wrought isn’t with the people of the past. It is here and now and with us" - @rjjago.bsky.social
For context, the BC Conservative staffer fired for spreading residential school denialism on Orange Shirt Day has a long and clear history of promoting anti-Indigenous, denialist content. It's no accident; they are following the far-right playbook: provoke, platform, profit🧵
October 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
For context, the BC Conservative staffer fired for spreading residential school denialism on Orange Shirt Day has a long and clear history of promoting anti-Indigenous, denialist content. It's no accident; they are following the far-right playbook: provoke, platform, profit🧵
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One of the most important things settlers who are committed to reconciliation can do today is to stand up to and call out denialist tactics. My colleague @seancarleton.bsky.social alongside Daniel Heath Justice explain more here: theconversation.com/truth-before...
Truth before reconciliation: 8 ways to identify and confront Residential School denialism
Residential school denialism is the rejection or misrepresentation of basic facts about residential schools to undermine truth and reconciliation efforts.
theconversation.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
One of the most important things settlers who are committed to reconciliation can do today is to stand up to and call out denialist tactics. My colleague @seancarleton.bsky.social alongside Daniel Heath Justice explain more here: theconversation.com/truth-before...
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"Residential school denialism is not simply an alternate perspective. It is a form of harm that retraumatizes Survivors, undermines truth and perpetuates colonial ideas that jeopardize Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples..." –
@seancarleton.bsky.social @truthinthesoil.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"Residential school denialism is not simply an alternate perspective. It is a form of harm that retraumatizes Survivors, undermines truth and perpetuates colonial ideas that jeopardize Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples..." –
@seancarleton.bsky.social @truthinthesoil.bsky.social
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"Confronting denialism is an ethical and shared responsibility."
Read the full piece by @seancarleton.bsky.social @truthinthesoil.bsky.social via @ca.theconversation.com
theconversation.com/confronting-... #OrangeShirtDay #NDTR #EveryChildMatters
Read the full piece by @seancarleton.bsky.social @truthinthesoil.bsky.social via @ca.theconversation.com
theconversation.com/confronting-... #OrangeShirtDay #NDTR #EveryChildMatters
Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility
Residential schools denialism is harmful on many levels, and jeopardizes Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples to create a stronger future.
theconversation.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"Confronting denialism is an ethical and shared responsibility."
Read the full piece by @seancarleton.bsky.social @truthinthesoil.bsky.social via @ca.theconversation.com
theconversation.com/confronting-... #OrangeShirtDay #NDTR #EveryChildMatters
Read the full piece by @seancarleton.bsky.social @truthinthesoil.bsky.social via @ca.theconversation.com
theconversation.com/confronting-... #OrangeShirtDay #NDTR #EveryChildMatters
Ahead of this year's Orange Shirt Day, I had the great honour of speaking with Kimberly Murray about the need to fight residential school denialism and stand up for the truth about residential schooling. Thanks to the Centre for Human Rights Research for their support: chrr.info/resource/fig...
Fighting Denialism and Standing Up for the Truth About Residential Schooling - Centre for Human Rights Research
Residential school denialism is on the rise. Niigaan Sinclair and Sean Carleton, University of Manitoba professors and CHRR Research Affiliates, are working on a new book collection that will help peo...
chrr.info
September 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Ahead of this year's Orange Shirt Day, I had the great honour of speaking with Kimberly Murray about the need to fight residential school denialism and stand up for the truth about residential schooling. Thanks to the Centre for Human Rights Research for their support: chrr.info/resource/fig...
A big win today - for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and truth and reconciliation- at the annual Orange Shirt Day game. Thanks to @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and everyone for making Winnipeg a leader in this important game.
September 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A big win today - for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and truth and reconciliation- at the annual Orange Shirt Day game. Thanks to @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and everyone for making Winnipeg a leader in this important game.
Given recent concerning events, @TruthInTheSoil and I have decided to speak out about the harm and harassment of residential school denialism, arguing in this new piece for The Conversation that confronting it is an ethical and shared responsibility: news.umanitoba.ca/the-conversa...
September 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Given recent concerning events, @TruthInTheSoil and I have decided to speak out about the harm and harassment of residential school denialism, arguing in this new piece for The Conversation that confronting it is an ethical and shared responsibility: news.umanitoba.ca/the-conversa...
Reposted by Sean Carleton
Resisting U.S. aggression can't be achieved by hiding from our history of colonial atrocities & denying Indigenous rights. That's not "elbows up"; it is a distraction from putting truth before reconciliation.
Crucial reminder from Ellen Gabriel & @seancarleton.bsky.social 👇
Crucial reminder from Ellen Gabriel & @seancarleton.bsky.social 👇
ICYMI: Ellen Gabriel and I published a new piece on resisting Canada's "elbows up" colonialism, for @canadiandimension.bsky.social: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Resisting Canada’s ‘elbows up’ colonialism
Canada’s new “elbows up” nationalism frames itself as resistance to Trump and US expansionism—but it risks recycling colonial myths. By glossing over the Mohawk Resistance and ongoing land theft, patriotic rhetoric hides violence against Indigenous peoples. Real strength means truth, reconciliation, and resisting colonialism, not shallow nostalgia.
canadiandimension.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Resisting U.S. aggression can't be achieved by hiding from our history of colonial atrocities & denying Indigenous rights. That's not "elbows up"; it is a distraction from putting truth before reconciliation.
Crucial reminder from Ellen Gabriel & @seancarleton.bsky.social 👇
Crucial reminder from Ellen Gabriel & @seancarleton.bsky.social 👇
ICYMI: Ellen Gabriel and I published a new piece on resisting Canada's "elbows up" colonialism, for @canadiandimension.bsky.social: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Resisting Canada’s ‘elbows up’ colonialism
Canada’s new “elbows up” nationalism frames itself as resistance to Trump and US expansionism—but it risks recycling colonial myths. By glossing over the Mohawk Resistance and ongoing land theft, patriotic rhetoric hides violence against Indigenous peoples. Real strength means truth, reconciliation, and resisting colonialism, not shallow nostalgia.
canadiandimension.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
ICYMI: Ellen Gabriel and I published a new piece on resisting Canada's "elbows up" colonialism, for @canadiandimension.bsky.social: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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A new article by @seancarleton.bsky.social and Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel in @canadiandimension.bsky.social: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Be sure to check out their book together on our website, When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance: btlbooks.com/book/when-th...
Be sure to check out their book together on our website, When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance: btlbooks.com/book/when-th...
Resisting Canada’s ‘elbows up’ colonialism
Canada’s new “elbows up” nationalism frames itself as resistance to Trump and US expansionism—but it risks recycling colonial myths. By glossing over the Mohawk Resistance and ongoing land theft, patr...
canadiandimension.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A new article by @seancarleton.bsky.social and Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel in @canadiandimension.bsky.social: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Be sure to check out their book together on our website, When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance: btlbooks.com/book/when-th...
Be sure to check out their book together on our website, When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance: btlbooks.com/book/when-th...
New piece by Ellen Gabriel and I on the need to resist Canada’s “elbows up” colonialism.
Canada’s “elbows up” nationalism may look like resistance to Trump, but it risks repeating the colonial violence it claims to oppose. Ellen Gabriel and @seancarleton.bsky.social warn that patriotism built on erasing Indigenous struggles makes real reconciliation impossible.
Resisting Canada’s ‘elbows up’ colonialism
Canada’s new “elbows up” nationalism frames itself as resistance to Trump and US expansionism—but it risks recycling colonial myths. By glossing over the Mohawk Resistance and ongoing land theft, patr...
canadiandimension.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
New piece by Ellen Gabriel and I on the need to resist Canada’s “elbows up” colonialism.