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Indigenous Writes

Chelsea Vowel

  • 297 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 2016
  • 2 editions
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1 About this book

Delgamuukw. Sixties Scoop. Bill c-31. Blood quantum. Appropriation. Two-Spirit. Status. TRC. RCAP. FNPOA. Pass and permit. Numbered Treaties. Terra nullius. The Great Peace. The Daniels decision….

Are you familiar with the terms listed above? In Indigenous Writes, Chelsea Vowel, writer, lawyer, and intellectual, opens an important dialogue about these (and more) concepts and the wider social beliefs associated with the relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada. In 31 essays, Chelsea explores the Indigenous experience from the time of contact to the present, through five categories – Terminology of Relationships; Culture and Identity; Myth-Busting; State Violence; and Land, Learning, Law, and Treaties. She answers the questions that many people have on these topics to spark further conversations at home, in the classroom, and in the larger community.

  • Indigenous peoples, canada
  • Native Americans
  • First Nations
  • Métis
  • Native peoples
  • Inuit

2 About Chelsea Vowel

 

Chelsea Vowel, who often writes as âpihtawikosisân (Cree syllabics: ᐋᐱᐦᑕᐃᐧᑯᓯᓵᐣ, IPA:, i.e., Métis, lit. "half-son"), is a Métis writer and educator from near Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta, Canada, whose work focuses on language, gender identity, and cultural resurgence. She has been published in the Huffington Post, The National Post, and The Globe and Mail.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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