Tag Archives: Indigenous

Say It Ain’t So

The evidence, including a birth certificate looks pretty conclusive. Buffy Saint-Marie, indigenous Canadian icon, is apparently no more indigenous than I am. For six decades she has been a well-known singer-songwriter, winner of multiple awards, and supposedly she’s not who she says she is. I must admit, I am a little surprised. At the same […]

Lessons Learned? Probably Not.

It isn’t over. But at least the trains are running, for the most part. Passenger and freight trains were shut down in Canada for a couple of weeks. Not by weather, but by protesters. Rather than jump into the fray immediately, I thought I should take time to reflect on Canada’s recent political/economic crisispolitical/economic crisis. […]