Spirituality
The complex history of the Huron Carol
A product of 17th-century Jesuit missionaries, the popular hymn was written to introduce the Wendat people to Christianity. The Observer explores its troubled origins and continued use today.
Indigenous
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Justice
Grieving mother started 200-day Regina protest camp
The Justice for Our Stolen Children camp was ordered on Sept. 7 to leave the area.
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Justice
‘Photography was the way that I could share different Indigenous realities’
Award-winning photographer Nadya Kwandibens wants to change the perception of Indigenous people through her work
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Justice
Alberta’s Sixties Scoop apology was just empty words
A Nehiyawak Iskwewak woman who was forcibly taken from her family as an infant reflects on what it felt like to hear Premier Rachel Notley say “I’m sorry” in the Legislature.
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Justice
I hate you, Canada, for teaching people to treat me like this
A Cree actor says he blames our country for the racist comments recently directed at him in a McDonald's restaurant.
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Justice
Courts tell residential school survivors they didn’t go to a residential school
During the 1960s and 1970s, more than 1,000 Indigenous children were sent to a United Church-run residence in Teulon, Man. Many were abused but have yet to be heard.
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Justice
Canada has yet to begin the process of reconciliation
We now have a responsibility to Tina Fontaine and Colten Boushie to face our structural racism and work toward decolonization together.
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Justice
Reconciliation process: What can Canada learn from Australia?
Both countries have terrible histories with Indigenous peoples. The writer travels Down Under to find out how they're trying to make it right.
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Justice
Tanya Talaga talks racism, resilience and reconciliation
The journalist recently wrote 'Seven Fallen Feathers,' a book about seven teens who died after moving from their home communities to Thunder Bay, and how we as a society failed to keep them safe.
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Spirituality
Exploring the world’s oldest creation story in northern Australia
The rock art in Kakadu National Park is not just the dusty archive of a primeval religion. It is part of an enigmatic, sophisticated animist faith that lives on.
