Things are...getting tense. I wrote a few weeks ago about the grim discovery of unmarked graves on the grounds of an infamous Residential School in Kamloops BC. While the investigations are ongoing and will probably take years to yield results, the remains of two hundred a fifteen children (some as young as three) were found … Continue reading Tensions
62-“Lesser”
The North Side entrance is one of the main ways into the old NDHQ building. It's opens on a busy street with several bus routes stopping right outside the doors, that is frequently busy with pedestrian traffic (although this is usually people going to the Rideau Centre shopping mall across the street). Heading west from … Continue reading 62-“Lesser”
We can’t let this go…
***Content Note: This post will be discussing the First Nations Residential School system in Canada, specifically the Kamloops Indian Residential School and the recent discovery of unmarked graves on the school property. This will include issues of child abuse, neglect, and the hypocrisy that can make these things possible. I won't be going into graphic … Continue reading We can’t let this go…
Reading + Leadership: Signal to Noise…
***It's going to take a little while to get there, but this posts' reading is Peter Edwards 'One Dead Indian: The Premier, the Police, and the Ipperwash Crisis.' I had long planned to do a post on Edwards' excellent book, as well as a separate one about the leadership issues that this post begins with. … Continue reading Reading + Leadership: Signal to Noise…
59-The Fighting Begins (4) – Beneath the surface
So we're just about done this I got thoughts about this last paragraph here: Molly Grace and her staff had anticipated a violent reaction from les Quebecois once trouble started, and as soon as it did, their agents contacted various native leaders, most of whom were as shocked and opposed tot he uprising as any … Continue reading 59-The Fighting Begins (4) – Beneath the surface
“Traditional”
Our Featured Image is a coffee mug that I've had for years. I took the picture myself out on my balcony. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but my father worked Indigenous Affairs back when it was called DIAND (Department of Indian Affairs & Northern Development).[1] He travelled at lot as part of … Continue reading “Traditional”
Uniform Thinking
So I was looking for a neat way to roll this next post into the deconstruction, but I never could find an opportunity so I'm just going to present it here. It's basically an idea (or the faint outlines of an idea) that's been percolating in the back of my mind for a while now, … Continue reading Uniform Thinking
56-Jack & Al Have a Meeting(6): Let’s end with some gaslighting!
[Counts remaining pages in Chapter]...fuck. So a personal note before we begin. This chapter has been one of the longest ones in Uprising, and not just in terms of sheer page count. I mentioned in the last post that I would have expected some kind of scene like this in a novel like this? Under … Continue reading 56-Jack & Al Have a Meeting(6): Let’s end with some gaslighting!
56-Jack & Al have a meeting(4): Reject the past
Wow! After a long hiatus, we're back to the deconstruction! When we last left our two heroes...uh... ...huh... I'm not even sure how to describe Prime Minister Jack Hemp and Grand Chief Al Onanole. They're not protagonists, even though they're both central to the story and the targets of the villainous Movement's designs. They're not … Continue reading 56-Jack & Al have a meeting(4): Reject the past
56-Jack & Al’s Meeting (2): A matter of perspective…
So last time, we looked at the idea of the Prime Minister of Canada having a secret meeting with the Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, here represented by the fictional First Nations Federation (FNF)'s leader Al Onanole. Such a meeting would not be totally unprecedented, although in the past such meeting were … Continue reading 56-Jack & Al’s Meeting (2): A matter of perspective…
