Tanya Talaga
@TanyaTalaga
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Member Fort William First Nation. Storyteller, founder Makwa Creative. Books: Seven Fallen Feathers, All Our Relations, The Knowing coming Aug 27.
Joined September 2010
This cover, by the legendary Kent Monkman, says so much. All of my book covers hold meaning. This one, is a perfect companion to the inside pages. The Knowing is a book about the matriarchal line of my family, a book about finding our lost relations. If every First Nations, Métis and Inuit family told their story, we would rewrite the truth about Canada. All my relations. @HarperCollinsCa On sale Aug 27.
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RT @Songstress28: So get this- while Canada was finalizing its free trade agreement with Ecuador this week, literally every official I reac…
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RT @Pam_Palmater: This week's Warrior Life Podcast is with 1 of my fav Mi'kmaw artists @AlanSyliboy who talks about his paintings, music, b…
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My last column: The political reality couldn’t be stranger than at this moment. Canada’s federal leadership has all but disappeared, and into this vacuum Ontario Premier Doug Ford has emerged, taking on new U.S. President Donald Trump. With Mr. Trump’s threatened 25-per-cent tariff against Canada looming, Mr. Ford is telling the media in Canada and the U.S. that we’ve got all the critical minerals America needs to fuel its consumptive appetite. Just one thing: most of those minerals are in Ontario’s Ring of Fire, on First Nations land. Behind Mr. Ford’s public statements is a flurry of activity to try and win the favour of First Nations so the province can access the resources located underneath the precious muskeg, which acts as giant carbon storehouses that help cool the rapidly warming earth…
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RT @ricochet_en: Brandi Morin in Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs. the guardians of the Amazon. The first of four parts in a riveting…
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RT @N8V_Calgarian: I love listening to @Creeborn “And it is the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over anot…
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RT @Songstress28: From my piece out today via @ricochet_en with photos by @ianwillms Brandi Morin in Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs.…
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RT @RobynUrback: I hope Canadians don't see this as an ephemeral crisis: something to manage just for the next four years. We made that mis…
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RT @WabKinew: It's really important right now for all Canadians to stand together and for us to be united. Manitoba fully supports the fede…
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RT @TashaKheiriddin: Lists are already circulating of Canadian alternatives to US products. Here’s one.
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Saturday read: In the ring, Cree wrestler Sage Morin finds a way to get back up from personal tragedy by @jana_pruden pics by Amber Bracken
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