• Magazine

    Becoming intimate with the land

    To make the link between hunting, land use, and Land Back, Alex Wilson spoke to three Indigenous women hunters about patriarchy, spirituality, and the joys of being on the land. 

    by Alex Wilson – 17 min read

  • Magazine

    Reconnecting to the spirit of the language

    by Lana Whiskeyjack and Kyle Napier – 10 min read

    In all of our interviews with nêhiyawêwin-speaking Elders, learners, and teachers across Treaty 6, we learned that the land is integral to Indigenous language revitalization, as the land and the language are inherently and intrinsically connected.

  • Magazine

    Four case studies of Land Back in action

    by Riley Yesno and Xicotencatl Maher Lopez – 9 min read

    From land trusts to mushroom permitting, here are some examples of what Land Back looks like on the ground

  • Magazine

    This Prairie city is land, too

    by Lindsay Nixon – 9 min read

    I wonder what it would mean to walk freely on my own lands without fear of surveillance by white prairie settlers and criminalization by the institutions that serve their interests.

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  • Magazine

    Sustainer profile #64: Eden Robinson

    by Saima Desai – 3 min read

    An interview with Haisla/Heiltsuk author Eden Robinson about her relationship to land, the importance of independent journalism in covering Indigenous movements, and why she donates monthly to Briarpatch.

  • Magazine

    mâmawiwikowin

    by Emily Riddle – 9 min read

    European political traditions would have us believe that being sovereign means asserting exclusive control over a territory, whereas Prairie NDN political traditions teach us that it is through our relationship with others that we are sovereign.

  • Online-only

    WE is actually we

    by Nora Loreto – 10 min read

    How WE Charity helps cleanse white Canada of white guilt

  • “We have buried too many”: A Q&A with Tristen Durocher

    by Sara Birrell – 7 min read

    Durocher, a 24-year-old Métis fiddler, has walked from Air Ronge to begin a hunger strike on the lawn of the Saskatchewan Legislature, demanding resources for suicide prevention.

Current Issue

September/October 2020

In our special 60-page Land Back issue, we address how to return land in so-called Canada to Indigenous Peoples, and encourage the flourishing of Indigenous laws, life, and governance on those territories. Inside, you'll find a timeline of 100 years of land struggle; essays on overlapping Indigenous jurisdiction, sex work, and land as a social relationship; a round-table discussion with Indigenous women hunters; an investigation into the Canadian government's efforts to circumvent the Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs' consent; and visionary fiction about decolonizing Wood Buffalo National Park. 

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