Dr. Sean Carleton on confronting Indian residential school denialism. 

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Dr. Sean Carleton is a well-known historian and Indigenous Studies Scholar who teaches at the University of Manitoba. His award-winning research and publications examine the history and political economy of colonialism, capitalism, and education in Canada. He is also a frequent commentator in the media confronting residential school denialism.

YOUTUBE video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmwJZz7iv7Q&t=398s

DR. SEAN CARLETON'S ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
BA History (Simon Fraser University)
MA History (Simon Fraser University)
PhD (Frost Center for Canadian Studies & Indigenous Studies at Trent University)
Post-doc Fellowship (University of Alberta)

DR. SEAN CARLETON'S WEBSITE:
https://www.seancarleton.com

SEAN'S SOCIALS:
Twitter (X): https://x.com/SeanCarleton
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seancarleton

SEAN'S LATEST BOOK:
Lessons in Legitimacy: Colonialism, Capitalism, and the Rise of State Schooling in British Columbia (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2022).https://amzn.to/4dgxFht


Sean Carleton with Daniel Heath Justice. “Truth Before Reconciliation: Eight Ways to Identify and Confront Residential School Denialism.” The Conversation (5 August 2021).
https://theconversation.com/truth-before-reconciliation-8-ways-to-identify-and-confront-residential-school-denialism-164692

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GOVERNMENT REPORTS:

"Canada's Residential Schools: Missing Children and Unmarked Burials" Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, vol. 4, 2015
https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/trc/IR4-9-4-2015-eng.pdf

"Sites of Truth, Sites of Conscience: Unmarked Burials and Mass Graves of Missing and Disappeared Indigenous Children in Canada" Office of the Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools (2024)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19LTy6gT-7CScxOZuVOkaUrEKYoxdhb-9/view

"Missing Records, Missing Children"
Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples (2024)
https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/committee/441/APPA/reports/APPA_SS-1_Report_MissingRecords_e.pdf

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DR. PAM PALMATER'S ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
BA (Native Studies & History (St. Thomas University)
LLB (University of New Brunswick Law School)
LLM (Dalhousie University Law School)
JSD (Doctor of Laws) (Dalhousie University Law School)

Lawyer for 25 years specializing in Indigenous law & human rights

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PAM'S BOOKS:
Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence by Fernwood Publishing
https://www.amzn.to/3lAleUk

Indigenous Nationhood by Fernwood Publishing
https://www.amzn.to/3R5iZqu

Beyond Blood: Rethinking Indigenous Identity
https://www.amzn.to/3xN1jcl


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Confronting Residential School Denialism with Sean Carleton

Ce titre fait partie de l'album "Berceuses de la Terre et des Étoiles", paru aux éditions Petites-Oreilles.

www.petites-oreilles.fr/


09_Océan mère

This song is a raw, unfiltered dive into resilience and self-discovery. It’s about wrestling with your demons, owning the messiness of healing, and refusing to give up no matter how steep the climb gets. The lyrics flow with a vulnerable power—acknowledging pain and weakness but flipping them into strength and determination. It’s got that soulful grit that shows who you really are: someone who fights to rise, find peace, and fly above it all. Pure, real, and unapologetically you.

180 Degrees

From The Explorer's Daughter by Kari Herbert

Ilingnu - UnMixed 2025

"The President in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land. But how can you buy or sell the sky? the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?

Every part of the earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every meadow, every humming insect. All are holy in the memory and experience of my people.

We know the sap which courses through the trees as we know the blood that courses through our veins. We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumed flowers are our sisters. The bear, the deer, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the dew in the meadow, the body heat of the pony, and man all belong to the same family.

The shining water that moves in the streams and rivers is not just water, but the blood of our ancestors. If we sell you our land, you must remember that it is sacred. Each glossy reflection in the clear waters of the lakes tells of events and memories in the life of my people. The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father.

The rivers are our brothers. They quench our thirst. They carry our canoes and feed our children. So you must give the rivers the kindness that you would give any brother.

If we sell you our land, remember that the air is precious to us, that the air shares its spirit with all the life that it supports. The wind that gave our grandfather his first breath also received his last sigh. The wind also gives our children the spirit of life. So if we sell our land, you must keep it apart and sacred, as a place where man can go to taste the wind that is sweetened by the meadow flowers.

Will you teach your children what we have taught our children? That the earth is our mother? What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth.

This we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.

One thing we know: our God is also your God. The earth is precious to him and to harm the earth is to heap contempt on its creator.

Your destiny is a mystery to us. What will happen when the buffalo are all slaughtered? The wild horses tamed? What will happen when the secret corners of the forest are heavy with the scent of many men and the view of the ripe hills is blotted with talking wires? Where will the thicket be? Gone! Where will the eagle be? Gone! And what is to say goodbye to the swift pony and then hunt? The end of living and the beginning of survival.

When the last red man has vanished with this wilderness, and his memory is only the shadow of a cloud moving across the prairie, will these shores and forests still be here? Will there be any of the spirit of my people left?

We love this earth as a newborn loves its mother's heartbeat. So, if we sell you our land, love it as we have loved it. Care for it, as we have cared for it. Hold in your mind the memory of the land as it is when you receive it. Preserve the land for all children, and love it, as God loves us.

As we are part of the land, you too are part of the land. This earth is precious to us. It is also precious to you.

One thing we know - there is only one God. No man, be he Red man or White man, can be apart. We ARE all brothers after all." 

Letter to America

Le français suit l'anglais.

Voices from the field 35 – Kinauvit? What's your name? The Eskimo disc system and a daughter's search for her grandmother – A conversation with Norma Dunning

In this episode, guest host Aluki Kotierk speaks with Dr. Norma Dunning about her book "Kinauvit? What's Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter's Search for her Grandmother," which investigates the little-known system of issuing numbered identity tags to Inuit in Canada between 1941 and 1978. She situates the disc system withing the broader process of colonization, detailing the impacts of this dehumanizing system on the health and well-being of Inuit and highlighting how the disc system contributed to intergenerational impacts on herself, her children, and her relationship with her community.

Read or download a transcript in English (PDF): https://www.nccih.ca/docs/podcasts/2025-POD-Voices-35-Kinauvit-transcript-EN.pdf or Inuktitut (Qikiqtaaluk nigiani, ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ ᓂᒋᐊᓂ) (PDF): https://www.nccih.ca/docs/podcasts/2025-POD-Voices-35-Kinauvit-transcript-IN.pdf 

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Les Voix du terrain 35 – Kinauvit? Comment t’appelles-tu? Le système des disques d’identification des Eskimos et une fille à la recherche de sa grand-mère – Conversation avec Norma Dunning

Dans cet épisode, l’animatrice Aluki Kotierk parle avec l’invitée, Norma Dunning, Ph. D., au sujet de son livre, intitulé Kinauvit? What's Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter's Search for her Grandmother, où elle étudie le système peu connu d’attribution de disques d’identification numérotés aux Inuits au Canada, entre 1941 et 1978. Elle situe le système des disques d’identification des Eskimos dans le processus plus général de la colonisation, détaillant les impacts de ce système déshumanisant sur la santé et le bien-être des populations inuites et soulignant ses répercussions intergénérationnelles sur elle-même, ses enfants et ses relations avec la communauté.

Lire ou télécharger une transcription en français (PDF) : https://www.ccnsa.ca/docs/podcasts/2025-POD-Voices-35-Kinauvit-transcript-FR.pdf  ou en inuktitut (Qikiqtaaluk nigiani, ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ ᓂᒋᐊᓂ) (PDF) : https://www.ccnsa.ca/docs/podcasts/2025-POD-Voices-35-Kinauvit-transcript-IN.pdf 

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Voices from the Field 35 – Kinauvit? What's Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter's Search for her Grandmother – A Conversation with Norma Dunning

Voices from the field 35 – Kinauvit? What's your name? The Eskimo disc system

Hyper-T - Milumialuk Remix - Hyper Inuk Music - 2025 - Just wanted to have fun with the music and try something different like a party track so I decided to do a Remix on an old song, Milu (Milutchi) is for Blazing and Mialuk is Booze (Imialuk), Milumialuk.

Hyper-T - Milumialuk Remix - Hyper Inuk Music - 2025

Trump's annexationist designs on Canada were the central issue in the country's elections this past week, which saw a victory for the intransigently anti-Trump candidate, Mark Carney. While this seems surreal after a generation of economic integration under NAFTA, the vast resources of Canada—especially hydrocarbons, water and energy—provide a long-term goad of conflict between the two giants of North America. The Pentagon does in fact have a contigency plan for an invasion of Canada, dating back to the 1930s. In Episode 276 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg explores the strategic and corporate agendas behind Trump's bellicose bluster.

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Ikiaqqik Between Embraces and Ancestors: When the Arctic Meets the North of Brazil

Some songs don’t just play, they pass through you.
"Ikiaqqik (Levitating)", performed by Riit, is a spiritual and ancestral reimagining of the original song "Levitating" by Dua Lipa. In Inuktitut, ikiaqqik means “to travel through space and time.”
And that’s exactly what happened when I heard this version (not with my ears, but with my heart).
This song moved through me like Arctic wind cuts through white silence.
But I come from heat, from the forest, from the riverbanks.
From dances born of drums, from bare feet on warm ground, from the embrace of Lambada and Brazilian Zouk. And still (or maybe because of it) I recognized myself in it.
This remix is more than rhythm.
It is an act of reverence.
Reverence for a people who sing with their throats what we express with our bodies.
Who survive the ice just as we survive the jungle.
Who turn pain into art, cold into voice, memory into music.
Lambada and Brazilian Zouk were born of mixing: of struggle, joy, and resistance.
Just as Ikiaqqik blends the sacred with the electronic, the ancestral with the now.
In this remix, the Brazilian beat dances with the Inuit soul.
And in that meeting, there are no borders. Only honor.
This is my tribute.
To Riit, who carries her people’s strength in her voice.
To Dua Lipa, who created the original song that sparked this journey.
To the Canada Zouk Congress, on the eve of its 10th anniversary, for being a space of culture, celebration, and human connection.
And to all Indigenous peoples (of ice or of forest) who still dance as a way to exist.

Where I come from, to dance is to remember.
And to remember is to resist.

May this sonic bridge carry us forward, with love, rhythm, and deep respect.

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Ikiaqqik entre abraços e ancestrais: quando o Ártico encontra o Norte do Brasil

Algumas músicas não tocam apenas...atravessam.
"Ikiaqqik (Levitating)", interpretada por Riit, é uma releitura espiritual e ancestral da canção original “Levitating”, de Dua Lipa.
Na língua inuktitut, ikiaqqik significa “viajar através do espaço e do tempo”.
E foi exatamente isso que aconteceu quando ouvi essa versão — não com os ouvidos, mas com o coração.
Essa canção me cortou como o vento gelado do Ártico corta o silêncio branco.
Mas eu sou do calor, da floresta, da beira dos rios.
Sou das festas que nascem do tambor, dos pés descalços, do abraço apertado da Lambada e do Zouk Brasileiro.
E mesmo assim (ou talvez por isso) eu me reconheci.
Este remix não é só ritmo.
É um gesto de reverência.
Reverência a um povo que canta com a "garganta" o que nós dizemos com o corpo.
Que resiste no gelo como nós resistimos nas matas.
Que transforma a dor em arte, o frio em voz, a memória em música.
A Lambada e o Zouk Brasileiro nasceram da mistura: da dor, da alegria e da sobrevivência.
Assim como Ikiaqqik mistura o sagrado com o eletrônico, o ancestral com o agora.
Neste remix, o compasso brasileiro dança com a alma Inuit.
E nesse encontro, não há fronteiras. Só honra.
Esta é minha homenagem.
À Riit, que carrega na voz a força de seu povo.
À Dua Lipa, que criou a canção original que inspirou este movimento.
Ao Canada Zouk Congress, na véspera de seus 10 anos, por ser espaço de celebração, cultura e encontro.
E a todos os povos originários (do gelo ou da floresta) que ainda dançam como forma de existir.

De onde eu venho, dançar é lembrar.
E lembrar é resistir.

Que essa ponte sonora nos leve adiante com amor, ritmo e respeito.

Ikiaqqik (Levitating) - Riit - When the Arctic meets the North of Brazil (Remix DJ Raffro)

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The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH) is one of six National Collaborating Centres across the country, each focusing on a different area of public health, that were established in 2005 by the Government of Canada and funded through the Public Health Agency of Canada. 

The NCCIH supports a renewed public health system in Canada that is inclusive and respectful of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Through a holistic, co-ordinated and strengths-based approach to health, the NCCIH fosters links between evidence, knowledge, practice and policy while advancing self-determination and Indigenous knowledge in support of optimal health and well-being. 
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Le Centre de collaboration nationale de la santé autochtone (CCNSA) est une l'un des six Centres nationale de collaboration à travers le pays, chacun se concentrant sur un sujet distinct en santé publique, qui ont été établie en 2005 par le gouvernement du Canada et financée par l’Agence de la santé publique du Canada. 

Le CCNSA favorise un renouvellement du réseau de santé publique du Canada inclusif et respectueux des diverses populations de Premières Nations, Inuites et Métisses. En ayant recours à une approche holistique et coordonnée de la santé, axée sur les forces, le CCNSA consolide les liens entre les faits, le savoir, la pratique et les politiques tout en appuyant l'autodétermination et le savoir indigène vers l'optimisation de la santé et du mieux-être.

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DJ formado em 1987, na então Faculdade da Lagoa no Rio de Janeiro, pelo grande mestre das pick-ups Marcelo Mansur (Memê). Seu primeiro emprego foi na mega casa de show da cidade maravilhosa, “Babilônia”, no Leblon, onde tocava house e funk melody. Nos anos quentes da Lambada, tocou nas maiores Lambaterias do Rio de Janeiro, no Tijuca Tênis Clube e Ilha dos Pescadores. É mestre e doutor em Geologia, mas nunca abandonou a música, principalmente o Zouk, sendo seu parceiro de todos os dias!  Em 2018, após um convite internacional, voltou a energizar as pistas de Zouk de San Diego, Los Angeles, Hollywood e Long Beach, nos Estados Unidos. No Brasil, está presente em diversos bailes e workshops, tocando todos os estilos de Zouk. Em Brasília, seus bailes de zouk beneficentes em favor de Instituições de resgate de animais abandonados ficaram famosos! Desde 2021 vem tocando em vários congressos nacionais (RJ, SP, RS, SC, PE, MT, PA, MG, ES, CE, BA) e internacionais (EUA, Holanda, México e Canadá).
Já tocou ao lado de grandes DJs como DJ Amigo, DJ Archie, DJ Pausas, DJ Jansen, DJ Val Clemente, DJ Pedro Lucas, DJ Larinha, DJ Blue Eyes, DJ Agnaldo, DJ Aldo, DJ Vitório, DJ Fábio Araújo, DJ Lowrider, DJ Ana Viana, DJ Klebynho, DJ Cassiano, M&N Pro, Allan Z, Kakah, Mafie, Matz, Dedz, Kel etc. Sempre com alta energia e sorriso no rosto, vem atraindo cada vez mais os zoukeiros para os bailes da capital do Brasil: “É o Raffro que vai tocar? Então vou!”. Seus sets zoukísticos no soundclound estão sendo loucamente reproduzidos, em todos os cantos do planeta, uma vez que agrega todos os estilos, BPM, gostos e paixões! 
O zouk é apenas um dos estilos em que ele é especialista, onde se agrega também o house music, afrobeat, techno, rock nacional e internacional, mpb, pop e outros! 
Já escutou um set dele? Então escute e divirta-se!
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DJ formed in 1987, at the then Faculdade da Lagoa in Rio de Janeiro, by the great DJ from Rio de Janeiro Marcelo Mansur (Memê). His first job was at the mega Show House in the marvelous city, “Babilônia”, in Leblon. In the hot years of Lambada, he played at the biggest Lambateries in Rio de Janeiro, at Tijuca Tênis Clube and Ilha dos Pescadores. He is a doctor and master in Geology, but he never abandoned music, especially Zouk, being his everyday partner! In 2018, after an international invitation, he re-energized the Zouk tracks in San Diego, Los Angeles, Hollywood and Long Beach, in the United States. In Brazil, he was present at several dances and workshops, playing all styles of Zouk. In Brasília, his charity zouk dances in favor of abandoned animal rescue institutions became famous!
He has played alongside great DJs such as DJ Amigo, DJ Archie, DJ Pausas, DJ Jansen, DJ Val Clemente, DJ Pedro Lucas, DJ Larinha, DJ Blue Eyes, DJ Agnaldo, DJ Aldo, DJ Vitório, DJ Fábio Araújo, DJ Lowrider , DJ Ana Viana, DJ Klebynho, DJ Cassiano, M&N Pro etc. Always with high energy and a smile on his face, he has been attracting more and more zoukeiros to the dances in the capital of Brazil: “Is Raffro going to play? Then I will!”. His zoukistic sets in soundclound are being wildly reproduced, in all corners of the planet, as it aggregates all styles, BPM, tastes and passions!

Shauna Seeteenak is an Inuk hip-hop artist and political rapper, originally from Baker Lake (Nunavut). From the age of ten, Shauna discovered that she could express her emotions beyond words and create shared experiences through her music  Currently based in Iqaluit, Shauna has made a name for herself in the industry and has collaborated with many Inuit and international artists. She is a genuine storyteller and centers her music on the truths and challenges facing Inuit people, including mental health, sobriety, breaking stereotypes, overcoming barriers, surviving the north, and trying to heal. Shauna has teamed up with the Iqaluit-based record label, Hitmakerz, to produce her debut album, "Therapy Sessions” (set for release in 2021). To learn more go to www.shaunaseeteenak.com.

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