Yellowhead Institute

If you've been missing us, follow us on our brand new Blue Sky account! bsky.app/profile/miskoa…

New Special Report from Yellowhead: 'Pinasunniq -Reflections on a Northern Indigenous Economy' offers a vision for Inuit economic self-determination. yellowheadinstitute.org/pinasunniq/

On November 14, Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke tore up a proposed Treaty Principles Bill in Parliament and led a haka with Te Pāti Māori. Her actions reflect Māori opposition to the reinterpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi.

Interested in learning more about the Treaty Map? Our website contains FAQs covering treaties generally, our process, and map interpretations & ongoing developments. Here, we've highlighted some select FAQ's. More details at treatymap.yellowheadinstitute.org

Next Thursday! Join us in Toronto for the Making Space for Indigenous Feminism Book Launch. We will be joined by editor @GStarblanket and authors @ebaans_ , Megan Scribe, & Cara Peacock. Register at making-space-launch.eventbrite.ca Hope to see you there!

Exploring the Treaty Map: What are Pre-Confederation era treaties? Learn more at treatymap.yellowheadinstitute.org and explore other layers of the map!

Yellowhead is excited to announce the launch of The Treaty Map! Covering every Canadian treaty from 1763 to the present, The Treaty Map challenges the commonly held view of treaties as land surrenders and offers a comprehensive learning & teaching tool: treatymap.yellowheadinstitute.org

It is clear that the opioid and mental health crisis in First Nations is bad. Data obtained from ISC indicates that prescriptions for classes of drugs designed to treat opiate addiction and mental health issues have skyrocketed over the past twenty years. yellowheadinstitute.org/2024/10/03/opi…

On September 30th, the systems which uphold colonialism are still in place and the harm continues. Reconciliation in practice has shifted away from transformation or ending harm and towards comforting Canadians. Read the full Brief: yellowheadinstitute.org/2024/09/30/a-d…

As Canadians prepare for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Indigenous families and communities across the country are reeling from police violence. Read the full Brief on our website: yellowheadinstitute.org/2024/09/24/two…

Introducing Land Back Online! A free online course version of the Yellowhead Red Paper, Land Back. This course will be available starting September 30th. Join us for the launch at our next Yellowhead fire: truth-land-back.eventbrite.ca

The AFN will consider the Final Settlement Agreement for reform of the First Nation child welfare system. The $48 billion cash settlement is significant, but do the proposed reforms go far enough? yellowheadinstitute.org/2024/09/12/ref…

How does Canada assess climate risk? Janna Wale and Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett Huson) sound the alarm: by sidelining Indigenous knowledge, Canada risks neglecting vital climate impacts and undermining the resilience of future generations: yellowheadinstitute.org/from-risk-to-r…

Israel intensifies violence in the West Bank, heightening tensions and prompting international condemnation. Azeezah Kanji’s 'A Dictionary of Unnameable Violences' exposes these acts; naming them, from "fragmentation," "legal demo-viction," and "terra nullification".

"Genocide" has lost its utility and fails to capture the scope of Israel's escalation of violence. In this dictionary of Unnamable Violences, Azeezah Kanji offers a compilation of colonial practices of domination in Palestine and beyond, from A to Z: yellowheadinstitute.org/a-dictionary-o…

Twenty-Five years of the Gladue Principle and incarceration rates for Indigenous people continue to rise, not fall, as was the intention with Gladue. What are the issues and can they be addressed to rehabilitate Gladue? Read the Special Report here: yellowheadinstitute.org/gladue-indigen…

In this Yellowhead Brief, Tiffany D. Hind Bull-Prete considers how limited transportation infrastructure in Canada threatens the safety of Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. Read the brief here: yellowheadinstitute.org/2024/08/06/add…

As B.C. makes a push for expanding liquefied natural gas infrastructure, how are Indigenous rights and title being considered? In this brief, Michaela McGuire considers the issue. Read here: yellowheadinstitute.org/2024/07/16/res…

Increasingly, political officials have worked to co-opt and distort the aims of Indigenous people from restitution towards “economic reconciliation.” Michaela McGuire examines this issue and it's effect on the Haida Nation: yellowheadinstitute.org/2024/07/16/res…

Incarceration in Canada has become "Indigenized". Since emerging 25 years ago, Gladue has not realized its promise to reduce incarceration by considering the systemic impacts of colonialism in sentencing. Read the Special Report: yellowheadinstitute.org/gladue-indigen…