Who owns which land, possibly surprisingly and tragically in the 21st century, remains a central and violent contemporary question. With almost all of North America’s native population decimated after the European invasion, Dale Turner argues we must honour indigenous languages, storytelling, and deep-seated connections to the land. His call to action highlights the urgent need for a different approach to resolving land disputes, rooted in cultural understanding, reconciliation and a revolution in modern law. My mother, Ann, is English. She was born in Exeter and raised in Plymouth until she was 18. Then, she headed to Canada to experience living in another part of the world. She joined the Canadian Air Force and my father, Ron, an Indigenous man from a small Anishinaabe community in northern Ontario. My parents’ personalities are as different as the cultures that they came from. I turned out to be a curious amalgam between my introverted British mother and my…
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