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by stepmr 3988 days ago
If anyone is interested in learning more about contemporary Indigenous issues in Canada (from a "Canadian" point of view) I can recommend a few good places to start:

I'd recommend reading both of John Ralston Saul's books on the subject: "A Fair Country"[1], and "The Comeback"[2].

A couple weeks ago I posted "Title Fight"[3] by Arno Kopecky, which is a fascinating read, and an excellent intro to "Aboriginal Title Land".

Maclean's Magazine also published a great article on Canada's deep/pervasive "Race Problem", I'd recommend reading this first.[4]

[1] http://www.amazon.ca/Fair-Country-Telling-Truths-Canada/dp/0... [2] http://www.amazon.ca/The-Comeback-Aboriginals-Reclaiming-Inf... [3] http://thewalrus.ca/title-fight/ [4] http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/out-of-sight-out-of-mind-...
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stepmr 3988 days ago
Also, shameless plug here, my wife and I are working on an Indigenous-centric social news project called Makook. We're about about a month from launching a beta, but we're sending out a weekly news digest that covers trending Indigenous stories and ideas in the meantime. If anyone is interested, you can signup at http://makook.com
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err4nt 3987 days ago
Splash page is very attractive! Are you two curating stories and aggregating them into a big topical feed, or doing content generation yourselves?

Best of luck on your upcoming launch!

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