My school teachers used to insist that “the only stupid question is the question that you do not ask.”  I sure hope they were right!  It pains me to admit that I am unclear on the names of native groups in my area. Yet this lack of awareness is widespread among ‘white folks’ like me […]

Thankfully I am not the only one asking “whose feet” walked the Pacific Northwest of North America before the Europeans arrived. Next month’s winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada will be co-hosted by the Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. BBC: Aboriginal Canadians divided over Vancouver Olympics If the BBC has got it right, opinion […]