There must always be connection to nation when we tell stories. Taking a pan-Indigenous approach doesn’t work. Taking a colonial viewpoint doesn’t wo… - Cherie Dimaline

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There must always be connection to nation when we tell stories. Taking a pan-Indigenous approach doesn’t work. Taking a colonial viewpoint doesn’t work. This changes the narrative of specific nations and is highly problematic. It leads to misunderstanding, misrepresentation, and stereotypes.

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About Cherie Dimaline

Cherie Dimaline (/ʃəˈri ˈdɪməlaɪn/) (born 2 July 1975) is an award-winning writer of fiction. She is a member of the Georgian Bay Métis Council of the Métis Nation of Ontario.

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We go to the schools and they leach the dreams from where our ancestors hid them, in the honeycombs of slushy marrow buried in our bones. And us? Well, we join our ancestors, hoping we left enough dreams behind for the next generation to stumble across. (p90)

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