Michaela McGuire - Jaad Gudgihljiwah, Author at Yellowhead Institute

Two Weeks, Six Dead: Police Violence, Indigenous Dehumanization & Canadian Indifference

Michaela McGuire - Jaad Gudgihljiwah / September 24, 2024

The dehumanization of Indigenous peoples is reflected in the indifference of Canadians today – so much so that our deaths become merely passing bylines. Over a two-week period (August 29 – September 9, 2024), police have killed six Indigenous people. The details of the cases range. In two separate instances, Tammy Bateman and an unnamed […]

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Resource Development and Indigenous Rights in Northern B.C.: A New Divide and Conquer

Michaela McGuire - Jaad Gudgihljiwah / July 16, 2024

As the Land Back Movement in Canada grows, political officials have worked to co-opt and distort the aims of Indigenous people from restitution towards “economic reconciliation.” Meanwhile, the duty to consult and the principle of free, prior and informed consent have also been channelled into the discourse of economic partnerships with industry, which is most

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Violence on Violence: The Racism-Policing Loop in Prince George, B.C.

Michaela McGuire - Jaad Gudgihljiwah / September 13, 2023

Canadian MPs are expected to vote on the Metis Government Recognition and Self-Government Agreement. What are the issues with this agreement as it pertains to First Nations land and governance rights?

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Racism and Reclamation in Daajing Giids Llnagaay (briefly known as Queen Charlotte Municipal Village)

Michaela McGuire - Jaad Gudgihljiwah / June 8, 2022

In 2019, an engagement process took place to discuss restoration of the place name of Dagin Giids Llnagaay, briefly known as Queen Charlotte Municipal Village. In this brief, McGuire analyzes and responds to the onslaught of racism present throughout the public engagement and its consequences.

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Let’s Talk about Indigenous Mental Health: Trauma, Suicide & Settler Colonialism

Michaela McGuire - Jaad Gudgihljiwah / January 22, 2022

ON A DAY designated for talking about mental health, let’s talk about the mental health crisis Indigenous people face resulting from colonialism. While the term itself has been adopted by federal officials, it often seems an effort to manipulate meaning. When “colonialism” or even “genocide” are interpreted in abstract and sanitized ways, it becomes easy

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Michaela McGuire - Jaad Gudgihljiwah

Two Weeks, Six Dead: Police Violence, Indigenous Dehumanization & Canadian Indifference

Violence on Violence: The Racism-Policing Loop in Prince George, B.C.

Let’s Talk about Indigenous Mental Health: Trauma, Suicide & Settler Colonialism

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