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Steve Bonspiel - Editor, The Eastern Door | CBC

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Opinion

Canadian justice system needs overhaul in light of Gerald Stanley verdict

How can someone get away with lifting a pistol, pulling the trigger and shooting someone in the back of the head, and not go to jail?
Opinion

Kanesatake Mohawks have nothing left to give: Steve Bonspiel

In order for the average Canadian to understand the Indigenous land struggle in this country, I often use a simple analogy that paints a clear picture everyone can understand.
Opinion

The Oka Crisis was supposed to be a wake-up call. Little has changed in 27 years

The land in dispute? It's still in the hands of Oka. Mohawk land illegally taken, yet no one is doing anything to take it back.
Opinion

Sixties Scoop survivors victimized twice, columnist says

Survivors of the Sixties Scoop won a big court battle against the Ontario government in mid-February but the fight is far from over, writes Steve Bonspiel.
Opinion

Canada's 150-year celebration doesn't fly here

With all of the mainstream hype about Canadas 150th year of confederation, its no surprise that many Native people are using a vastly different word to describe it colonialism and people are also raising much awareness on social media in the form of #Resistance150.
Opinion

Indigenous tobacco trade not 'contraband' industry

The recent arrests of four indigenous men on tobacco-related charges clearly demonstrates how the federal government and police callously demonize what they call the contraband tobacco industry.
Opinion

'Short-sighted' new Kahnawake law excludes Mohawks adopting non-indigenous children

If a Mohawk couple adopts a child who is not Mohawk, the adoptive parents have committed an "offence," according to a new law in Kahnawake, Que.
Opinion

First Nations equality always comes down to 'monumental David vs. Goliath epic struggle'

"There is something seriously wrong with a government fighting the first peoples of this land so they can shortchange them, while wasting money that could be going to help all children," says Steve Bonspiel.
Opinion

Reaction to Val-d'Or allegations outlines Canada's racial divide

After allegations surfaced of Sret du Qubec officers in Val-dOr abusing a number of First Nations women over the course of a decade, Joe Public reacted in different ways, which essentially outlined the racial divide in this country.