Idle No More – From a Deaf Perspective

citecse — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:33:05 +0000

Similarities between indigenous and deaf struggles in Canada

As a deaf person I have a somewhat different take on the Idle No More movement and Aboriginal issues. There are many differences, of course, between Deaf issues and Native issues, but there are also some similarities. For one thing, we share some very sad history, such as the residential schools, cultural genocide and imposed sterilization. Also, to the extent that Natives hav

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Idle No More – From a Deaf Perspective