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Introducing Telling Our Twisted Histories

Telling Our Twisted Histories by CBC

May 20, 202100:01:07Society & Culture

Words have the power to shape how we see the world and each other. Listen up with Kaniehti:io Horn as she guides us through conversations with more than 70 people from 15 First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. Comin...

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