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Telling Our Twisted Histories by CBC

May 31, 202100:24:51Society & Culture

We lived in balance with nature for thousands of years, inhabiting this land without borders or titles. We were relocated to tiny parcels of land, owned by the Crown, in order for colonial authorities to gain unhindered...

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