Niigaan Sinclair is a columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press and the author of Wi?nipe?k: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre. Over one week in mid-May, Winnipeg hosted an international gathering on Indigenous literature, a city-wide trade show for Indigenous youth, a national summit on Indigenous identity, a provincial conference to discuss Indigenous education, and Manito Ahbee – one of the largest indoor powwows in North America. At the same time, the city also officially renamed several key streets to honour Indigenous histories and languages; the federal government announced a new “Red Dress” alert system, called for by Winnipeg...
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