19 February 2026

TRUST ME, SPENCER... IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE THAN THAT...

BUT IT'S NICE THE STATE BROADCASTER HAS YOUR BACK, HUH?insert alt text here

-- "Third-generation Indigenous basket maker Spencer Lunham Jr. of the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation is setting the record straight about his craft — it's a part of his culture, it's valuable, and artists can make a living off of it." --
We'll start off slow...
-- "One in 10 aboriginal children now lands in foster care, compared to one in 200 for non-aboriginal children, the AFN said.  There are currently three times as many children in foster care as there were in residential schools." --
So... you might not wanna die on ‘basket weaving’ hill
-- "The rate of Aboriginal persons accused of homicide is 11 times higher than the rate for non-Aboriginal persons... according to those racists at Statistics Canada." --