Residential school denialists getting ready for spooky season.

If you haven't heard about the film One BC's been promoting, now you have. It's called Making a Killing: Reconciliation, Genocide and Plunder in Canada And it seems they used public funds from their caucus budget for it "The splinter group nobody actually voted for" gets $650k a year, btw #bcpoli

"The goal is to convince people of this misinformation so that it can get distributed up the far-right media food chain. So, denialism has jumped from these extreme right-wing sources now to elected politicians. Always read Sean Carleton on Residential School denialism 👇

Critical knowledge to arm ourselves with in the fight against residential school denialism. Our interview with Sean Carleton on the far-right wing strategy of "Flooding the Zone". @ubcic.bsky.social @seancarleton.bsky.social @canadiandimension.bsky.social

New piece for @canadiandimension.bsky.social talking about the far-right strategy to undermine truth and reconciliation: “flooding the zone” with residential school denialism. Learn more: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Félicitations! Reconnaissance spéciale pour son écho aux thèmes de la vérité et de la réconciliation pour le prix Meilleur livre du RÉC Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel with @seancarleton.bsky.social When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance @btlbooks.com csn-rec.ca/fr/nouvelles...

Congratulations! Best Book Prize Special Recognition for resonating with Truth and Reconciliation themes Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, with Sean Carleton, When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance @btlbooks.com @seancarleton.bsky.social csn-rec.ca/news/80804-c...

Thanks to the Winnipeg Free Press for covering our special event, marking the 50th anniversary of the Department of Indigenous Studies at @umanitoba: www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

"Denialism is not an Indigenous problem; confronting it is a Canadian responsibility...Truth & reconciliation cannot survive if the truth is minimized, downplayed or disavowed." Critically important piece by @seancarleton.bsky.social & @truthinthesoil.bsky.social theconversation.com/confronting-...

"The responsibility to show we have actually changed, and to repair the catastrophic damage the Residential Schools have wrought isn’t with the people of the past. It is here and now and with us" - @rjjago.bsky.social

For context, the BC Conservative staffer fired for spreading residential school denialism on Orange Shirt Day has a long and clear history of promoting anti-Indigenous, denialist content. It's no accident; they are following the far-right playbook: provoke, platform, profit🧵

One of the most important things settlers who are committed to reconciliation can do today is to stand up to and call out denialist tactics. My colleague @seancarleton.bsky.social alongside Daniel Heath Justice explain more here: theconversation.com/truth-before...

"Residential school denialism is not simply an alternate perspective. It is a form of harm that retraumatizes Survivors, undermines truth and perpetuates colonial ideas that jeopardize Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples..." – @seancarleton.bsky.social @truthinthesoil.bsky.social

"Confronting denialism is an ethical and shared responsibility." Read the full piece by @seancarleton.bsky.social @truthinthesoil.bsky.social via @ca.theconversation.com theconversation.com/confronting-... #OrangeShirtDay #NDTR #EveryChildMatters

Ahead of this year's Orange Shirt Day, I had the great honour of speaking with Kimberly Murray about the need to fight residential school denialism and stand up for the truth about residential schooling. Thanks to the Centre for Human Rights Research for their support: chrr.info/resource/fig...

A big win today - for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and truth and reconciliation- at the annual Orange Shirt Day game. Thanks to @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and everyone for making Winnipeg a leader in this important game.

Given recent concerning events, @TruthInTheSoil and I have decided to speak out about the harm and harassment of residential school denialism, arguing in this new piece for The Conversation that confronting it is an ethical and shared responsibility: news.umanitoba.ca/the-conversa...

Resisting U.S. aggression can't be achieved by hiding from our history of colonial atrocities & denying Indigenous rights. That's not "elbows up"; it is a distraction from putting truth before reconciliation. Crucial reminder from Ellen Gabriel & @seancarleton.bsky.social 👇

ICYMI: Ellen Gabriel and I published a new piece on resisting Canada's "elbows up" colonialism, for @canadiandimension.bsky.social: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

A new article by @seancarleton.bsky.social and Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel in @canadiandimension.bsky.social: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie... Be sure to check out their book together on our website, When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance: btlbooks.com/book/when-th...

New piece by Ellen Gabriel and I on the need to resist Canada’s “elbows up” colonialism.

Thanks to Phyllis Webstad and Kristy McLeod for coming to Winnipeg today to launch Decolonization and Me. It was an honour to host the discussion about this fantastic book. Congrats!

Come join us for this special book launch next weekend!

I’m excited to share that I’ve been named to this year’s class of the Royal Society of Canada, College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists. I’m humbled and honoured by this incredible recognition and grateful for @umanitoba’s support.

The Graphic History Collective has two chapters in this cool new book on labour art in Canada, The Art of Solidarity, being launched launched today in Hamilton at the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre. If you’re in the area, go check it out: btlbooks.com/events/view/...

In the 1990s, the RCMP launched a probe into residential school crimes in British Columbia. The final report has been made public for the first time thanks to the Investigative Journalism Foundation's Open by Default database. It's devastating 🧵 thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Would love to see a Venn diagram of people who want unionized flight attendants to go to jail and people who stand up and try to retrieve their carry on bags from the overhead bins while the plane is still moving on the tarmac

“We are deeply saddened, but these numbers are not a surprise to us. We have always believed our Elders. This wasn’t a school, it wasn’t a choice, and the children who attended were stolen,” said Chief Lenora Joe. “We didn’t need the GPR to prove this happened; we always had enough proof to know.”

This past week, 4 research school research teams have shared evidence - from historical documents to exhumation - confirming additional deaths of children at residential schools across the country. IRS denialists will no doubt downplay results, but they are truly heartbreaking.

Saddened to learn today that shíshálh Nation researchers for the St. Augustine's Residential School in BC have, through Survivor testimony, historical research, and archaeological technology, located an additional 41 unmarked burials: shishalh.com/2025/08/15/s...

Very telling that Dallas Brodie made a whole TikTok trying to undermine the recent announcement about the Kuper Island Residential School, saying "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence," but doesn't mention the 50 additional deaths confirmed by church/state records.

Residential school denialism, in sum: Denialists: no deaths occurred! Nations: confirm additional deaths Denialists: still no bodies! Nations: exhume, confirm deaths Denialists: but no police are involved! Police: confirm additional deaths Denialists: (ongoing loop of hate)

For years, residential school denialists have demanded "proof," despite church and state records already confirming 4000+ residential school deaths. Disrespectfully, they say: "show me the bodies!" Well, Deninu Kųę́ First Nation have now exhumed remains: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

When The Pine Needles Fall is now a multi-award-winning national bestseller, but honestly it is been most gratifying to hear teachers enthusiastically embracing the book to teach about the Mohawk Resistance of 1990. Changing the narrative was the goal, so thanks for your support!

Check out Ellen Gabriel talking about our book, When the Pine Needles Fall, on the Indigenous Planetary Heath podcast: indigenousplanetaryhealth.ca/ep-36-when-t...

Montreal friends: go check out Ellen Gabriel’s new film “Deskaheh - Quest for Justice” this weekend!

Any leads?

I think residential school denialists demanding proof of “bones” - when church and state records have already confirmed deaths - should be called boners. Just saying.

Just that everyone’s clear: residential school denialism has now devolved into a far-right, conspiratorial movement defined by denigrating dead Indigenous children on the internet for money/to protect the colonial status quo.

Breaking: the team investigating the Kuper Island Residential School in BC has confirmed 171 children deaths at the institution, 50 more than previously known. As a residential school historian and someone fighting residential school denialism, here's a 🧵 www.timescolonist.com/local-news/a...

My thoughts today have been with the Penelakut Tribe, and Survivors of the Kuper Island Indian Residential School in BC, as the Nation released its interim report. Archival research alone has confirmed 50 additional deaths of children, bringing the total to 171: www.timescolonist.com/local-news/a...

ICYMI: Having grown up near St. Paul’s Indian Residential School in BC, it’s an honour to be part of the Squamish Nation’s Yúusnew̓as Project. Adina Williams and I outline some of Yúusnew̓as's lessons for the future of residential school research: activehistory.ca/blog/2025/07...

Having grown up near St. Paul’s Indian Residential School in North Vancouver, it’s an honour to be part of the Squamish Nation’s Yúusnew̓as Project. Adina Williams and I outline some of Yúusnew̓as's lessons for the future of residential school research: activehistory.ca/blog/2025/07...

Canada has abandoned the path of reconciliation and nation-to-nation building in favour of a continuation of ruthless settler capitalism disguised as “elbows up” nationalism. This isn’t going to end well.

Here's a roundup of some of the coverage of the 35th anniversary of the 1990 Mohawk Resistance, featuring Ellen Gabriel. Best to start with Ellen's piece for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social, sharing recollections from the Siege of Kanehsatà:ke on July 11, 1990: ricochet.media/indigenous/l...

En ce 35e du siège militaire de Kanesatake mieux connu par l’euphémisme de «Crise d’Oka», je signe cette recension du livre «Quand tombent les aiguilles de pin», dialogue entre Ellen Gabriel et @seancarleton.bsky.social #Kanesatake #colonialisme #polqc missioncheznous.com/quand-tomben...

It’s a great honour to work on Canada Post’s Indigenous Leaders series, this year focusing on language speakers. Pick up these stamps today!

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Siege of Kanehsatà:ke: July 11, 1990. Check out this poster that Ellen Gabriel and did (featuring Ellen's original art work) that became the basis for our book When the Pine Needles Fall: graphichistorycollective.com/project/post...

I’m happy to share that I’ve been awarded tenure by the University of Manitoba. Thanks to everyone for their support along the way. Looking forward to the next chapter!