Sean Carleton

As a historian of colonialism and schooling in BC, who has studied this very school, I'll have more to say tomorrow. Today, I'm just processing this very sad news. But, in short, this is why need truth before reconciliation.

Archival research has found 171 confirmed deaths at Kuper Island residential school, 50 more than previously thought Archival research conducted on behalf of the Penelakut Tribe has found 50 more deaths at the former residential school than previous estimates

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...

Taking Care of the Truth: A Call for Collaborative, Community-Engaged Residential School Research The Squamish Nation’s Yúusnewas project demonstrates the importance of data sovereignty, big data analysis, and the need for collaborative, community-engaged residential school research as pa…

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...

Taking Care of the Truth: A Call for Collaborative, Community-Engaged Residential School Research The Squamish Nation’s Yúusnewas project demonstrates the importance of data sovereignty, big data analysis, and the need for collaborative, community-engaged residential school research as pa…

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.

Thanks to Ellen for being a great role model and to everyone for learning and organizing in solidarity.

Distilling the lessons of 1990 and its legacy is why Ellen and I wrote When the Pine Needles Fall - and I'm glad, in this moment of Elbows Up colonialism, it's helping to teach more people about what it means to love the land and fight for the decolonial future: btlbooks.com/book/when-th...

It's quite heartening to see all of the attention the 35th anniversary is receiving.

Ellen Gabriel: 35 years after the so-called Oka Crisis - The Philanthropist Journal More than three decades after the Mohawk Resistance at Kanesatake, the activist, artist, and filmmaker who was on the front lines doesn’t see much progress in Canada’s treatment of Indigenous Peoples....

The Philanthropist Journal wrote this piece, which talks about the anniversary and Ellen and my's book When the Pine Needles Fall: thephilanthropist.ca/2025/06/elle...

« Le siège de Kanesatake » vu par Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel Dans son dernier livre, Ellen Gabriel revient sur ce qu’elle a toujours appelé « le siège de Kanesatake ».

Espace-Autochtones also spoke to Ellen: ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-auto...

The AIH Transcript For July 11, 2025 | CBC Radio Full-text transcript

Ellen also spoke to CBC's As it Happens on the anniversary: www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

Kanehsatake 35 years later: Remembering the day Canada sent in the military to violently clear Mohawk land for a golf course The 1990 siege marked a nationwide turning point in Indigenous resistance — now there’s a new threat to the sacred Pines

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...

Quand tombent les aiguilles de pin - Mission chez nous | Solidarité chrétienne avec les peuples autochtones Recension du livre Quand tombent les aiguilles de pin. Une histoire de résistance autochtone d'Ellen Gabriel (Éditions du remue-ménage, Montréal, 2025, 342 pages). Traduit de l'anglais par Marie C. Sc...

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
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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!

YouTube video by National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation NAC Webinar June 18th, 2025: Dispelling the Myth of Denialism

Last week, @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I did a webinar on "Dispelling the Myth of Residential School Denialism." It was recorded and you can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FVL...

Thanks to CBC Books for including Ellen Gabriel and my’s When the Pine Needles Fall on this list of amazing books to read for National Indigenous Peoples Day.

Congratulations to Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel and @seancarleton.bsky.social on their outstanding trio of award wins for When the Pine Needles Fall!

Learn more about this groundbreaking book: btlbooks.com/book/when-th...

Thanks for recommending When the Pine Needles Fall! 🌲

Researching Truth in a Culture of Impunity: The Findings of the Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites Associated with Indian Residential Schools Mary Jane Logan McCallumUniversity of Winnipeg At the Release of An Indigenous-Led Reparations Framework Gathering, October 29-30, 2024. On June 8, 2022, Kimberley R. Murray, member of the Kanehstà…

Important piece by Mary Jane Logan McCallum: shekonneechie.ca/2025/06/13/r...

Thanks to @evecable.bsky.social and The Eastern Door for covering the recent awards @EllenGabriel1 and I won for our book When the Pine Needles Fall: easterndoor.com/article/trio...

John A. Macdonald Was No Friend to Indigenous Peoples More than a century and a half after the formal birth of the nation he played a lead role in creating, debate continues around Sir John A. Macdonald and his gov...

In light of the John A. Macdonald statue at Queen’s Park being unveiled in Toronto, here’s a piece by @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I outlining his genocidal legacy and why uncritically celebrating him is holding Canada back from reconciliation: www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/j...

The French translation of Ellen Gabriel and my’s book, When the Pine Needles Fall, now in its second printing, was spotted on display in a bookstore in Marseille, France in the “Resistance Literature” section. Thanks 🙏

@evecable.bsky.social

This week in Tkoronto, Ellen Gabriel and I were honoured to accept three awards for our book When the Pine Needles Fall - the Errol Sharpe Book Award, the Indigenous History Book Prize, and the Wilson Book Prize. Thanks to @btlbooks.com and everyone for supporting our book!

Names of priests who served in residential schools made public The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation has identified 140 priests who worked in Canada’s residential schools to help survivors and families find answers.

Chatted with the National Observer about this breaking story: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/29/n...

Province of Manitoba announces state of emergency | APTN News YouTube video by APTN News

LIVE: The province of Manitoba is announcing a state of emergency due to wildfires. Residents in the northern city of Flin Flon and multiple First Nations communities are evacuating.

On the 4th Anniversary of the Kamloops Residential School Findings, UBCIC Calls for Residential School History to be Acknowledged and Survivors to be Respected Working towards the recognition, implementation and exercise of our inherent Indigenous Title, Rights and Treaty Rights

"UBCIC holds in our hearts Le Estcwicwéy̓, the missing, whose lives were lost at Indian Residential Schools and their families who mourn them. We stand firmly with survivors" www.ubcic.bc.ca/4th_annivers...

Residential School Denialism Is on the Rise. What to Know | The Tyee And how to confront it. Because without the truth, there can be no reconciliation.

Today is the 4th anniversary of the Kamloops announcement, a time when residential school denialists target statements of solidarity/grief to spread anti-indigenous racism and undermine truth and reconciliation. @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I explain for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023...