Charitable status is colonial: This organization is encouraging Canadians to give to Indigenous-led organizations without expecting a tax receipt
Why It Matters
Canadaโs very first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation was held on Sept. 30 this year. The statutory holiday is not only a reminder of Canadaโs past and ongoing atrocities against First Nations, Inuit and Mรฉtis communities, but also one to act against the same. This raises the question: โHow can settlers participate in meaningful philanthropy that advances reconciliation?โ
โIโll start by saying I am a proud Anishinabeg Algonquin woman,โ began Jenny Buckshot Tenasco, on the eve of Sept. 30 โ Canadaโs very first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Buckshot Tenasco, a residential and day school Survivor, sat in front of a computer screen alongside her daughter in their Kitigan Zibi home that evening to speak to an invisible audience in attendance at โKรฌyร badj Kidandanizimin: We are still hereโ, hosted over a Zoom call by the Ottawa Public Library.ย
โRemember that we were innocent children,โ she said.
โRemember that we traveled by the busload, by trains, by planes to experience an incredible amount of loneliness, mistreatment, neglect, abuse, and pain at the residential schools all across Canada,โ Buckshot Tenasco implored the audience.ย ย
Buckshot Tenasco is one of at least 80,000 residential sc
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