Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel has been an Indigenous human rights and environmental activist since 1990. She is a board member of the Mohawk Language Custodian Association, working to preserve the language, and is part of Indigenous Climate Action’s steering committee.

07.03.2021

• Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel

The Horror of Canada’s Residential Schools Was Hiding in Plain Sight

The horrifying details about thousands of dead Indigenous children should not come as a shock to Canadians. It’s no good just hand-wringing in response. Solidarity and action is what’s needed.