[NEWS] Five Indigenous links: Akwesasne, Kahnawake, Thunder Bay, totem poles, gay and Heitsluk

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• The Walrus reports on the exceptional difficulty of travelling within the Akwesasne reserve, split between Canada and the United States and even Ontario and Québec.


• This Global News feature takes a look at the survival of traditions, and their evolution, in Kahnawake.


• This Toronto Star report tells of Indigenous complaints about continuing police racism in Thunder Bay.


• NHL-themed totem poles actually are a thing, Global News reports.


• The Discourse shares the story of out gay Heiltsuk man Steven Hall.