Canada: ‘Conceived under the influence of alcohol!’

By Maurice SwitzerMy Anishinabek Nation flag that flutters in the prevailing west winds off Lake Nipissing needs to be replaced twice a year.
A dark red banner bearing the image of a white Thunderbird gets whipped about pretty briskly, and it only takes a couple of months for the first fringes to emerge on its trailing edge.
That flag is important to me because it represents the long journey on which Indigenous peoples are  travelling to restore the nation-to-nation relationship we once enj