Wawmeesh Hamilton, Author at the Discourse.

Wawmeesh

Mission

As a reporter who is Indigenous, my stories have context others don’t. I give voice to Indigenous communities living with the impact of policies conceived far away.

What I'm working on

How do we begin to solve the First Nations housing crisis on reserves?

What’s the state of urban reconciliation in the Lower Mainland?

We asked you what stories we should investigate next in the Urban Nation. This is what you told us.

By Wawmeesh Hamilton

Tell us what urban Indigenous stories to investigate next

From housing to youth to MMIWG, you told us what matters most to you. Vote for our next topic now.

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Urban Nation community vote, April 2019

By Wawmeesh Hamilton

Veteran urban Indigenous rights fighter dies at 91

In his youth, Bill Lightbown spent six months in prison for vagrancy but his real crime, he said, was being “an Indian.”

By Wawmeesh Hamilton

Learning my language is an act of defiance

As a Hupačasath First Nation member I feel a duty to try to learn my language, any way I can.

By Wawmeesh Hamilton

Why Jody Wilson-Raybould’s integrity has us so transfixed

“I come from a long line of matriarchs and I’m a truth teller, in accordance with the laws and traditions of our Big House,” the former attorney general testified.

By Wawmeesh Hamilton