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Today, just as yesterday, we are forced to alter or abandon our Indigenous names. We are told that they are residuals of the “old country” and it is now time to embrace the Eurocentric cultural capital that accompanies Canadian life.
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Sium, A. (2011). My Name is ‘Mohamed’, but Please Call Me ‘John’. In: Wane, N.N., Manyimo, E.L., Ritskes, E.J. (eds) Spirituality, Education & Society. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-603-8_10
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