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Daniel Heath Justice, Cherokee Nation citizen, Professor of Critical Indigenous Studies and English, University of British Columbia

In Danielle Smith's fantasy Alberta, Indigenous struggle is twisted to suit settlers

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith appears at a news conference in Edmonton in October 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

What do a notorious Ku Klux Klan writer, right-wing libertarianism, the Cherokee Trail of Tears and the “lost cause” of the American Confederacy have to do with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s recent controversial statements on Indigenous matters?

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