"In a world where our very existence is criminalized and our presence is defiance, Indigenous people are forced every day to live in a world built by their colonizers."

Perhaps the author doesn't realize that we're now in the 21st century. The notion that aboriginal existence is "criminalized" is so tangential as to come across to most Canadians as amounting to proof of a victim mentality. Sure, indigenous peoples were mistreated in the past, with "status Indians" being excluded from full citizenship and not being permitted to vote until 1960. And there's no doubt that indigenous peoples are forced to live in a world built by their colonizers. But this can be argued to be the case throughout most of the world, where Western influence has been pervasive for more than a century. It's not unique to Canada. Cloaking a community or culture in an eternal shroud of victimization isn't likely a healthy or productive basis on which to build a future.