Gord Downie championed Indigenous rights. But did he make a difference?
‘Activism is not about embracing a famous person who makes an album about a situation. It’s about facing hard truths that may make you feel uncomfortable’
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Secret Path
A Tribe Called Red plants a flag for the Halluci Nation
Tim ’2oolman’ Hill on residential schools coming to the fore, the importance of Gord Downie’s ’Secret Path’ project, and the meaning of the Halluci Nation
Gord Downie’s not-so-Secret Path to truth and reconciliation
Everything about it—the music, the film, the band, his performance—makes you want to pay attention