i don't really understand what this holiday today in canada is supposed to be about, so i'm going to define it as what i want it to be about, which is dismantling all forms of religious colonialism, the most egregious of which are muslim colonialism (ongoing) and christian colonialism (historical). 

colonialism is always, everywhere a religious project and opposing colonialism fundamentally means opposing all forms of brainwashing and all forms of religion.

indigenous people in canada should be fundamentally looking to reject judeo-christian-muslim religious values and instead reconnect with indigenous ideas and values, which means building solidarity with their historical cultures and also with indigenous groups from northern europe that resisted the spread of christian colonialism and the spread of christianity, indigenous groups from africa and india and southeast asia that resisted the spread of islamic colonialism and indigenous groups from australia. it should be a holiday to celebrate a secular cultural identity, moving forwards.