Inside Chawathil: A First Nation Chief on Governance and Growth ^30.7%

Quillette - By Quillette - 7/8/2026, 5:29 AM

Negativity Bias 20.2% - Framing Effect 16.9% - Primacy Effect 16.9%

Aaron Pete, Chief of the Chawathil First Nation in British Columbia, is a man of many talents. He is a podcast host, a pundit, and an Indigenous gadfly. In this podcast, Quillette host Jonathan Kay speaks with Pete about reserve governance, residential schools, ‘unmarked graves,’ and intra-Indigenous politics. Pete explains the realities... more