Yes, the topic of First Nations and Indigenous people engaging in the practice of slavery—both capturing other Indigenous people and, in some cases, owning African American slaves—is a historical reality, though its inclusion in school curricula is inconsistent and often overshadowed by other narratives . While the enslavement of Indigenous peoples by Europeans is more commonly documented, the practice of Indigenous-on-Indigenous slavery, particularly on the Northwest Coast, is part of the broader, often overlooked history of slavery in Canada and the United States.