The heart break of Algonquin genocide
Initially posted on rabble.ca.Photo : Dr. Lynn Gehl with her 1764 Treaty at Niagara Wampum Bundle. Photo credit: N Gehl © L GehlIn the process of building Canada, the British imposed different...
View ArticleIdle No More Sees Bigger Issues than C-45
A common misperception and misunderstanding that continues to grow since November says the only terrible legislation taking direct aim at First Nations (and opening up doors for massive environmental...
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The Rise of the Native Rights-Based Strategic Framework
Our Last Best Hope to Save our Water, Air and EarthYears ago I was working for a well-known Indigenous environmental and economic justice organization known as the Indigenous Environmental Network...
View ArticleHarper Launches Major First Nations Termination Plan: As Negotiating Tables...
A vision of the future? If there is no organized protest and resistance to the Harper government’s termination plan, than yes.On September 4th the Harper government clearly signaled its intention to:1)...
View ArticleWhat if Natives Stop Subsidizing Canada?
MONTREAL—There is a prevailing myth that Canada's more than 600 First Nations and native communities live off of money—subsidies—from the Canadian government. This myth, though it is loudly proclaimed...
View ArticleIdle No More: Where do we go from here?
“Canada is a test case for a grand notion – the notion that dissimilar peoples can share lands, resources, power and dreams while respecting and sustaining their differences. The story of Canada is...
View ArticleWhy Canada’s Indigenous Uprising Is About All of Us
By Sarah van Gelder - Yes! MagazineWhen a new law paved the way for tar sands pipelines and other fossil fuel development on native lands, four women swore to be “idle no more.” The idea took off. The...
View ArticleThe Indian Act, legislative silence and ongoing sex discrimination in Canad
By Lynn Gehl Gii-Zhigaate-Mnidoo-Kwe -rabble.caLegislative change must be more than about a government using it as an opportunity to create, and mask, new forms of sex discrimination through...
View Article#IdleNoMore: Settler Responsibility for Relationship
Being at the Idle No More drum dance in Yellowknife this past week was moving in many ways. It was led, in part, by strong young Indigenous women who have moved in their own decolonization journeys...
View ArticleCanada's First Nations protest heralds a new alliance
Martin Lukacs - guardian.co.ukThe grassroots IdleNoMore movement of aboriginal people offers a more sustainable future for all Canadians.Canada's placid winter surface has been broken by unprecedented...
View ArticleIndigenous Women: Never Idle
By Harsha Walia in the Feminist WirePhoto by Trudy FergusonEvery morning this week I have woken up to my email inbox and social media feed filled with inspiring stories and images of resistance as part...
View ArticleWhy I don't celebrate Canada Day and never have
By Judy Rebick - rabble.caI don't celebrate Canada Day, never have. Political protests that talk about "taking back Canada" make me uncomfortable. "We," the people who live here, have never had...
View ArticleDefending the land, fighting injustice: A solidarity journey to Barriere Lake
From rabble.caAs our convoy of trucks stopped on the gravel road a little boy, not more than four years old, leapt from the box of one of the pick-up trucks. His bare feet hit the ground and he...
View ArticleIdle No More hasn’t been sitting idle
By Shannon Corregan - Times ColonistIdle No More is gearing up for an international day of action on Monday. The choice of date is significant, as Monday is the 250th anniversary of the royal...
View ArticleFirst Nations Strategic Bulletin and Updates on Termination Plan
By Russell DiaboAs I wrote in my last newsletter (FNSB Vol. 10, Issues 7-10) on September 4, 2012, Prime Minister Harper launched three new policy measures intended to speed up Canada’s longstanding...
View ArticleIdle No More: Why We Don't Celebrate Christopher Columbus
By Elyse BruceWe don’t celebrate Columbus Day in this house, and we never will. It’s not that we don’t enjoy holidays when they come around. We love holidays around here as much as anyone, but there...
View ArticleSo You Are Thinking of Blockading or a Company is Threatening to Destroy Your...
In Elsipogtog right now, a scenario is playing out that repeats itself in communities across the country, but often goes unnoticed: the injunction is mediating conflict between Indigenous-state-private...
View ArticleSovereignty: Do First Nations Need It?
An Informative Essay by, Mohawk Lawyer and Legal Academic :Stephen John FordThe problem with answering this question is ground in the misunderstanding Indigenous People have about what Sovereignty...
View ArticleOrganizing a Teach-In in your Community
We recognize that this has been a very powerful and intense year that has involved a lot of hard work from Indigenous peoples and allies from across the globe. The purpose of the Teach- in resource...
View ArticleSovereignty: Do First Nations Need It?
An Informative Essay by, Mohawk Lawyer and Legal Academic :Stephen John FordThe problem with answering this question is ground in the misunderstanding Indigenous People have about what Sovereignty...
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