Is Onkwehon:we health related to our lands?
The land is just as essential and fundamental to health as is the cultural identity of the people who have lived upon it since time immemorial.
Category: Starla Myers
Racist mob exposes RCMP hypocrisy in attacks on Mi’kmaw
Sgt. Joyce’s suggestion that it is a matter of “feeling” or emotion rather than a matter of law removes accountability from the RCMP and distances them from their responsibility in upholding the Supreme court’s decision and protecting the constitutional rights of the Mi’kmaw.
“One day they are going to kill me”: Joyce Echaquan killed by Canada’s racist Healthcare system
Echaquan’s health had been affected by ailments caused by colonial encroachment on her people’s lifeways. In a phone interview held on Thursday with Real People’s Media, family friend Chantal Chartrand reported that Echaquan attended the Emergency department on Saturday, Sept. 26th to seek treatment for stomach pains, and that by Monday, Sept. 28th, she was dead.
The source of Canada’s “Indian Problem” is the theft of Indigenous lands and resources
Canada’s criminalization of Onkwehonwe land protectors and silencing of Indigenous reporters directly results from their efforts to usurp land and natural resources that our people have used and accessed as long as the sun has risen.
Post-Arrest Statement from reporter Starla Myers
The OPP has made clear that it is undertaking a concerted attempt to silence grassroots Indigenous journalists as it enables an agenda of illegal land sales by the Provincial and Federal government. The promised negotiations are only an introduction to Canada’s specific claims and additions to reserve policies that are not consistent with Rotinonhsonni Title and, more specifically, The Haldimand proclamation.
RPM Journalist Starla Myers arrested by the OPP for reporting on 1492 Land Back Lane
A report from the arrest of RPM reporter at the Six Nations Police Department on Sept. 15th.
Six Nations Small Business Support
A new vendors market specializing in Indigenous crafts has opened up at Hwy 54 at Chiefswood Rd. SIX NATIONS – Are you looking for ways to do away with the quarantine blues? Do you...
Photos of August 5th OPP raid on #1492landbacklane
A photo gallery from the OPP raid of August 5th on the #landback camp.
McKenzie Meadows #landback Monday July 20 Update
An excavator sat quietly in the field at what was once the future site of McKenzie Meadows housing development on Monday afternoon. Warrior and Hiawatha belt flags waved loud and proud in the wind. Land stewards could be seen wearing non-medical masks and gathering in socially distanced groups.
Onkwehon:we take #landback at McKenzie meadows in Grand River
Despite high winds and heavy rain, a group of Onkwehon:we land stewards began reclaiming the McKenzie Meadows development in Caledonia, Ontario on Sunday, July 20th.
