Gary Wassaykeesic On The INAC Occupation
TORONTO – Gary Wassaykeesic recently sat down with Real Peoples Media to tell the story of how INAC Toronto was occupied and what led to the #OccupyINAC movement. Wassaykeesic explains the linkages of the...
Category: Occupy INAC
Mohawk Carrie Lester interview from inside OccupyINAC
Real Peoples Media spoke to Carrie Lester, a Mohawk woman from Six Nations who is inside the occupation of the INAC office in Toronto. Carrie has been inside the occupation for the last three...
Getting rid of the Indian Act: A message to #OccupyINAC
As #OccupyINAC prepares to go viral, Kanenhariyo reflects on the crucial political moment we are in, as momentum builds to abolish the Indian Act. What will come after the Indian Act? What does this...
(re)occupied: #OccupyINAC and British Columbia’s 1975 Militant May
By Sarah Nickel When approximately thirty members of the Idle No More and Black Lives Matter movements entered the Indigenous and Northern Affairs (INAC) office in Toronto on April 13, 2016 to protest government...
Behind the scenes at #OcupyINAC
TORONTO – Gary Wassaykeesic recently sat down with Real Peoples Media to tell the story of how INAC Toronto was occupied and what led to the #occupyINAC movement. Wassaykeesic explains the linkages of the movement...
After #OccupyINAC what’s next?
In the wake of the #OccupyINAC movement, and with rumblings coming from sources within the Trudeau government saying that they are planning to repeal the Indian Act, the question of “what’s next?” is being...
Occupy INAC Day 3 Media Roundup
Watch the OccupyINAC Toronto Livestream for all the latest updates. TORONTO – An occupation by a group of Indigenous activists and their allies continues into its third day in the occupied offices of Indigenous and...
Official statement from #occupyinac Winnipeg
Friday April 15, 2016 INAC Office, Winnipeg Anishinaabe Territory Written by consensus from the collective In the spirit of peace, love and solidarity with our relatives at #OccupyINAC Toronto, we have been peacefully gathering...
