Category: State Repression

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Criminalizing Indigenous tobacco and the suicide crisis

SIX NATIONS – Mohawk businesswoman Kelly MacNaughton, of Icky’s Variety and Tobacconist sat down with Real Peoples Media to give us her thoughts about the recent raids on the Indigenous Tobacco Industry and the...

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Operation MYGALE and the criminalization of the Indigenous tobacco industry

When trade is treated as a crime against the state: A backgrounder on the largest raids on the Indigenous tobacco industry in history. (First published by Ricochet Media.) By Tom Keefer The largest police crackdown...

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Sakej Ward remembers Wolverine

By Sakej Ward SECWEPEMC TERRITORY – We just returned from Wolverine’s funeral. The Secwepemc communities and families did an amazing job with the funeral ceremonies. They took such good care of the guests, feasting them,...

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Justice for Berta Cáceres

by Erica Commanda March 25, 2016, Muskrat Magazine “They follow me. They threaten to kill me – to kidnap me. They threaten my family. That is what we face,” said Berta Cáceres (Lenca) when...

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Demonstrators condemn Canada’s support for Honduras

Originally published in Rabble Blogs, March 15 2016. By Fernando Arce TORONTO – Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the constituent office of the Ministry of International Trade in Toronto on March 11 to condemn...

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Coady Jipol: Mi’kmaq Warrior

ELSIPOGTOG – This is a video of Coady Jipol describing his experiences at the hands of the RCMP and the Justice system around the protests in New Brunswick trying to alert Canadians to stop the...

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The Apology

This song was made in memory of and dedicated to the 50 000 + First Nations children who were murdered/went missing in Canada’s residential school holocaust. The song is also dedicated to any person...

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The Secwepemc treaty vote is a human rights violation

By Arthur Manuel SECWEPEC TERRITORY – The upcoming northern Secwepemc vote on the Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw (NStQ) treaty is a violation of our human and indigenous right to self-determination as the Secwepemc People under...

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My 40 Years in Prison

By Leonard Peltier What can I say that I have not said before? I guess I can start by saying see you later to all of those who have passed in the last year....

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Gustafsen Lake’s Exiled

By Fernando Acre GUSTAFSEN LAKE – The 1995 Gustafsen Lake standoff was one of the most significant conflicts between Indigenous people and the Canadian state. Over 400 RCMP officers used helicopters, armoured personnel carriers and...