Category: Canada

Breaking Down the Indian Act with Russell Diabo 0

Breaking Down the Indian Act with Russell Diabo

Published on Jan 2, 2013 -Follow Russell Diabo at http://twitter.com/russdiabo -First Nations Strategic Bulletin http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/201/300/… Hi everyone, I want to take a moment to wish everyone a very Happy New Year! Times they are...

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The Northwest braces for its own Standing Rock

by Nick Turner and Joe Copeland First Nations leaders have been protesting the Kinder Morgan plan since at least 2014. Credit: Mark Klotz/Flickr As the clash between police and protesters over the construction of a...

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Earthship build at Six Nations is completed

By Tom Keefer SIX NATIONS – Over 50 volunteers organized by Earthship Biotecture gathered on Saturday July 30th, 2016 to hand over the key to the Earthship they have been building for Francine Doxtator over...

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Datejie Green on organizing equality

TORONTO – Datejie Green speaks about her involvement in the major international conference “Organizing Equality” and its possibilities for bringing a wide range of social justice activists together in dialogue and action. The conference will...

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Colonialism at Costco

By Kelly MacNaughton ANCASTER – I recently had a horrifying incident occur to me on an outing to purchase phones for my husband and I at a Costco in Ancaster, Ontario.  The young man...

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Genocide, Racism and Canada Day: An Algonquin-Anishinaabekwe love letter

By Lynn Gehl Gii-Zhigaate-Mnidoo-Kwe Living in Canada as I do, I encounter proud Canadians all the time, more so around the time of Canada Day celebrations.  The commonly held view put forward by these...

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The 149th year of Canadian colonization

By Arthur Manuel July 1 this year marks the 149th year that we have been colonized by Britain under the British North America Act of 1867, Canada’s first Constitution. The primary purpose of colonization...

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Pot Activists denounce police crackdown

Toronto Police raid 43 medical marijuana dispensaries By Fernando Arce (with files from Tom Keefer) TORONTO – On May 26th, Toronto police carried out a major raid on medical marijuana dispensaries in the city....

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Indigenize or die: reclaiming cities and traditional lands

By Fernando Arce The concrete buildings and streets that surround our Canadian cities hide a history of colonialism as well as vast swaths of green spaces and traditional lands that once flourished. That’s why...

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Every Mohawk a suspect

WHY DRUGS RAIDS IN KANEHSATAKE FEEL LIKE POLICE INVASIONS  by DAN DAVID (originally published in 2011 in The Dominion) KANEHSATAKE — “You didn’t see anything?” my neighbour asks. Apparently, another big police raid is taking place....