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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...

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Indigenize or die

Restoring indigenous knowledge of the land By Fernando Arce TORONTO – What do we really know about Indigenous Peoples outside of movies and history books? Why do we call them “native” in the first...

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Ganienkeh and the escape from Band Council control

AKWESASNE – Kanasaraken (aka Loran Thompson) speaks about the problems affecting his community in Akwesasne, and the problems that traditional Onkwehon:we people are facing at the hands of the colonial Band/Tribal Councils. In discussing possible ways...

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WGO 9 – The Deyodyohkwahnhasta – The People’s Wampum

ONEIDA OF THE THAMES – Episode 9 of the What’s Going On Podcast was recorded at Oneida of the Thames territory on May 6th 2015. A group of Rotiskenrakehte gathered to speak about the...

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Demands grow for Gustafsen Lake inquiry

By Fernando Arce TS’PETEN TERRITORY – A group of Indigenous nations are asking the Canadian government to lead a national inquiry into the RCMP’s violent response during the 1995 Gustafsen Lake Standoff, better known...

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The underlying importance of wampum belts

In this video, Alan Ojiig Corbiere discusses Wampum Belts and their direct relevance to the relationships between Indigenous peoples and Canada. Wampum Belts are living symbols of our treaty agreements and the honour of keeping...

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Back to Our Path is not a Trip Backward

by John Kane January 14, 2014 Many of us are familiar with our expression Ohnkwe Ohnwe. It is what we use to describe ourselves as the original people of Turtle Island. The approximate translation...

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“Servants of the People”

by John Kane September 11, 2013 Traditionally, this title was an honor bestowed on those distinguished both by willingness to serve and effectiveness in doing so. This was our concept — unique throughout the...

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Ka’nikonriyo Podcast 12 – Lifting Eachother Up – Hazel Hill On The HDI – Part 3

PART 3 OF 3. Hazel Hill joins the Ka:nikonhriyo Podcast with Kelly MacNaughton and Tom Keefer on Wednesday May 16, 2016 to talk about how she came to be involved with the Haudenosaunee Development...

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Ka’nikonriyo Podcast 11 – Hazel Hill On The HDI – Part 2

PART 2 OF 3. Hazel Hill joins the Ka:nikonhriyo Podcast with Kelly MacNaughton and Tom Keefer on Wednesday May 16, 2016 to talk about how she came to be involved with the Haudenosaunee Development...