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Ta’Kaiya Blaney on First Nations: “We’re Awake and We’re Standing Up”

admin — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:00:58 +0000

She’s only 11 years old, but she’s already been working for environmental justice for a few years now. Here, she addresses the crowd at an Idle No More event in British Columbia. Watch Video Below. “If we keep waiting for change, it’s never going to come,” Ta’Kaiya tells the people gathered for and Idle No [...]

Occupy Talks: Indigenous Perspectives on the Occupy Movement – Media Wrench (Toronto)

admin — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:50:14 +0000

by Clayton Thomas-Muller on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 9:03am Hello Friends, I am re-posting this panel that was organized last winter by the Toronto Environmental Justice Network and Community. The panel feat. some indigenous activists who were asked to give their perspectives on the Occupy Movement. I thought it would still be relevant for [...]

Rising anger of Canada’s First Nations over living conditions

admin — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 22:58:47 +0000

Chronic underfunding of essential services and fears over land losses prompt Attawapiskat chief to go on hunger strike When images of Canada‘s First Nations people living in mouldy shacks and frosty tents, without toilets or running water, emerged last year, Canadians were shocked. It was Canada’s “Katrina moment” says Charlie Angus, New Democratic party member [...]

Canadian PM to meet First Nations leaders after protests

admin — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 22:09:09 +0000

Idle No More movement began as campaign by four women against changes to Indian Act and environmental deregulation The Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, has agreed to a meeting with First Nations leaders following indigenous protests sparked by a hunger strike. Since 10 December there have been road and rail blockades across Canada, flash mobs [...]

Defenders of the Land: Indigenous Peoples have clear demands for real change

admin — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:56:41 +0000

January 5, 2013 Defenders of the Land, a network of Indigenous communities and activists in land struggle across Canada, including Elders and youth, women and men, dedicated to building a fundamental movement for Indigenous rights, was founded at a historic meeting in Winnipeg from November 12-14, 2008. The network organized educational Indigenous Sovereignty Weeks across the country for [...]

Canada’s Indigenous Movement Gains Momentum

admin — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:01:13 +0000

Are the country’s First Nations groups being denied their rights and being targeted by the government? Canada’s Idle No More movement began as a small social media campaign – armed with little more than a hashtag and a cause. But it has grown into a large indigenous movement, with protests and ceremonial gatherings held almost [...]

Haudenosaunee Hold Idle No More Round Dance in Syracuse

admin — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:55:03 +0000

Citizens of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and their non-Native supporters joined hands in a flash mob Round Dance of solidarity with the Idle No More movement on Saturday, December 29, bringing drums and songs to the lover level of the Destiny USA mall in Syracuse, New York. The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, also known [...]

Awake, Hungry and Idle No More

admin — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:59:54 +0000

By Naomi Klein, NaomiKlein.org 26 December 12 I woke up just past midnight with a bolt. My six-month-old son was crying. He has a cold – the second of his short life– and his blocked nose frightens him. I was about to get up when he started snoring again. I, on the other hand, was [...]

Clayton Thomas-Muller #IdleNoMore Ottawa Rally

admin — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:10:06 +0000

Harper said sorry for residential schools…yeah, we remember that sound bite! Harper is not the first white man to try to placate Indigenous Peoples with pretty or well meaning words, while also trying to steal our land and our resources, destroy our cultures and our traditional food systems. From the tar sands in Alberta, to [...]

Thousands expected at Ottawa protest on Friday

admin — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:42:02 +0000

First Nations people and their supporters are uniting under the banner Idle No More against the federal government’s changes to legislation which will affect treaties and traditionally used lands. At noon on Friday, December 21st, a grassroots led protest is expected to attract thousands of Aboriginal people to a ceremony at Victoria Island, who will [...]