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Reconciliation & Owning Settler
Haida celebrate title agreement with federal government
Federal and Haida leaders signed a historic agreement recognizing Aboriginal title over the archipelago of Haida Gwaii.
Indigenous Issues
U.S. energy secretary Chris Wright backs coal and attacks ‘sinister’ climate targets at ARC conference. The Trump appointee and fossil fuel executive called the transition to renewable energy “lunacy” at an event packed with climate science deniers. : r/climate
Ecocide & Nature Rights
New study: carbon capture is a waste of money, & counterproductive : r/climate
Climate denial is a sinister movement that denies the science of climate change that has infiltrated deep within American politics and is still thriving today. The widespread oppression of science in America is a rarity in modern history — with the exceptions of Germany and Russia during the 1930s : r/climate
Imagining autonomy on stolen land
Adam Gary Lewis Imagining autonomy on stolen land settler colonialism, anarchism and the possibilities of decolonization? 2017
Trump, Musk move to oust EPA staff in the Great Lakes region, including dozens responsible for protecting drinking water for 30 million in U.S. and Canada
316 votes, 17 comments. 293K subscribers in the onguardforthee community. A Canada-specific subreddit that allows all types of Canadian content. The…
Can nuclear fusion save the world from climate collapse?
154 votes, 115 comments. 524K subscribers in the collapse community. Discussion regarding the potential collapse of global civilization, defined as a…
Degrowth Campaigns
No thanks: How an ideology of sharing, not reciprocating, ensures abundance in the forests of south‐eastern Cameroon
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
Is using the word tribe or spirit animal offensive to native americans
Settler governments are breaking international law, not Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, say 200 lawyers, legal scholars
While Wet’suwet’en land and water protectors are being depicted as transgressors of the “rule of law,” they are in fact upholding Indigenous and international legal orders.
RCMP planned raids amid talks with Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs about meeting | The Narwhal
Behind the RCMP’s enforcement of Coast GasLink’s injunction, and the ongoing police presence on Wet’suwet’en territory
The Tyendinaga blockade 2 years later, ‘I remember the violence'
Two years ago a blockade was set up on the CN rail line in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory and was set up for three weeks.
Understanding we are a multitude of First Nations is key to reconciliation
How can there be one approach or one solution to reconciliation when there are a multitude of First Nations?
One woman's plan to give back: 'The land needs to be returned to Indigenous peoples' | CBC Radio
Janice Keil, a secondary school teacher from Peterborough Ontario, owns 100 acres of land in Northumberland County, in the territory of the Mississauga. Keil wants to repatriate some of it to nearby Alderville First Nation.
'A first' at St Mary's First Nation: traditional welcome for new chief and council | CBC News
It was a solemn, joyful scene on the banks of the Wolastoq as St. Mary's First Nation welcomed a new chief and council with an elaborate traditional ceremony.
'If it weren't for the oil, my people would be in poverty,' chief says | CBC News
These peoples have no choice but to participate :(
Hayden King on Treaties and Treaty Relations in Canada | Intercontinental Cry
There's a massive free catalogue of Indigenous films online — here are 5 picks to get you started | CBC Arts
Indigenous filmmakers and curators share their must-see recommendations from the National Film Board's catalogue of hundreds of films.
This is Native Land: Understanding the standoff at Unist’ot’en | Loose Lips Magazine
By Nikki Sanchez @nikkilaes For the Wet’suwet’en living at Unist’ot’en, maintaining cultural practices is just as important as stopping the pipelines. The camp is one of the most significant global examples of Indigenous land-based sovereignty
The Wet’suwet’en are more united than pipeline backers want you to think - Macleans.ca
Amber Bracken: The difference between Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and elected chiefs is rooted in Aboriginal title, an issue that the Government of Canada continues to leave unresolved
Two Row Wampum Treaty
The Two Row Wampum Treaty, also known as Guswenta or Kaswentha and as the Tawagonshi Agreement of 1613 or the Tawagonshi Treaty, is a mutual treaty agreement, made in 1613 between representatives of the Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee and representatives of the Dutch government in what is now upstate New York. The agreement is considered by the Haudenosaunee to be the basis of all of their subsequent treaties with European and North American governments, and the citizens of those nations, including the Covenant Chain treaty with the British in 1677 and the Treaty of Canandaigua with the United States in 1794.
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Wins a Victory in Dakota Access Pipeline Case (Published 2020)
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down permits for the pipeline and ordered a new environmental review of the project.
This is why more people are now referring to Toronto as Tkaronto
If you're confused as to why you're now seeing Tkaronto in place of Toronto you're not alone. You may have seen it on a "Tkaronto vs. Akwe:kon&…
The 6 Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy | Britannica
The Iroquois Confederacy of upper New York state and southeastern Canada is often characterized as the world’s oldest participatory democracy. Learn more about the Native American peoples who made up this influential body.
The dark history of Canada's Food Guide: How experiments on Indigenous children shaped nutrition policy | CBC Radio
Nutritional experiments were performed on intentionally malnourished Indigenous children in residential schools in the 1940s and ’50s. These experiments are directly connected to Canada’s Food Guide, explained historian Ian Mosby
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/an-indigenous-governor-general-is-a-symbol-and-not-an-empty-one/ar-AALQVqM?ocid=winp1taskbar&utm_source=pocket_saves
Turning 'anger into something good,' this Mi'kmaw boy is walking 200 km for residential school survivors | CBC News
When Landyn Toney, 12, laces up his shoes for the last day of his walk, the Mi'kmaw boy will have already covered 180 kilometres — pushing himself through each step with the reminder that his ancestors were forced to walk through their pain. He hopes to raise money and awareness for residential school survivors.