Last Thursday, July 13th, people from Grassy Narrows First Nation were joined by members of a number of environmental groups in escalating their blockade ā targeting the Trans-Canada Highway for one day. (For more information of the Grassy Narrows blockade see my post earlier today.) They were able to keep …
The ongoing Reclamation at Caledonia has given us settlers another of those periodic reminders that this land is not our land, and that this whole colonial enterprise called Canada is not a done deal yet. Far from it.But of course this is not a matter of just one community encroaching …
The following from the excellent Friends of Grassy Narrows website: “All Sell-Outs Get the Hell Out!”: Natives Protest Assembly of First Nationsposted by IROC on Friday, July 14th at 7:53 PM Report on July 11, 2006, Anti-AFN Rally/16th Anniversary of Oka Crisis On Tuesday July 11, 2006, the Indigenous Resistance …
Now, the fact that i have not blogged anything about the recent āanti-terrorā arrests in Canada, it is not because i donāt think theyāre important. Itās just a matter of only having so much time and so many things are happening. I did read the following article today, though, which …
Be sure to check this out: Canada is a colonial country; by Andrew Orkin, The Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Doreen Silversmith of Six Nations delivered this to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous People on Monday, May 1st 2006. Friends, I come to you today with a message. A message of Peace from the Onkwehonweh, Original People Of The Land. This is not a new message, it is …