PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1604 followers · 19975 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org6 complainants from #LakeBabine #FirstNation took their concerns on #RCMP #investigation to #Canadian #HumanRights Commission in 2016 & commission referred complaint for #inquiry in 2020. In years since, awaiting their hearing, 3 complainants & 1 witness have died.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/23/RCMP-Planted-Memories-Burns-Lake
#Indigenous #NativeCanada #DefundRCMP #DefundRCMP #SystematicRacism #BurnsLake #PrinceGeorge #BritishColumbia #Canada #NativeJustice #SocialJustice #ResidentialSchools #BelieveSurvivors #EveryChildMatters
#lakebabine #firstnation #rcmp #investigation #canadian #humanrights #inquiry #indigenous #nativecanada #defundrcmp #SystematicRacism #burnslake #PrinceGeorge #britishcolumbia #canada #nativejustice #socialjustice #residentialschools #believesurvivors #everychildmatters
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1410 followers · 15181 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#NewDetails about the #HaudenosauneeDevelopmentInstitute multi-million dollar operation — including #undisclosed success fees, limited #PublicParticipation & #ConflictOfInterest emerged after new court documents were filed Monday in the #MensFire effort to stop #HDIs application to intervene in #SixNations #LandClaim .
#Indigenous #Mohawk #FirstNations #NativeCanada #Canada #Lawsuit
#newdetails #haudenosauneedevelopmentinstitute #undisclosed #publicparticipation #conflictofinterest #mensfire #hdis #sixnations #landclaim #indigenous #mohawk #firstnations #nativecanada #canada #lawsuit
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1399 followers · 15024 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgA remote northern #Manitoba #FirstNation that declared a #StateOfEmergency last month following the deaths of three people is now facing another challenge.
The roof of the #ThunderbirdSchool in #OPiponNaPiwin #Cree Nation collapsed over the Easter weekend.
#KeewatinowiOkimakanak #Indigenous #IndianAct #HelpNeeded #Canada #IndianReservation #NativeReservation #NativeCanada
#manitoba #firstnation #stateofemergency #thunderbirdschool #opiponnapiwin #cree #keewatinowiokimakanak #indigenous #indianact #helpneeded #canada #indianreservation #nativereservation #nativecanada
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1399 followers · 15020 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgOne of two #BandCouncillors representing Wi’tat, also known as Fort Babine, in #BritishColumbia say #amalgamation is making a bad #housing situation worse.
#FortBabine #Elder Fred William says a federal #IndianAgent amalgamated the communities in 1957.
#IndianAct #BCFirstNations #NativeCanada #NativeBC #Indigenous #ReserveHousing #HumanRights #Health #DangerousHousing #NativeBandCouncil
#bandcouncillors #britishcolumbia #amalgamation #housing #fortbabine #elder #indianagent #indianact #bcfirstnations #nativecanada #nativebc #indigenous #reservehousing #humanrights #health #dangeroushousing #nativebandcouncil
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1399 followers · 15019 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#Intervenors representing the #FirstNations #LeadershipCouncil , 4 #Indigenous nations, 6 #environmental & CommunityGroups & 2 #mineral #exploration #businesses will be in #BCCourt today to make their #legal arguments #opposing #BritishColumbia current legal #regime for granting #MineralRights .
The case is the #first to substantively interpret BC's #LegalObligations under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act ( #DRIPA )
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/intervenors-join-gitxaala-in-court-to-argue-against-bc-s-mineral-claim-regime-802643438.html
#intervenors #firstnations #leadershipcouncil #indigenous #environmental #mineral #exploration #businesses #bccourt #legal #opposing #britishcolumbia #regime #mineralrights #first #legalobligations #dripa #nativecanada #lawsuit #gitxaala
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1399 followers · 15018 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgA #Kanienkeháka woman says she was refused re-entry into #Canada when she presented her #IndianStatusCard at the #Montréal #Trudeau#InternationalAirport - 15 km from her home community of #Kahnawáke .
Meloche said she contacted #CBSA later and was told an Indian status card is a “legitimate and valid” document for entry back into the country, which is #confirmed on its website.
#NativeCanada #FirstNations #Indigenous #BorderServices #Quebec #NativeMastodon
#kanienkehaka #canada #indianstatuscard #montreal #trudeau #Kahnawake #cbsa #confirmed #nativecanada #firstnations #indigenous #borderservices #quebec #nativemastodon
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1399 followers · 15016 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#MistawasisNêhiyawak - a #Cree #FirstNation band government in Leask, #Saskatchewan - #announced the #launch of a #NewApp designed to #streamline updates & better #communications between the Nation & its members across the country.
The Mistawasis Nêhiyawak App is available, #free for download, on the App Store & Google Play Store.
#Indigenous #NativeCanada #NativeMastodon #NativeTech #IndigenousTech #Canada
#mistawasisnehiyawak #cree #firstnation #saskatchewan #announced #launch #newapp #streamline #communications #free #indigenous #nativecanada #nativemastodon #nativetech #indigenoustech #canada
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1387 followers · 14855 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
"The cases that have come to the attention of the media & have therefore become sort of nationally known are only the tip of the iceberg. There are thousands of people who are … #claiming an #Indigenous #identity and I would say most of them, a lot of them are #illegitimate ” Teillet said. “According to professor Darryl Leroux, we’re talking over 100,000 people.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/9607344/calls-for-rcmp-to-investigate-gill-twins-claims-of-inuit-identity/amp
#Fraud #NativeMastodon #pretendian #fraud #FalseClaims #Misappropriation #NativeCanada #IdentityFraud #Canada
#claiming #indigenous #identity #illegitimate #fraud #nativemastodon #pretendian #falseclaims #misappropriation #nativecanada #identityfraud #canada
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1386 followers · 14838 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgThe #Vatican needs to do more, said #GrandChief #StewartPhillip - #president of the Union of #BritishColumbia #IndianChiefs .
“The formal #repudiation comes without #reparations or #TangibleActions to account for the #systemic #violence , #destruction of land and culture & #genocide which were #propagated by this deadly weapon of #colonization ,” said Phillip.
#Indigenous #ResidentialSchools #CatholicChurch #Canada #FirstNations #Indigenous #NativeCanada #IndianAct
#vatican #grandchief #stewartphillip #president #britishcolumbia #indianchiefs #repudiation #reparations #tangibleactions #systemic #violence #destruction #genocide #propagated #colonization #indigenous #residentialschools #catholicchurch #canada #firstnations #nativecanada #indianact
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1382 followers · 14057 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgA #ManitoulinIsland #Anishinaabe #Indigenous #rights #advocate has been chosen by #HersheyCanada as one of five women to celebrate #Canadian #Women .
#AutumnPeltier from #Wiikwemkoong #UncededTerritory is being featured on a #LimitedEdition of #HERForSHE #ChocolateBars produced by Hershey Canada & in #partnership with #GirlUp highlighting her #advocacy for the #protection of #water 👏
#NativeCanada #FirstNations #WomensMonth #NativeWoman #GoodNews #representation #Canada
#ManitoulinIsland #Anishinaabe #indigenous #rights #advocate #hersheycanada #canadian #women #autumnpeltier #wiikwemkoong #uncededterritory #limitededition #herforshe #chocolatebars #partnership #girlup #advocacy #protection #water #nativecanada #firstnations #WomensMonth #nativewoman #goodnews #representation #canada
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1381 followers · 14034 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgThe $23-million #InuitImpactAndBenefitAgreement will help to #establish the #first #Inuit led #National #HistoricSite in #Nunavut .
The #Kitikmeot Inuit Association & the #Nattilik #Heritage Society, in #GjoaHaven will receive more than $23 million to #collaboratively manage & operate the site with #ParksCanada .
#inuitimpactandbenefitagreement #establish #first #inuit #national #historicsite #nunavut #kitikmeot #nattilik #heritage #gjoahaven #collaboratively #parkscanada #indigenous #firstnations #nativecanada #canada #inuk
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1356 followers · 13631 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#Students & #Indigenous community members gathered in front of the #CalgaryBoardOfEducation (CBE) office on Tuesday to demand the #renaming of #SirJohnAMacdonald #School .
#Protesters also talked about the #inappropriate use of #IndigenousSymbols & #culture in #schools across #Calgary
https://globalnews.ca/news/9567829/calgary-board-of-education-school-renaming-protest/amp
#Alberta #Canada #decolonize #KnowBetterDoBetter #NativeCanada #Education
#students #indigenous #calgaryboardofeducation #ReNaming #SirJohnAMacdonald #school #protesters #inappropriate #indigenoussymbols #culture #schools #calgary #alberta #canada #decolonize #knowbetterdobetter #nativecanada #education
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1329 followers · 13147 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org[ #Respecting the #relationship of #Indigenous people to their #land is not something they take lightly. As a member of the #RedRiver #Métis , Liboiron sees #pollution as a defining feature of #colonialism in general.
In fact, Liboiron’s #book “Pollution is Colonialism” ( #DukeUniversityPress 2021) spells out the concept in considerable detail.
And #plastic is perhaps the most glaring example.]
#IndigenousPeoples #study #research #FirstNations #Canada #NativeCanada
#respecting #relationship #indigenous #land #redriver #metis #pollution #colonialism #book #dukeuniversitypress #plastic #indigenouspeoples #study #research #firstnations #canada #nativecanada
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1328 followers · 13136 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org[A group of #Indigenous #women #leaders recently travelled to #TsleilWaututh territory in downtown #Vancouver from their respective territories to #testify to #Canada ’s #failure to #uphold the #UnitedNations #Declaration on #IndigenousRights (UNDRIP) & to #share their ongoing #experiences of #harassment & #violence with the United Nations Special #Rapporteur on #IndigenousPeoples Rights.]
#BritishColumbia #NativeRights #HumanRights #BCPoli #CanPoli #BCNDP #NativeCanada
#indigenous #women #leaders #TsleilWaututh #vancouver #testify #canada #failure #uphold #unitednations #declaration #indigenousrights #share #experiences #harassment #violence #rapporteur #indigenouspeoples #britishcolumbia #nativerights #humanrights #bcpoli #canpoli #bcndp #nativecanada
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1328 followers · 13058 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#SweatCeremonies are #returning to the #FirstNations Garden in Montreal's #BotanicalGarden this spring after being put on hold at the start of the pandemic.
The city of #Montreal announced Wednesday that it would make the space available to the #NativeFriendshipCentre for the next three years so it can organize #ceremonies
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6781189
#Indigenous #Quebec #Canada #SweatLodge #healing #TraumaRecovery #decolonization #CulturallyAppropriate #NativeHealth #NativeHealing #NativeCanada
#sweatceremonies #returning #firstnations #botanicalgarden #montreal #nativefriendshipcentre #ceremonies #indigenous #quebec #canada #sweatlodge #healing #traumarecovery #decolonization #culturallyappropriate #nativehealth #nativehealing #nativecanada
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1328 followers · 13044 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#HighRates of #smoking among #Indigenous people not only pose serious #risks to personal #health but also #culture , according to a #Cree (#nehiyô ) #doctor in #Alberta .
"When we look at the tremendous amount of #trauma that #IndigenousPeoples have experienced through #ColonialViolence , we know that they're more #predisposed to regulating their emotions… by #misusing substances, whether that is #alcohol or #drugs ," Makokis said.
#highrates #smoking #indigenous #risks #health #culture #cree #nehiyo #doctor #alberta #trauma #indigenouspeoples #colonialViolence #predisposed #misusing #alcohol #drugs #nativecanada #canada #nativehealth
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1306 followers · 12732 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#CurveLake #FirstNation #author #DrewHaydenTaylor has been #nominated for three 2023 #Canadian #ScreenAwards - to be presented April 16 during a broadcast from #MeridianHall in #Toronto .
“I’ve got three nominations. Two for a one-hour #documentary we did for #CBC called ‘The #Pretendians ,’ where it #explored the #concept of #WhitePeople who, for one reason or another, are #claiming to be #Indigenous ” he said.
#curvelake #firstnation #author #drewhaydentaylor #nominated #canadian #screenawards #meridianhall #toronto #documentary #cbc #pretendians #explored #concept #whitepeople #claiming #indigenous #nativecanadian #nativecanada #nativenews #ontario #canada
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1306 followers · 12724 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
A photo has been the only image of #Mikmaw #regalia on display at the #Millbrook #Cultural and #Heritage Centre in Millbrook, N.S.
Until now.
Because after 130 years, the real regalia is being #returned to #Canada from an #Australian #museum .
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/mikmaw-regalia-coming-home-to-nova-scotia-from-australia/
#repatriation #decolonization #Indigenous #FirstNations #NativeRegalia #NativeCanada #Australia #Reclaiming #reclamation
#mikmaw #regalia #millbrook #cultural #heritage #returned #canada #australian #museum #repatriation #decolonization #indigenous #firstnations #nativeregalia #nativecanada #australia #reclaiming #reclamation
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1306 followers · 12719 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org“I just want people to #understand where #Indigenous people are coming from, why people feel #hurt ” said Longboat, a #MohawkCollege insurance #student who was recently named #StudentOfTheYear by #CooperativeEducation & #WorkIntegrated #Learning #Canada .
“I just want my kids to grow up in a world where people understand.”
#TruthBeforeReconciliation #NativeCanada #FirstNations #Mohawk #Reconciliation #accountability #NativeHistory #CulturalGenocide #NativeCanadian
#understand #indigenous #hurt #mohawkcollege #student #studentoftheyear #cooperativeeducation #workintegrated #learning #canada #truthbeforereconciliation #nativecanada #firstnations #mohawk #reconciliation #accountability #nativehistory #culturalgenocide #nativecanadian
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1306 followers · 12714 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgAn #Okotoks #artist has #illustrated two stories of #Indigenous #culture .
#CharacterIllustrator & artist Alyssa Koski was approached by #HeritageHousePublishing to #illustrate two books depicting less-represented #IndigenousCultures .
She has always sought out knowledge of #FirstNations , herself a member of the #KainaiNation through her grandmother Pauline Dempsey; who was born on #BloodReserve to Senator James Gladstone & Janie Healy Gladstone.
https://www.okotokstoday.ca/local-news/okotoks-artist-illustrates-indigenous-childrens-books-6688246
#heritagehousepublishing #illustrate #indigenouscultures #firstnations #kainaination #bloodreserve #nativecanada #art #okotoks #artist #illustrated #indigenous #culture #characterillustrator