The woman who would be the Cherokee voice in Congress https://www.vox.com/policy/23773920/cherokee-delegate-kim-teehee
#Cherokee #nativeRights #uspol
#cherokee #nativerights #uspol
#GovernmentOfCanada promised to issue official #apology to #DakotaPeople of #Canada this month. #Dakota #TipiChief Dennis Pashe says it's a huge historic event for his people. He expects it to come from the #PrimeMinister in House of Commons.
Pashe notes date for event is June 19.
"It's important for the Dakota people to correct the history of this land,"
https://portageonline.com/articles/canada-to-issue-first-ever-official-apology-to-dakotas
#Indigenous #FirstNations #FirstPeoples #NativeRights #TurtleIsland #CanPoli
#governmentofcanada #apology #dakotapeople #canada #dakota #tipichief #primeminister #indigenous #firstnations #firstpeoples #nativerights #turtleisland #canpoli
#SDLeg trending. Failed legislation would have required active efforts to preserve and reunite Indian families in abuse and neglect proceedings.
#NativeRights
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1546444
Bracken, alongside #environmental outlet #TheNarwhal are suing #RCMP for #violating their #CharterRights when Bracken was #arrested & #detained while #OnAssignment in November of 2021. Bracken had been #embedded with #Wetsuweten #LandDefenders at a #CoastalGasLink #pipeline #ResistanceCamp in Northern #BritishColumbia. She was arrested alongside #filmmaker #MichaelToledano — on assignment for #CBC
https://ricochet.media/en/3949/photojournalist-takes-on-rcmp-in-fight-for-press-freedom
#Indigenous #PressFreedom #HumanRights #BCNDP #lawsuit #PNW #NativeRights
#environmental #thenarwhal #rcmp #violating #charterrights #arrested #detained #onassignment #embedded #wetsuweten #landdefenders #coastalgaslink #pipeline #resistancecamp #britishcolumbia #filmmaker #michaeltoledano #cbc #indigenous #pressfreedom #humanrights #bcndp #lawsuit #pnw #nativerights
Acuña & Tafur were 2 of 401 #HumanRights #defenders #killed in 2022, according to a new #report from #FrontlineDefenders - international human rights org. According to #researchers - approx. 48% of those killed were #protecting #land , environmental & #IndigenousPeoplesRights - 22% of ppl killed were #Indigenous . The report also found #environmental & #IndigenousRights defenders were most #targeted ..
https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/2022-was-a-particularly-deadly-year-for-land-and-environmental-activists
#NativeLand #WaterProtectors #FirstPeoples #StopEcocide #NativeRights
#humanrights #defenders #killed #report #frontlinedefenders #researchers #protecting #land #indigenouspeoplesrights #indigenous #environmental #indigenousrights #targeted #nativeland #waterprotectors #firstpeoples #stopecocide #nativerights
#Toronto based #miner #BrazilPotash is working to keep a $2.5 billion #potash project on schedule, as #LegalChallenges are mounting to its plans for #extracting the #fertilizer ingredient from beneath the #Amazon #rainforest .
#PotassioDoBrasil #ChiefExecutive Adriano Espeschit described a protracted licensing process hinging on #CourtSupervised talks with #Mura #Indigenous people.
#EnvironmentalRacism #Canada #CorporateGreed #NativeLand #StopEcocide #NativeRights
#toronto #miner #brazilpotash #potAsh #legalchallenges #extracting #fertilizer #amazon #rainforest #potassiodobrasil #chiefexecutive #courtsupervised #mura #indigenous #environmentalracism #canada #corporategreed #nativeland #stopecocide #nativerights
#Australia has never been good at listening to #Aboriginal & #TorresStrait Islander people. Despite #truths #exposed in processes like the #RoyalCommission into #AboriginalDeathsInCustody or #Inquiry into the #Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander #Children from their Families, time & again #governments have #ignored #recommendations designed to address the #impacts of Australia’s #SettlerColonial past & present.
#australia #aboriginal #torresstrait #truths #exposed #RoyalCommission #aboriginaldeathsincustody #inquiry #separation #children #governments #ignored #recommendations #impacts #settlercolonial #indigenous #humanrights #nativerights
#Museum & Cultural Center of the North will teach #Minnesotans - #Indigenous & non-Indigenous, about #rights guaranteed to #TribalMembers today, starting w/ones established in the #1855Treaty which applies to land that includes #ParkRapids .The new museum is partly an extension of the #movement against the #Line3 project. Indigenous #PipelineOpponents - #WaterProtectors, argued the pipeline violates their rights to #HuntFishGather on their #AncestralLand .
https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/04/10/the-next-act-in-the-fight-against-line-3-a-museum-on-treaty-rights
#museum #minnesotans #indigenous #rights #tribalmembers #1855treaty #parkrapids #movement #line3 #pipelineopponents #waterprotectors #huntfishgather #ancestralland #nativerights
#Leaders from 51 #TribalNations - including some in #Michigan blasted #Canada ’s support of #Enbridge ’s #Line5 #pipeline last week.
In a #report sent to the #UnitedNations #HumanRights Council, the group demanded #tribes from around the #GreatLakes have a say in the matter.
#Indigenous #FirstNations #StopEcocide #NativeLand #unceded #TurtleIsland #NativeRights #NativeTribes #UnitedForEcojustice #CorporateGreed #GovernmentOfCanada #EnvironmentalRacism #StopExploitation
#leaders #tribalnations #michigan #canada #enbridge #Line5 #pipeline #report #unitednations #humanrights #tribes #greatlakes #indigenous #firstnations #stopecocide #nativeland #unceded #turtleisland #nativerights #nativetribes #unitedforecojustice #corporategreed #governmentofcanada #environmentalracism #stopexploitation
Sean Carleton, an #AssistantProfessor of #history and #IndigenousStudies at the #UniversityOfManitoba , is at the former grounds of #Shingwauk #ResidentialSchool at #AlgomaUniversity today, where he delivered a #lecture on residential school #denialism as it continues to gain ground in “ #extreme #RightWing ” circles in #Canada .
#Indigenous #EveryChildMatters #RacismInCanada #fascism #bigotry #StopRacism #HumanRights #NativeKidsMatter #KKKanada #NativeRights #IndianAct
#assistantprofessor #history #indigenousstudies #universityofmanitoba #shingwauk #residentialschool #algomauniversity #lecture #denialism #extreme #rightwing #canada #indigenous #everychildmatters #racismincanada #fascism #bigotry #stopracism #humanrights #nativekidsmatter #KKKanada #nativerights #indianact
(In a declaration sent to the #UN this week, #representatives from #Indigenous nations, communities & organizations have #requested attendees address additional points of discussion to their agendas, including violence against #WaterProtectors & #protesters , the #monetization and #capitalization of #water & the #inclusion of #IndigenousLeaders in #WaterBased #decisions that affect their #lands & #communities .)
https://grist.org/article/indigenous-leaders-demand-a-seat-at-international-water-negotiations
#un #representatives #indigenous #requested #waterprotectors #protesters #monetization #capitalization #water #inclusion #indigenousleaders #waterbased #decisions #lands #communities #nativerights #indigenousrights #firstnations #humanrights
( #OneidaNation of the Thames, a #FirstNation just south of #LondonON that has been on a #BoilWaterAdvisory since 2019, has #secured $43 million in #FederalFunding to bring treated #DrinkingWater to the community.
The connection to the #LakeHuron Primary #Water System will supply #PotableWater to more than 500 homes & public buildings to the community, which is home to nearly 2,200 residents.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6788184
#oneidanation #firstnation #londonon #boilwateradvisory #secured #federalfunding #drinkingwater #lakehuron #water #potablewater #indigenous #nativerights #humanrights #ontario #canada
#UniversityOfAlberta #researchers are #collaborating with eight #FirstNations organizations to create an #AntiRacism #intervention that will ensure #patients in #Alberta #EmergencyDepartments are treated #equitably & with #dignity .
https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2023/03/an-rx-for-racist-behaviour-in-alberta-emergency-departments.html
#Healthcare #Canada #Indigenous #HumanRights #NativeRights #MedicalCare #EqualAccess #decolonize #FairTreatment
#universityofalberta #researchers #collaborating #firstnations #antiracism #intervention #patients #alberta #emergencydepartments #equitably #dignity #healthcare #canada #indigenous #humanrights #nativerights #medicalcare #equalaccess #decolonize #fairtreatment
This #apartheid systems of #governance in the #UnitedStates & #Canada which #deprive #Indigenous people of #EqualRights trace back to #white #colonizers initial arrival on #NativeLands - panelists explained.
Utilizing a principle known as the #DoctrineOfDiscovery - #European powers divvied up the world according to which of them first "discovered" the land, ignoring the fact that #IndigenousPeople were already living there.
#apartheid #governance #unitedstates #canada #deprive #indigenous #equalrights #white #colonizers #NativeLands #DoctrineOfDiscovery #european #indigenouspeople #Landback #firstnations #nativerights #justice
(We are at a #CriticalPoint in time. #Canadian #courts are finally starting to #recognize #IndigenousLaws & #Indigenous peoples are remembering the #SpiritualLaws we were once forced to forget.
It can be #overwhelming — even for Indigenous #legal #professionals — to understand the weight that our spiritual laws & #responsibilities carry unless we are trained by #MedicinePeople & #connected to our #ancestral way of thinking.)
#criticalpoint #canadian #courts #recognize #indigenouslaws #indigenous #spirituallaws #overwhelming #legal #professionals #responsibilities #medicinepeople #connected #ancestral #colonialism #law #justice #nativerights
A #UniversitéDeMontréal #professor providing #expert #testimony at a #HighProfile #treaty #annuities #CourtCase believes an “ #undercount #bias ” — meaning the #census count was lower than the #population size — exists within #Canada ’s #historic population #data for #Indigenous Peoples, potentially #skewing historic #CensusCounts for #Anishinaabe people residing in #RobinsonSuperiorTreaty territory.
#NativeRights #SocialJustice #IndigenousRights #Equity #JusticeOverdue
#universitedemontreal #professor #expert #testimony #highprofile #treaty #annuities #courtcase #undercount #bias #census #population #canada #historic #data #indigenous #skewing #censuscounts #Anishinaabe #robinsonsuperiortreaty #nativerights #socialjustice #indigenousrights #equity #justiceoverdue
[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
#SaskatchewanFirstAct
#FirstNations #Métis #leaders & #Saskatchewan #Treaty #commissioner have #SpokenOut against the bills preamble regarding provincial #jurisdiction , which points to the controversial 1930 #NaturalResourcesTransfer Agreement between the federal & provincial government, an agreement #Indigenous people have been at odds with because they say they were never consulted before that deal was reached.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6782142
#saskatchewanfirstact #firstnations #metis #leaders #saskatchewan #treaty #commissioner #spokenout #jurisdiction #naturalresourcestransfer #indigenous #noconsent #nativerights #exploitation
#Fighting #American #colonizers in the 1800s. Setting the foundation for #Canada ’s first major #AntiLogging action. #Trailblazing #TribalParks and #sustainable #logging practices. How the #Tlaoquiaht continue to take #stewardship of their territory back into their own hands.
https://thenarwhal.ca/first-nation-guardians-war-in-the-woods/
#ClayoquotSound #BritishColumbia #landback #FirstNations #NativeRights #decolonization #NativeLeadership #LandGuardians #VancouverIsland #vanisle #PNW #PacificNorthwest #BCFirstNations #empowerment
#fighting #american #colonizers #canada #antilogging #Trailblazing #tribalparks #sustainable #logging #tlaoquiaht #stewardship #clayoquotsound #britishcolumbia #Landback #firstnations #nativerights #decolonization #nativeleadership #landguardians #vancouverisland #vanisle #pnw #pacificnorthwest #bcfirstnations #empowerment
#CitizensPlus also known as the #RedPaper was a #report presented to the federal government on 4 June 1970. It was prepared under the leadership of #HaroldCardinal & the #IndianAssociationOfAlberta. It was a response to the 1969 #WhitePaper . The authors believed the White Paper offered a dire view of the future for #Indigenous .
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/citizens-plus-the-red-paper
#Canada #FirstNations #history #DecolonizeYourMind #injustice #HumanRights #colonialism #Colonizers #NativeRights #KKKanada
#citizensplus #redpaper #report #HaroldCardinal #indianassociationofalberta #whitepaper #indigenous #canada #firstnations #history #decolonizeyourmind #injustice #humanrights #colonialism #colonizers #nativerights #KKKanada