Category: Indigenous
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The Culture of Conquest and the Doctrine of Discovery
The U.S. as a Colonial Settler State Toronto — 6 October 2015. A roundtable discussion with Professor Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and York University scholars focusing on her latest book, An Indigenous Peoples’ … Watch video »
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Land Claims: An Indigenous People’s History of the United States
With a large part of Indigenous nations’ territories and resources in what is now the United States taken through aggressive war, outright theft, and legislative appropriations, Native peoples have vast … Keep reading »
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From Wounded Knee to the United Nations
Rob Albritton interviews Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States (Boston: Beacon Press, 2014) presents a much needed history of the United States as a settler … Keep reading »
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Environmental Justice, the Tar Sands, and Indigenous Rights
Tar Sands extraction projects, located primarily in Treaty 6 and 8, have radically damaged and contaminated a huge area of land in so-called Alberta, and poisoned the Athabasca watershed. As … Watch video »
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Ecological Economics and Changing Everything
This talk was delivered at a forum at Beit Zatoun, in Toronto on January 11, 2015, on Naomi Klein’s recent book, This Changes Everything (2014) [see video at LeftStreamed No. … Keep reading »
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Colonialism and the Working Class in Canada
It’s good news that in a number of cities people “are meeting together in growing numbers to explore what it means – and doesn’t mean – to stand in solidarity … Keep reading »
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The Blossoming of Idle No More
The First Nations-led movement Idle No More emerged in Canada in December 2012 to protest legislation that threatened both the rights of First Nations and environmental protections. The movement has … Keep reading »
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First Nations Fight Against the Frackers
After facing months of protest led by the Mi’kmaq people of the Elsipogtog Nation in New Brunswick, the frackers of Houston-based Southwestern Energy Co. (SWN) have left the province and … Keep reading »
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Seize the Moment, Stand with Elsipogtog
“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” — 1984 by George Orwell Canada’s colonial past is present, however much Prime Minister … Keep reading »
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The New Plunder of Native Lands
Though you wouldn’t know it from the mainstream media, the U.S. economy continues to suffer the aftershocks of the Great Recession of 2008. California is a special case in point, … Keep reading »
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Manitoba Métis Win Historic Ruling
Monday, March 11, 2013 – “Louis Riel must be smiling.” That’s the front-page headline in the Winnipeg Free Press two days ago. It’s taken from the response of the head … Keep reading »
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Choosing Not to Look Away: Confronting Colonialism in Canada
Canada has “no history of colonialism.” So said Stephen Harper in 2009. Today the Idle No More movement is shouting down this lie through actions both creative and courageous. In … Keep reading »