Indigenous Day of Action #DeedsNotWords Justin Trudeau. It is time for DEEDS, Not WORDS, that truly respect Indigenous Rights. First Nations in Canada are waking up to the reality that the Trudeau government has a big smiley face for a front man, but when it comes to business, nothing has changed. This government approved the […]
The Songs We Sing–Or Don’t Sing
Originally posted on K.I.N. Knowledge in Indigenous Networks:
One of my favorite uncle’s favorite song was “Coming to America”, from one of his favorite singers, Neil Diamond. This uncle passed at an age younger than I am now from undiagnosed lung cancer that developed during his time as a construction worker ripping out asbestos from…
Tell A Yarn
Originally posted on K.I.N. Knowledge in Indigenous Networks:
by Rachel Petero (Originally posted on http://www.rachelpetero.com/tell-a-yarn/) Photo credit: Noritta Morseu-Diop The word yarn or yarning has taken on a whole new meaning since returning from Australia this week. I’ve spent the last few weeks surrounded by story-tellers telling a yarn. I’ve listened to men stand…
Blood quantum: the Colonial tool of racial superiority and economic dependency Native communities can’t let go of — K.I.N. Knowledge in Indigenous Networks
Defining, measuring and labeling indigenous groups is an intensely political and debated process. On one hand Native peoples are glamorised, objectified , sexualised , romanticised and endlessly imitated. On the other we are victimised, or vilified, as impoverished, imprisoned, addicted, pagan, fatherless, overweight + diabetic, dependent, complainers who go to college for free (period. No […] […]
CALL TO ACTION! #StandingRock Sioux Nation Issues Call #NoDAPL!
UPDATE 23 OCTOBER 2016-All defenders and protectors are water are needed at the frontlines to support the Standing Rock Sioux Nations and the hundreds of tribes and allies who have gathered against the “Black Snake” pipeline of Energy Transfer Partners desecration of the water, earth and sacred places and graves of Native Americans. Human rights […]
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