Indigenous Canada

Thursday, December 26, 2013

Language is a Good Tracer

for Indigenous peoples.

http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Ojibway-Language-Borealis-Books/dp/0873512812

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AFN Name Changes, Again

This doesn't change what they are or what they've done - to Aboriginals, disenfranchising tens of thousands.

AFN might consider their racial purity laws.

http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/mobile/samson-cree-first-nation-plans-for-name-change-1.1608125

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Monday, December 23, 2013

A long walk. There are lots of excuses for them. Follow the migrations. To the coast and find reliable food. Weather.
The young AFNs who went on a walk, perhaps to learn what they are, found they needed permissions from AFN colonies to pass, but explained it was really trading routes and trap lines. Sounds familiar as the crowns grant more lands to their AFN.

Real Indigenous consultations must occur. It is too obvious we're fooling ourselves.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/touch/story.html?id=9313362

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Friday, December 13, 2013

New CBC Aboriginal Portal

http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news.html?aboriginal

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

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OntarioInnovation (OntInnovation): From interstellar space to the oldest genome sequenced, @DiscoverMag's Top 10 Science Stories 2013: http://ow.ly/rFvKX #coolscience http://twitter.com/OntInnovation/status/410804343005540352 (Sent via Seesmic http://www.hootsuite.com)

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Monday, December 9, 2013

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CBC Top Stories (CBCNews): Is it a good time to be 'Indian?' http://bit.ly/1krVWA3 http://twitter.com/CBCNews/status/410006386781585408 (Sent via Seesmic http://www.hootsuite.com)

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Saturday, December 7, 2013

AFN Threats of Violence, Again

Including self harm like the AFN - INM threats. Violence and self harm. Hardly exempliary. Protecting the children.

Land claims and grants do harm to majority Aborginals by barring them from land that is, at least, equally theirs. Even other AFN Aboriginals are barred.

So, AFN can claim, seek grants and, apparently, do violence - as the other colonists who came before them. This doesn't change Indigenous lands. AFN 'reconciliation' is a fantasy for the few. The majority still waits.

http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/first-nations-support-for-energy-projects-hinges-on-ottawa-changing-its-ways-pm-told/article15784461/?service=mobile

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