Examples: GENOCIDE, Indian Act, Apartheid Love, Collective Karmic Debt,

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This wiki will focus on what we are calling Treaty Folksonomy:  words, phrases & concepts that all Treaty People should know: Indigenous and Settlers alike so that we may begin the process of a shared understanding of the racist policies that govern us and work together to change these policies on Turtle Island.  Join us in creating this much needed shared vocabulary!

Step 1: Add a word to be considered by members of this commons. Click here to do that by scrolling to the bottom of the page and adding your word to the comments section.

Step 2:  Become a contributor by telling us who you are and why you feel you can contribute. Sign up here.

Step 3:  Once accepted you will receive an email invite to join in the discussion on what words & concepts all Treaty People should know as a foundation for building relationships both on and offline.

Step 4:  Assist us in adding more information, knowledge and wisdom to this wiki in the form of more Words, Phrases & Concepts as well as Links, Articles and Blogs that you feel will contribute to our understanding.

The first step to reconciling our Collective Karmic Debt is Self Education. Through that process you will update your consciouness and begin to share what you learn with others in your networks so, that, together we can become more aware of what is happening and prepared to fight in the ongoing battle against White Supremacy.

As a result of the history of colonization on Turtle Island, most of us share some knowledge of the English language.

Let's use the English Language, for better or worse, as a starting point for building a shared vocabulary of understanding, by defining words, phrases & concepts that matter with respect to Indigenous & Non Indigenous relations.

Together we can try to define, to unpack and to connect the dots around words, phrases concepts that are used on daily basis. New ones are also being introduced into popular culture and the conversations we have on issues that matter. This will allow us to examine the culture(s) that lies behind each of these words, phrases and concepts and hopefully, establish some common ground.

I is for Indigenous Sovereignty
November 10, 2019 Just got off a Webinar at the Idle No More website called “Indigenous Sovereignty is CLIMATE ACTION” where we heard from a number of indigenous women who are working on issues like Food Sovereignty, Organizing in Montreal and Tours of Toxic Oil and Gas Sites in Aamjiwnaang
L is for LANDBACK
“One of the loudest and most frequent demands of Indigenous people in the relationship with settlers is for the return of the land.”  “The project of land back is about reclaiming Indigenous jurisdiction: breathing life into rights and responsibilities. This Red Paper is about how Canada dispossesses Indigenous peoples from
W is for WEXIT
“The Supreme Court of Canada made clear in the Quebec Secession Reference (1998 CanLII 793 (SCC) that unilateral secession would be unconstitutional. Rather, there is an obligation on all parties to confederation to negotiate if one party expresses a democratic will to modify the constitutional arrangements in which they co-exist.
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    Definition: one associated with another especially in wrongdoing “The ally industrial complex has been established by activists whose careers depend on the “issues” they work to address. These nonprofit capitalists advance their careers off  the struggles they ostensibly support. They often work in the guise of “grassroots” or “community-based” and
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    F is for FOLKSONOMY
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    Walk for Common Ground Blog Post by Settler, Sue Methusen, of Airdrie, Alberta, Treaty 6 Territory, June 2019 There are moments in our lives that are truly significant; moments that affect us on a personal level. I had a few such moments on June 13, 2019. I had been interested