The #case against #Idle_No_More cofounder #Sylvia_McAdam and her brother Kurtis was dismissed in yet another costly, stressful and unnecessary #legal process that pitted the assertion of #indigenous #land rights against #settler #state intransigence.
KSS describes itself as a secondary-level school with a mission to produce proud and self-sufficient Kanien’kehá:ka youth through a powerful curriculum based on Kanien’kehá:ka language, beliefs, and traditions.
I learned a lot from reading Beyond Territorial Acknowledgements by Chelsea Vowel, a Metis writer and educator, who reminds us just how much unpacking there is to do.
Contribution by Settler: A. Rogers, participant in Settler UX Research, Spring-Summer 2019 (04/12/2019) Today on #twitter I wound up in a short conversation with Inuksuk McKay, an #Inuk in #Yellowknife who was hosting @indigenousXca (they have different people hosting the spot). She tweeted about Project Naming, a project launched in
#Inuit designed the most incredible baby carrying coat for arctic conditions called #amautiq where baby goes in a pouch on the back with a large hood. They were sewn from skins traditionally. Modern materials are also used nowadays.
Amy pointed out these legged creatures aren't inuksuk at all, but are #inunnguaq and signify murders and suicides.
a PhD researcher is looking into the how #Metis settled on road allowances after they were dispossessed – the ultimate “life on the margins.”
they’d done enough Marx to get Art’s dialectic of #colonialism as dispossession, dependency and oppression. His clearest message, that Canada had taken 99.8% of the land.
The apology reminds us that those who control the narrative have the power to change the world for everyone in it. By framing Pîhtokahanapiwiyin as a violent, treasonous villain, early settler's helped to enshrine fear and hatred of the Indigenous people of the area.
"an informative video made about students #PamPalmater sees as an #Indigenous Studies Professor".