Is previously unheard-of First Nation in #Ontario’s Kawartha area just #Canada’s latest Pretendian case? #indigenous
“Denby – a businessman & former mayoral candidate – told Simpson he was in possession of “records” dating back to 1780 that proved “our Ancestors” were on this land for over 30,000 years.
But he failed to produce any documentation to support his claims of Indigenous ancestry.”
"This July, I will turn 100 years old. I was born in 1924 in one of the last encampments and raised in Blacktail. When we were young girls, my sister, who was 10 at the time, and I, just 8 years old, attended a mission school for a year and a half."
Tribes have long been among the staunchest advocates of wildlife crossings. But grant funding stipulations, as well as some state agencies like the #NewMexico Dept. of Transportation, can work against them.
Nevertheless, tribes like the Stillaguamish, the Upper Skagit, the Santa Ana Pueblo, the Burns Paiute, and the Salish and Kootenai are taking the lead on connecting habitat and reducing the harms of American highways and interstates.
After the protests and the library occupation at #Portland State, the university wanted police to monitor the 51st annual Naimuma Powwow, which was scheduled on campus for May 04. Organizers didn’t love that idea of having police there, so they rescheduled the powwow for May 25th.
Then something special happened: students and #Indigenous community members showed up on May 04 anyway, in the park blocks by the university, and held a spontaneous Powwow for #Palestine.
"If #Biden continues his current course, extraction of the lithium, copper, cobalt, nickel, graphite, and manganese vital for a green-energy transition will come at the cost of Indigenous lands and trust... it could also cost Biden the election."
Explore the vital role of #IndigenousPerspectives in climate/environmental protection. RAVEN’s Leslie Anne St. Amour hosts a panel featuring environmental experts, artists, lawyers & Indigenous knowledge keepers.
RAVEN provides discounted tickets for community members with financial barriers: Leslie Anne, leslieanne@raventrust.com
A B.C. First Nation’s 3-year effort to change a city’s name
Powell River’s name currently reflect a man whose main goal was to assimilate Indigenous people
Lauren Collins
Another thing that should be on this list (I did say it was non-comprehensive) is #indigenous rights & title; you can expect a #Poilievre led Conservative government to steamroll over indigenous sovereignty as this has been a long-standing thorn-in-the-side to the #FossilFuel and other resource-extraction industries that bankroll them.
Cinco de Mayo is Indigenous history. The battalion that helped defeat the French in Mexico was composed of Nahuas from Puebla called the Zacapoaxtlas. And the president, Benito Juárez, was a Zapotec who helped protect Mexico from Euro re-invasion, showing heroic examples Native resistance to Еυrope