"Approximately one-third of the Indian Act pertains to land resources and the #environment. The imposition of western resource management practices in place of traditional land stewardship practices over the last century and a half has effectively continued what the #Canadian government set out to do back in the 1870s, which was to remove #IndigenousPeople from their lands and assimilate them in order to pursue resource development." https://www.nationalobserver.com/node/39045
Please find a few mins to learn, share or discuss the reality of ongoing #colonialism & ongoing inter-generational trauma & violence as we work towards truth & reconciliation.