Indigenous Peoples

Sit-In To Mourn 215 Children Buried At Residential School

June 2, 2021 Dilshad Burman, Toronto City News. Resist! American genocide, Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Residential Schools

Toronto, Canada - A small group of people rallied Monday in front of the statue of Egerton Ryerson on the Ryerson University campus to stage a sit-in mourning the 215 children found buried at the Kamloops Indigenous Residential School last week. In an Instagram post, a group called X University, Indigenous Students fighting for social justice & human rights, (@wreckonciliation_x_university) said “we will be occupying the space until we meet 215 pairs of shoes.” The group has adopted ‘X University’ in place of Ryerson University’s current name in protest and to demand it be changed given Ryerson’s role in designing the model for residential schools. Those gathered were seen forming a circle around a drummer who was singing.

Colombia: Over 3,600 Indigenous Rights Violations In The First Months Of 2021

April 9, 2021 Ellys Segura, Diaspora Tribune. Educate! Colombia, Indigenous Peoples, Peace Agreement, Violence

The recent upsurge in state and right-wing violence has left all of Colombia reeling, but Indigenous communities have been particularly affected by it. This is evident from recent data published in a report by the Human Rights Observatory of the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC). The report revealed that between January 1st and March 9th of this year, a span of little more than two months, over 3674 Indigenous people in Colombia registered human rights violations. An ONIC press release summarized the harsh realities of the conditions Indigenous people face in the country; “The displacement caused by the armed conflict in Colombia has claimed the lives of thousands of our Indigenous brothers and sisters that have been killed or have fallen in the crossfire.

Lessons From Down Under: Supporting Indigenous Stewardship

February 13, 2021 Land Needs Guardians.CA. Create! Australia, Environment, Indigenous Peoples, Land defenders

Indigenous Guardians across the country are managing lands and waters, protecting important animals like salmon and caribou and ensuring development occurs responsibly. We are caring for lands and waters we love on behalf of our Nations. This work is good for the land, and it’s good for people too. Guardians programs provide local jobs rooted in culture and connections between youth and Elders. They transform people’s lives and strengthen our communities. Investment in Indigenous-led conservation helps create these positive results—and with more investment we can expand them. Canada can look to Australia for a model of the proven benefits of long-term support.

The Solutions We Seek Exist With We, The People

January 24, 2021 Elena Ortiz, Green Fire Times. Create! COVID-19, Indigenous Peoples, Inequity, Racism

Traditionally, indigenous communities did not measure time in a linear way. Everything was cyclic. All motion is cyclic. It circulates to the limits of its possibilities and then returns to its starting point. What is not resolved will reappear on subsequent rotations around the sun. Now, as we settle into the winter months, comes the time for reflection and introspection. We may be grateful for the victories of the past year, but we must also build strength and energy for what is to come. We are still in the darkness of the tunnel and cannot see the light ahead. Behind us is 245 years of a failed colonial project. Ahead of us, unseen, is the future. The tunnel is not infinite.

Water Should Not Be Traded On Wall Street

January 3, 2021 Avexnim Cojti, Cultural Survival. Educate! Capitalism, Indigenous Peoples, Wall Street, Water

On December 8, 2020, several media sources reported that fresh water started to be traded on Wall Street as a commodity such as gold and wheat. This comes as water scarcity is increasing in California and many parts of the world and as we near a global water crisis. A water crisis is worrisome enough, yet more alarming is the fact that our Mother Water will be controlled by a privileged group of people who will determine its value to the world. As Indigenous Peoples of Abya Yala (the Americas), we have seen how our territories were turned into private property for the benefit of settlers and their governments. Although we might have lost our livelihoods in certain cases, we are resilient and we continue asserting our rights to collective lands and land protection.

Native Youth Provide For Community And Elders During Covid Pandemic

December 28, 2020 Rae Rose, Last Real Indians. Create! COVID-19, Indigenous Peoples, Mutual Aid, Youth Activism

2020 has been a year of many trials across Indian Country. Across our many Nations, rural, city and everywhere in between, we are all coping with the catastrophic effects of the COVID-19 virus. We have missed gatherings, ceremonies, and the everyday celebrations as part of quarantine and to keep those we love safe. Our loved ones lost during this time often died alone, while those of us left behind have had to mourn them without the touch and care of being physically together. Left to pick up the pieces as we try to move forward has left so much anxiety and depression in our young, elders, and even us adults.

The Ongoing Incarceration Of California’s Indigenous Peoples

November 15, 2020 Morning Star Gali, Black Agenda Report. Educate! California, Indigenous Peoples, Mass Incarceration, Settler colonialism

For 25 years, Indigenous rights activists fought for an official UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples — for a document that doesn’t just affirm our individual human rights, but asserts our inherent and inalienable collective rights as Indigenous peoples. In 2007, that document was finally adopted by the General Assembly. Article 10 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states that “Indigenous peoples shall not be forcibly removed from their lands or territories.

Fracking Shatters Illusions Of A Clean British Columbia

November 10, 2020 Peter McCartney, The Georgia Straight. Educate! Canada, Environmental Destruction, Fracking, Indigenous Peoples

Wind howls in my ears. My fingers are numb. It’s midnight and I’m on top of Pink Mountain, near Mile 147 of the Alaska Highway in northeastern British Columbia. As I look out into the night, dozens of gas plants light up the horizon. This is fracking country. For two weeks, I’m driving the back roads of this sparse corner of the province to gather images of the destruction gas development has wrought here. It involves long periods of boredom punctuated by jaw-dropping moments where I curse aloud to no one in particular.

Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women And Girls Committee Releases Final Report

November 3, 2020 Arizona Legislature Indigenous Peoples Caucus, Indian Country Today. Create! Arizona, Indigenous Peoples, Missing and Murdered Women, Police

Arizona's Study Committee on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has posted its final report, including dozens of specific legislative, law enforcement and other policy recommendations to address the ongoing crisis. After nearly a year of in-depth research, which was slowed by COVID-19 and some enforcement agencies choosing not to participate, Arizona got its clearest picture to date of the increasing crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. "Our work will not end with this report; this is only the beginning," said Chairwoman Rep. Jennifer Jermaine, D-Chandler.

How Hitler Found His Blueprint For A German Empire

October 15, 2020 David Carroll Cochran, Waging Nonviolence. Educate! Adolf Hitler, American genocide, Empire, Indigenous Peoples

Native peoples in the United States continue to struggle for justice. While this year brought some important victories, such as Washington’s NFL team finally dropping its racist name and logo, and a landmark win in the Supreme Court for Native rights in McGirt v. Oklahoma, the difficult work of recognizing and redressing the country’s legacy of oppressing its first inhabitants continues. Efforts by Native and allied activists to spread observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day as an alternative to Columbus Day is an important part of this work.

‘We Have To Be Ever More Vigilant’ About The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples

September 21, 2020 Joaqlin Estus, Indian Country Today. Educate! Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Sovereignty, United Nations

The agreement took some 25 years of diplomacy, negotiations back and forth, defining words, until finally a document was produced that 144 of the world’s nations agreed to sign on September 13, 2007. That is except the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Those four nations considered the declaration for a few more years. The United States gave its agreement in December 2010 under the Obama administration. The challenge of any international standard is implementation. Experts (when they are generous) call that a work in progress.

The New Faces Of BC’s Old-Growth Activism

September 21, 2020 Serena Renner, The Tyee. Resist! Canada, Forests, Indigenous Peoples, Logging

Torrance Coste’s dusty Nissan XTerra disappears in a cloud of grey dirt. He’s checking out recent logging activity around Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park on southern Vancouver Island for the Wilderness Committee. I’m trailing behind, trying not to blow a tire, lose his taillights, or get run off the road. Another logging truck smokes past — the eighth so far this morning. It’s stacked with old-growth hemlock and a red cedar at least a metre thick. A few minutes later, we’re stopped by a pile of tree carcasses blocking the road. Active logging. No entry.

Chiapas, The Return Of Paz Y Justicia

September 21, 2020 By Luis Hernández Navarro, Chiapas Support Committee. Resist! Indigenous Peoples, Mexico, Terrorism, Zapatistas

Terror returned to Tila, Chiapas, hand in hand with the resurgence of the paramilitary group named Desarrollo, Paz y Justicia (Development, Peace and Justice). One after another, armed attacks, assassinations, sieges and all kinds of aggressions take place against the 836 ejido owners who reclaimed their territorial rights. In the Northern Zone of Chiapas, between 1995 and 2000, Paz y Justicia assassinated more than 100 indigenous Chols, expelled at least 2,000 campesinos and their families from their communities, closed 45 Catholic churches, attacked Bishops Samuel Ruiz and Raúl Vera, stole more than 3,000 heads of cattle and raped 30 women.

Navajo Nation And White Mountain Apache Tribe Chase Down A Virus

August 30, 2020 Kalen Goodluck, High Country News. Create! COVID-19, Indigenous Peoples, Navajo nation, Public Health

On a mild morning in April at Arizona’s Whiteriver Indian Hospital, Dr. Ryan Close tested nasal swabs from two members of an eight-person household on the Fort Apache Reservation northwest of Phoenix. About half of the family had a runny nose and cough and had lost their sense of taste and smell — all symptoms of COVID-19 — and, by late morning, the two tests had come back positive. Close’s contact-tracing work began. For Close and his team, each day begins like this: with a list of new COVID-19 cases — new sources that may have spread the virus.

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