Canada 150 - Indigenous Perspectives
Unsettling Canada 150
This site, which hosts the video above, is part of a joint effort between Idle No More and Defenders of the Land. It contains many resources about Indigenous rights.
"In the spirit of Arthur Manuel, we want to make July 1 a National Day of Action. This day of action is to celebrate our Indigenous and human rights to self-determination, our lands, territories, and resources. It is also to educate Canadians about how their constitutional framework, first established 150 years ago in the British North America Act (1867), illegally confiscated our lands, territories, and resources, spawned the post-confederation Indian Act and attempted to write Indigenous jurisdiction— and Indigenous Peoples— out of existence."
This site, which hosts the video above, is part of a joint effort between Idle No More and Defenders of the Land. It contains many resources about Indigenous rights.
"In the spirit of Arthur Manuel, we want to make July 1 a National Day of Action. This day of action is to celebrate our Indigenous and human rights to self-determination, our lands, territories, and resources. It is also to educate Canadians about how their constitutional framework, first established 150 years ago in the British North America Act (1867), illegally confiscated our lands, territories, and resources, spawned the post-confederation Indian Act and attempted to write Indigenous jurisdiction— and Indigenous Peoples— out of existence."
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Canada, I can cite for you 150 is a poem by artist Christi Belcourt. The full text is found here. The video above features Belcourt speaking the poem along with powerful images.
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From CBC: Indigenous artists will be featured in sesquicentennial celebrations, but others are choosing to boycott Canada 150
Click here for the full story: http://www.cbc.ca/1.3968556 |
ARTICLES
#Resistance150 - Canada Day isn't a celebration for Indigenous people - Vice, Jasmine Kabaty
Christie Belcourt on why celebrating Canada's 150th is a "slap in the face" to Indigenous people
Canada 150 is a celebration of Indigenous genocide - Pam Palmater
Canada's Hidden History, My Mother and Me - New York Times, Gabrielle Scrimshaw
Kanata 150+, not Canada 150 - UM Today, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair
#Resistance150 - Canada Day isn't a celebration for Indigenous people - Vice, Jasmine Kabaty
Christie Belcourt on why celebrating Canada's 150th is a "slap in the face" to Indigenous people
Canada 150 is a celebration of Indigenous genocide - Pam Palmater
Canada's Hidden History, My Mother and Me - New York Times, Gabrielle Scrimshaw
Kanata 150+, not Canada 150 - UM Today, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair
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Decolonize 150. Artist: Blake Angeconeb, Anishinaabe
Collection of Monique Woroniak
Collection of Monique Woroniak