In response to the governments continued refusal to deal with their concerns, the Takla Lake First Nation has blockaded a second access road to their traditional territory. “The situation is urgent”, states Chief Dolly Abraham. …
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Takla Lake Escalates Blockade
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Mi’kmaq and Maliseet Say NO to Uranium mining
http://intercontinentalcry.org/mi%e2%80%99kmaq-and-maliseet-say-no-to-uranium-mining/With Canada’s Uranium boom in overdrive, more and more indigenous peoples are being threatened by the scourge that is the uranium industry. The latest threat, according to Ruth Levi, President of the Mawiw Council of First Nations, concerns the Mi’kmaq and Maliseet on the east coast. …
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The Harper ‘Apology’ — Saying ‘Sorry’ with a Forked Tongue
http://intercontinentalcry.org/the-harper-apology-%e2%80%94-saying-sorry-with-a-forked-tongue/As you may have heard by now, on Wednesday, June 11 Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued an apology for Canada’s role in the Residential School System — that is, an apology for more than 120 years of state-sponsored crimes against children of Indigenous descent. …
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Muchas gracias, Poetry Man...
http://darkdaughta.blogspot.com/2008/07/muchas-gracias-poetr...So, consider this a bookmark for me as well as a big flashing red sign pointing in the direction of these defiant and politicized warrior wordsmiths saying: Don't stay here. Go T/HERE! INDIGENOUS ACTION MOVEMENT Coast Salish Territory Intercontinental Cry Oil Sands Truth - Shut Down the Tar Sands liberated yet? kumtux Arte Y Pico. Que buena cosa....did I get that right? I always mess up masculine and feminine...as they really are in reality, fer sure.
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Mi’kmaq and Maliseet Say NO to Uranium mining
http://metalminings.com/breakingnews/mi%e2%80%99kmaq-and-mal...With Canada’s Uranium boom in overdrive, more and more indigenous peoples are being threatened by the scourge that is the uranium industry. The latest threat, according to Ruth Levi, President of the Mawiw Council of First Nations, … More: Mi’kmaq and Maliseet Say NO to Uranium mining
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The Native Post: Birth of a New Image
http://turquoisewaves.blogspot.com/2008/07/native-post-birth...children on the reserves without a curfew. Also remember, Third World condition plague so many of the First Nations peoples here. The U.N. has wagged their finger on a number of occasions -- saying the condition of aboriginal people in the country is “the most pressing human rights issue facing Canada”. Many reserves are on a boil-water advisory. Cases of tuberculosis are six times higher than the rest of Canada. Poverty affects 60 per cent of aboriginal children. And as one of my rides up north -- a white middle-aged guy with extensive experience on
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Inteligentaindigena Indigenismo Novajoservo
http://angryindian.blogspot.comMalaysian Indigenous People Facing Arrests at Blockade : Intercontinental Cry For the last month, the group has maintained a logging blockade to stop the operations of Samling Timber Company. According to the Borneo Resources Institute (BRIMAS) in Miri, “the company simply encroached into their Communal land and Forest areas
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Intercontinental Cry: Indigenous Land: Canada’s Toxic Storehouse
http://angryindian.blogspot.com/2008/06/intercontinental-cry...Intercontinental Cry: Indigenous Land: Canada’s Toxic Storehouse
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Blue Gold: World Water Wars
http://watermyth.blogspot.com/2008/06/blue-gold-world-water-...U.N. conventions, local protests, and numerous situations where people are struggling for their basic right to water, Blue Gold reveals the breadth of what we face unless there are changes to the way the world’s water is managed. from the website Intercontinental Cry
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Throwing Bodies on the Gears
http://mquestfrenzy.blogspot.com/2008/06/throwing-bodies-on-...of indigenous women and warriors rushed the stage, brandishing machetes and war clubs. The apologist for genocide was shoved to the ground and poked with a machete, cutting his arm. He was pulled away by conference organizers and taken to a hospital.Another conference report quotes one chief as saying: “We ask you to tell (president) Lula that we will not accept dams on the Xingu. If they try to build dams, there will be war.” So, there it is. Indigenous peoples staking their position against the progress (as opposed
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Intercontinental Cry: Another Mobilization Launched in Brazil
http://angryindian.blogspot.com/2008/06/intercontinental-cry...Intercontinental Cry: Another Mobilization Launched in Brazil
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Mount Taylor’s Safety Assured for One Year : Intercontinental Cry
http://angryindian.blogspot.com/2008/06/mount-taylors-safety...Mount Taylor’s Safety Assured for One Year : Intercontinental Cry
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Today’s reads
http://theelectricpencil.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/todays-rea...Healing begins when the wounding stops: Indian Residential Schools and the prospects for “truth and reconciliation” in Canada Mostly Water: Natives Respond to Canadian Government’s Apology Intercontinental Cry: Urgent: Innu People Threatened with Evictions Cyberpresse: Essence: un avocat dépose un recours collectif The Dominion: Canada - Colombia FTA: ¡Viva la Muerte! The Bullet: Disaster in the Making: Canada Concludes Its Free Trade Agreement With Colombia
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