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suffragette

(12,232 posts)
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 06:10 PM Jan 2019

Peace vs hate. The context of Nathan Phillips and the Indigenous Peoples March.

Something I haven’t seen addressed enough in discussions of what took place in DC between Nathan Phillips, the Covington students and the Black Israelites is the context of Phillips having come from the Indigenous Peoples March and what that March was about.

Nathan Phillips had spent the day at a March promoting rights and justice.

The Covington students were coming from a place of taunting, both from their practices at sporting events and from taking part in the annual rally to control women’s choice and bodies.

The Black Israelites’ purpose was apparently to be provocative and provoke passers-by.

That context of Phillips taking part in the first Indigenous Peoples March is important. He was taking part in a March of international solidarity, whose aim was to educate and acknowledge the many injustices inflicted on indigenous people around the globe and to make a peaceful and united stand for their rights. This is community in the most positive way, a realization that the strongest counter to hatred and policies that are enacted both locally and across borders and countries must be done by a movement that does the same.

I’ve written about some of this on DU in the past, about the way the Kumeyaay were split from each other by the border with Mexico and the new strength of First Nations coming together across the Canadian/US border to fight against projects on both sides of the border which would impact communities both there and here. This movement is growing and that is positive at its core.

Coming from that place, in mind and spirit, Nathan Phillips saw the conflict developing between the two groups and sought to calm the situation. It looks like he was able to for a short time. That he was then mocked and scorned and is now being attacked for attempting to bring peace is a sad testament to where we are in the 21st Century.

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Peace vs hate. The context of Nathan Phillips and the Indigenous Peoples March. (Original Post) suffragette Jan 2019 OP
Recommended. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #1
Thank you for the recommendation and the info about Idle No More. suffragette Jan 2019 #2
Thanks for bringing that up. K&R 2naSalit Jan 2019 #3
Thank you for your response! suffragette Jan 2019 #6
kick tenderfoot Jan 2019 #4
Thank you. suffragette Jan 2019 #7
Excellent info KT2000 Jan 2019 #5
Yes, it is and especially this weekend. Still, there is hope in the coming together that the suffragette Jan 2019 #8
Kick. 2naSalit Jan 2019 #9
Recommended, thank you saidsimplesimon Jan 2019 #10
Well said G_j Jan 2019 #11
k and r Achilleaze Jan 2019 #12
This is a great point oberliner Jan 2019 #13

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
1. Recommended.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 06:24 PM
Jan 2019

And in addition, and speaking to First Peoples working across borders, there is the Idle no More movement, started by 4 Canadian women.

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100211705679

suffragette

(12,232 posts)
2. Thank you for the recommendation and the info about Idle No More.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 06:30 PM
Jan 2019

It’s going to take me some time to read through their website, time I will gladly spend.

KT2000

(20,544 posts)
5. Excellent info
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 08:25 PM
Jan 2019

this is indeed a sad testament to where we are - especially on a weekend when we honor Dr. Martin Luther King.

suffragette

(12,232 posts)
8. Yes, it is and especially this weekend. Still, there is hope in the coming together that the
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 09:27 PM
Jan 2019

Indigenous Peoples March shows and in the celebrations and continuity of the legacy of Martin Luther King.

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