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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 06:20 PM Jan 2019

Idle no more

“OUR PEOPLE AND OUR MOTHER EARTH CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO BE ECONOMIC HOSTAGES IN THE RACE TO INDUSTRIALISE OUR HOMELANDS.
IT’S TIME FOR OUR PEOPLE TO RISE UP
AND TAKE BACK OUR ROLE AS CARETAKERS AND STEWARDS OF THE LAND.”
— Eriel Deranger
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations


http://www.idlenomore.ca/

Being Idle No More: The Women Behind the Movement
The Idle No More movement began as a thread of emails between four women from Saskatchewan: Jessica Gordon, Sylvia McAdam, Nina Wilson, and Sheelah McLean, who decided to make a “sincere effort to make some change.” ….



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https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/being-idle-no-more-women-behind-movement
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Idle no more (Original Post) guillaumeb Jan 2019 OP
K&R for solidarity. suffragette Jan 2019 #1
Inspired by your post: guillaumeb Jan 2019 #2
Yes, we must build these alliances and I am glad to see how this movement is growing. suffragette Jan 2019 #3
Well said. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #4
K&R 2naSalit Jan 2019 #5

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
2. Inspired by your post:
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 06:40 PM
Jan 2019
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100211705629


My father's mother was Cree. First Peoples issues are a personal issue, and we must build cross-community alliances in this.

suffragette

(12,232 posts)
3. Yes, we must build these alliances and I am glad to see how this movement is growing.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 06:48 PM
Jan 2019

The corporations and the hate groups have been operating across borders for a long time.

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