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What kind of nation is a first nation? We need to decide
Jan. 12 2013
in Canada, the term “first nations” has been widely used, accurately, to describe non-Inuit indigenous groups since the 1980s – but the nature of that nationhood has not been fully defined in a mutually agreeable way. This question is at the root of the new wave of activism, centred around the Idle No More protests. The uniting factor is a desire for a new relationship between Canada and the indigenous nations within its borders.
Tags: economy, ideology, Indigenous, participation, rights
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First Nations: The Long Shadow of Assimilation
Jan. 3, 2013
$7.5 billion – Estimated annual cost of doing nothing to resolve First Nations employment and social problems in Canada (in 1996 alone)… $169-$189 million – Estimated federal government underfunding of capital expenditures on reserves annually. The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) says 40 new schools, at a cost of $12.5 million each, and 85,000 housing units would have to be built to meet current needs.
Tags: economy, Health, housing, Indigenous, poverty, rights, standard of living, youth
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Of aboriginals, Métis, First Nations, Inuit and Indians (status-holding and otherwise)
Jan 10, 2013
Métis and non-status Indian communities have wanted some government to have responsibility to assist them in maintaining their cultures and in facing their challenges… the decision logically implies that the federal government will need to take on some responsibilities, help support structures for cultural self-determination and so on… The decision may render past provincial legislation concerning Métis or non-status Indian lands unconstitutional.
Tags: Indigenous, rights, standard of living
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Why the court’s Métis decision is wrong
Jan. 09, 2013
Canada is a strange place. On the one hand, we trumpet diversity and the equality of all, regardless of origin. But on the other, the very history of this country is enmeshed in racial distinction… treaties, created for all time a division between the original inhabitants (commonly referred to as Indians) and the newcomers… Ever since, natives have been trying to figure out how to escape the limitations of the Indian Act. Yet they are unwilling to scrap it.
Tags: Indigenous, multiculturalism, rights
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What the Métis decision means for Canada
Jan. 09 2013
… the broad Canadian mainstream are likely to be themselves confused and resentful on being told they owe “hundreds of billions” of dollars, along with restitution and guilt; and that the Métis and non-status Indians have now joined status Indians on an equal footing.
Tags: Indigenous, multiculturalism, rights, standard of living
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Placing #IdleNoMore in Historical Context
Jan. 4, 2012
#IdleNoMore is an explicitly non-violent movement, which accounts for its relatively wide spectrum of both Native and non-Native support at the moment… However, if the life of Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence continues to be recklessly put in jeopardy… I predict that the spectre of political violence will re-emerge in Indigenous peoples’ collective conversations about what to do next.
Tags: Indigenous, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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The mean test: Have we stopped caring about Canada’s most vulnerable?
Jan. 02, 2013
GDP tells us nothing about how the benefits of growth are shared or about the costs of growth to the environment, our community, even future economic prospects. It tells us nothing about those values that sit outside the market. International agencies and a number of countries are developing indices that take into account equality, sustainability, democracy and trust, as well as economic performance.
Tags: budget, featured, globalization, ideology, Indigenous, participation, poverty, privatization, standard of living
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Why we are Idle No More
Dec. 28, 2012
While a great many injustices were inflicted upon the indigenous peoples in the name of colonization, indigenous peoples were never “conquered”… The failure of Canada to share the lands and resources as promised in the treaties has placed First Nations at the bottom of all socio-economic indicators — health, lifespan, education levels and employment opportunities… this movement will continue to expand and increase in intensity.
Tags: economy, Indigenous, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Idle No More starts new era
Dec 28, 2012
Harper said it was time to reset the relationship but it was an empty PR gesture… What First Nations received in the new “reset” was funding cutbacks to advocacy groups, legislative change without consultation and basically business as usual. Idle No More is a reaction to years of setback, inaction and one-sided legislative change by the Harper government.
Tags: Indigenous, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper should meet Chief Theresa Spence
Dec. 27, 2012
f simple human concern, a determination to right historic injustices, and a goal of making life better on reserves aren’t enough to move Harper, here’s a reason he’ll likely understand: meeting Spence would be politically expedient. More than that, it might just avert disaster… If she were to die, or suffer serious harm, the protests seen thus far would be merely a gentle rain compared to the hurricane of anger to follow.
Tags: budget, Indigenous, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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