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The Two Row Wampum: Part Two
With the rise of a new cycle of Indigenous struggles, and with the global crisis of capitalism intensifying, the recent 400th anniversary of the Two Row Wampum is a good moment for us to start redefining the relationship between Indigenous … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, decolonize, Indigenous, Uncategorized, Unist'ot'en, Wet’suwet’en
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The Guswenta: Two Row Wampum Belt
Quakers are my spiritual community. Lately I’ve been writing extensively about the Wet’suwet’en peoples in Canada. But I haven’t adequately explained why this is so important to me. And why I pray Friends (Quakers) will be led to learn about … Continue reading
Indigenous Youth have re occupied the BC Legislature
It seems now that talks between the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and the provincial and federal government will happen, after earlier reports that they would not. Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and ministers from the B.C. and federal governments are scheduled to meet … Continue reading
Our Last Best Hope
We have arrived at a moment of truth. The enclosure of the commons, and the rise of industrialization and capitalism fueled the subjugation of peoples and lands. Will we finally act on the certain knowledge that continuing to extract and … Continue reading
A sorrow remembrance
As the eyes of the world are on the Wet’suwet’en people and their territory, we are reminded that three years ago today, on Feb. 22, 2017, North Dakota ordered the evacuation of the main #NoDAPL camp. Right now, there are … Continue reading
Major Updates: Unist’ot’en Solidarity Brigade
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs Meet With Mohawks of Tyendinaga, Set Conditions for Nation-to-Nation Talks February 21, 2020 Tyendinaga – Today, Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs met with the Mohawk People of Tyendinaga at the Council House in Tyendinaga to … Continue reading
Complicity of the Privileged
Every once in a while I’ll read, hear or observe something that crystallizes an idea or concern I’ve been praying and/or thinking about for a long time, sometimes decades. That’s what happened when I read about the complicity of the … Continue reading
Wake Up United States
I am so impressed and grateful for the nonviolent movement that is taking place in Canada today. It gives me hope that example will trigger a similar movement here in the US. We are already seeing that beginning to happen … Continue reading
Kolin Sutherland-Wilson: Colonialism in Canada
The following are excerpts from: Why Kolin Sutherland-Wilson can’t stay quiet. UVic student’s week-long protest draws attention to movement against pipeline project in northwestern B.C. by Josh Kozelj, Martlet, Jan 22, 2020 It was not until 1997, following failed negotiations … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, climate change, decolonize, Indigenous, Uncategorized, Unist'ot'en, Wet’suwet’en
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Massive Support for Wet’suwet’en Peoples
From the Unist’ot’en Solidarity Brigade Actions in solidarity with the demands of the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs escalated through the weekend as Justin Trudeau canceled his Caribbean trip to campaign for a seat on the UN Security Council and held a meeting … Continue reading
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