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Listen to the frontlines!
As I pray about our chaotic times, certain things have become clear. As said below, “there are moments of clarity that allow for society to challenge popular thinking and status quo solutions.” This is one of those moments of clarity. … Continue reading
Land Theft, Land Back
As I’ve been learning more about Indigenous peoples, I’ve been trying to formulate what this means for me as a White person living on land that was taken from them. I am looking forward to the series of six webinars, … Continue reading
Haudenosaunee Land Defenders
Recent news from Six Nations Land Defenders. For just under three weeks Haudenosaunee Land Defenders, on their traditional territories, have been occupying a site slated for illegal development. On August 5th Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) enforced an injunction against the … Continue reading
Coastal GasLink Pipeline’s continued destruction
During the past week as I’ve been writing about the webinar series, “Working Toward Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples”, I’ve continued to hear bad news about the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline on the Wet’suwet’en people’s territory. July 14, … Continue reading
Posted in Indigenous, Uncategorized, Unist'ot'en, Wet’suwet’en
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Sovereignty and Tribal Government Relations in the United States and Canada
The first of six webinars in the series “Working Toward Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples” will be held this Monday, August 10, 7:30-9:00 p.m. Eastern. Click here to register Sovereignty and Tribal Government Relations in the United States and Canada … Continue reading
Breaking: DAPL court decision!
Message from Chase Iron Eyes, Lakota People’s Law Project. In case you haven’t yet heard, yesterday an appellate court dropped a big decision in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s lawsuit to stop the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL). Unfortunately, the court’s … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, Indigenous, Native Americans, Uncategorized
Tagged Dakota Access Pipeline
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Allyship and Solidarity Guidelines
Lately I’ve been writing about the group Decolonizing Quakers and the webinar series that will begin Monday titled “Working toward right relationship with Indigenous peoples”. One goal of these sessions is to help White people learn more about being allies … Continue reading
Decolonizing Quakers
I’ve been writing lately about a series of webinars titled “Working Toward Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples.” Information about the webinar topics and registration for this series can be found at the end of this blog post. The series is … Continue reading
Quakers Seeking Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples
It is difficult for any community to deal with things our ancestors did that we would consider to be wrong today. Many people believe our ancestors were doing the best they could under the circumstances at the time. Are we … Continue reading
The answer to “What can I do?”
I have been wondering about the convergence of several things lately. I was blessed to have participated on the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March in 2018. That was the experience I had been searching for. The opportunity to develop friendships … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, Indigenous, Spiritual Warrior, Uncategorized
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 