by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 15, 2013: Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan resigned from Prime Minister Stephen Harper‘s cabinet Friday after admitting that he lobbied a tax court judge on behalf of an unnamed constituent. Duncan, the Conservative MP for Vancouver Island North, issued a statement in which he said he wrote “a character reference letter to READ MORE
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If you’re looking for some more information on the IdleNoMore campaign, MP Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay) gives a good summary in this video. He is discussing the NDP Opposition Day motion on dealing with First Nation economic development and treaty rights. The response from the CPC MP, Cheryl Gallant, who represents a more southerly Ontario [...] by Guest Blogger | The Canadian Progressive, Jan 25, 2013 Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence signed the First Nations declaration that ended her 43-day hunger strike at Ottawa’s Victoria Island . The 13-point declaration, entitled “First Nations: Working Towards Fundamental Change”, was signed jointly with First Nations leaders and Canada’s federal opposition parties. As The Canadian Progressive publisher, READ MORE 
 Activism, Activism News, attawapiskat, Bill C-38, Bill C-45, Canada, Canada Politics, Chief Theresa Spence, Chief Theresa Spence Hunger Strike, Elder Raymond Robinson, Featured, First Nations, Guest Blog, HUNGER STRIKE, Idle No More, Indigenous Rights, rights, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, stephen harper, Treaty rights, United Nations Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. - Erika Shaker rightly tears into the special brand of FAIPOF demanding that First Nations protesters focus solely on their own community leaders rather than recognizing broader and more systematic inequality: Much is being made of Chief Spence’s Escalade (although I’m unsure if she actually owns one or if it’s urban legend) to try and mock the principled stand she has taken to call attention to the shameful conditions in which so many Indigenous peoples live. Because apparently if she had figured out how to stretch those shamefully inadequate federal transfers instead of engaging . . . → Read More: Accidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links With Attawapiskat and its band chief, Theresa Spence, remaining in the headlines, the NFB has made Alanis Obamsawin’s new documentary on life in the First Nation community available for free. The People of the Kattawapiskak River can be streamed online at NFB.ca until Friday, January 18. Or just click the play button above and watch it right here. From NFB.ca: Alanis Obomsawin’s documentary The People of the Kattawapiskak River exposes the housing crisis faced by 1,700 Cree in Northern Ontario, a situation that led Attawapiskat’s band chief, Theresa Spence, to ask the Canadian Red Cross for help. With (Read more…) Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. - Daniel Wilson takes a look at how far too many in the media went along with the Harper Cons’ hatchet job against First Nations: (C)ompare the generalized outrage last week to the shrug elicited by the non-indigenous mayors around the country who have resigned after corruption allegations, are currently being investigated for fraud or sued for conflict of interest. By the standard applied to First Nations, the situations in Montreal, Laval, Mascouche, London, Toronto, Mississauga and Winnipeg are proof that all non-indigenous governments are corrupt and mismanaged and should have their funding . . . → Read More: Accidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links For Immediate Release: January 11, 2013, Victoria Island, traditional territory of the Algonquian Peoples: Chief Theresa Spence is standing firm on her request that both Prime Minster and Governor General of Canada need to be present and participate at the meeting with First Nation leaders. This statement comes on the heels of the Governor General READ MORE Green Party leader Elizabeth May published a well-thought out and clear article on Wednesday, breaking down the reasons why the ongoing media banter about Attiwapiskat fund mismanagement and Chief Theresa Spence are merely distractions from an ongoing legacy of government failure to protect indigenous people and the environment. Twitter and Facebook have become virtual battlegrounds for both government supporters and those who are involved with the Idle No More uprising. Racism, sexism and classism are rampant, and tension arising from finger pointing and blame displacement are escalating. The crux of it all is that the Canadian government, and the majority . . . → Read More: Politics, Re-Spun: Attawapiskat Audit is Merely a Distraction Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. - Daniel Wilson discusses how Stephen Harper’s antipathy toward First Nations is making a failure of his time in office: On the global stage, he stood almost alone in opposition to 144 other countries in voting against the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Domestically, he has tabled bills that diminish First Nations jurisdiction to that of administrative agencies of the federal government. His party has consistently claimed that First Nation governments are corrupt or mismanaged. He killed the Kelowna Accord. His steadfast refusal to fund First Nation child . . . → Read More: Accidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links Government spending per capita, Toronto: $24,000.Government spending per capita, Attawapiskat: 11,355. That is all. From an APTN interview with Clayton Kennedy, the band’s former co-manager. Looks like yesterday’s outrage was a tad overblown. A couple of interesting facts re some of the “controversy” around the band’s financial arrangements. Firstly, as most people seem to have figure out by now, most of the inadequate documentation of expenses took place before Theresa Spence became chief. In fact, I would say it occured after the time Mr. Kennedy first worked for the band (2001-2004) and before the time he returned to it (2010). About Mr. Kennedy’s salary: Kennedy said the band was previously co-managed by BDO Canada from November . . . → Read More: BigCityLib Strikes Back: More On Attawapiskat Finances And Chief Spence’s Diet Twitter / suzhawkins: As settlers… #idlenomore …. York University’s Suzanne Hawkins is my hero today for showing us all this amazing poster that succinctly describes how us non-indigenous settler folk can stand alongside with the world’s indigenous people seeking redress for generations of racism and discrimination. Solidarity matters! Dialogue matters! Let’s make 2013 a year of reconciliation!
#idlenomore, A Better World is Needed, Activism, attawapiskat, Canada, Class War, Colonialism, conservative party of canada, Culture, democracy, environment, Equality, Family, Feminism, First Nations, Gaza, Gender Issues, Identity, Imperialism, International Relations, Natural Resources, Neoliberal Economics, Racism, Society, tarsands, Voluntary Simplicity Netherlands Quakers & Mennonites sent their message of support and solidarity to hunger striker Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence and the phenomenal #IdleNoMore grassroots movement for Aboriginal rights and sovereignty: Photo via Facebook RELATED: Chief Spence says Harper government has encouraged “segregation” PETITION: British Crown Must Honour Canada-First Nations Treaties, Revoke Bill C-45, And Fire Harper & GG READ MORE
#idlenomore, Activism News, attawapiskat, Canada, Chief Theresa Spence, Chief Theresa Spence Hunger Strike, Featured, First Nations, grassroots movement, hunger striker, International Solidarity & Support, Mennonites, Netherlands, photo, photos, Public Support, Quakers, rights, Solidarity For immediate release: January 4, 2013, Victoria Island, traditional territory of the Algonquian Peoples: As Chief Theresa Spence enters into her twenty fifth day of her hunger strike, her message is becoming more crucial. “We are calling on the Prime Minister and the Governor General to meet with us. This is a crisis and we READ MORE
Activism News, Assembly of First Nations, attawapiskat, Canada, Canada Politics, Chief Theresa Spence, Chief Theresa Spence Hunger Strike, Crown-First Nation, Featured, First Nations, governor general, HUNGER STRIKE, Indigenous Rights, Inside Ottawa, News, Ottawa, Press release, Press Releases, rights, stephen harper, Victoria Island First Nations groups denied their constitutionally-protected rights, targeted by the Harper Conservative government In Canada, #IdleNoMore, an indigenous rights movement that started as a small social media campaign, is gaining momentum. The movement is spearheaded by Chief Theresa Spence, the leader of the Attawapiskat First Nation, who is now on Day 23 of a hunger strike on READ MORE
Activism, Activism News, Al Jazeera, attawapiskat, Canada, Chief Theresa Spence, Chief Theresa Spence Hunger Strike, Clayton Thomas-Muller, Featured, First Nations, HUNGER STRIKE, Idle No More, Indigenous Environmental Network, Indigenous Rights, Pamela Palmater, parliament hill, stephen harper, Tar Sands, tv, Victoria Island, youtube It’s the end of Day 19 of Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence’s indefinite hunger strike, taking place here in Ottawa. Spence started her peaceful protest on December 11, 2012. She’s demanding a meeting involving Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a representative of the Queen and First Nations leaders. She wants to discuss treaty agreements between Canada and First Nations, and READ MORE
Aboriginal Issues, Activism News, attawapiskat, Canada, Canada Politics, Chief Theresa Spence, Chief Theresa Spence Hunger Strike, Featured, First Nations, HUNGER STRIKE, Indigenous Rights, Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, protest, social media, Social Media Conversation, Theresa Spence Press Release Chief Teresa Spence of the Attawapiskat First Nations is into her third week of her hunger strike. Her chief demand has NOT been for a personal meeting with Harper, as some are claiming (both friends and opponents) but: Spence launched her protest with a vow to “die” unless the Conservative government started showing more respect to First Nations concerns and aboriginal treaties. She is demanding a meeting between the Crown, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and First Nations leaders to create a new relationship. That has been reiterated in a tweet by Bob Rae this AM: Chief Spence has made it I didn't want to blog tonight. I just wanted to enjoy Christmas.But I couldn't get these two contrasting images out of my mind. Chief Theresa Spence slowly starving to death.While Stephen Harper, with a weird look on his face, plays cribbage. Read more » by Obert Madondo: Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to tear down his stubborn wall of silence over hunger striker Chief Theresa Spence. First Nations leaders, the opposition, unions, the media, grassroots movements and individuals are urging Harper to meet with the Attawapiskat First Nation chief as her indefinite protest reaches the mid-point of its second week. READ MORE
Activism News, Assembly of First Nations, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, attawapiskat, Bill C-45, Canada, CBC, Chief Theresa Spence, Chief Theresa Spence Hunger Strike, Conservative government, Derek Nepinak, Elder Raymond Robinson, Featured, First Nations, Governor General David Johnston, grassroots movement, HUNGER STRIKE, Idle No More, Indigenous Rights, inequality, media, National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, News, Ottawa, parliament hill, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, protest, rights, social media, Theresa Spence, thomas mulcair, Toronto Star, Victoria Island In this exclusive interview with the CBC’s Chris Rands, hunger striker Chief Theresa Spence explains her peaceful protest. Chief Spence started her hunger strike here in Ottawa on December 11. She’s demanded an immediate meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and a representative of the Crown to discuss the treaty relationship between First Nations and READ MORE Open letter on behalf of the First Nations leaders to the Right Honourable Governor General David Johnston and the Right Honourable Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper OTTAWA, Dec. 16, 2012 /CNW/ – On behalf of the National Executive of the Assembly of First Nations, we write today regarding an urgent matter requiring immediate attention. As First Nations leaders from coast-to-coast-to coast, those with inherent rights and title and those with whom the Crown has entered into Treaty, we collectively raise our voices about the critical situation facing First Nations. On December 11th, 2012, Chief Teresa Spence . . . → Read More: Walking Turcot Yards: Hunger Strike As First Nations Serve Notice by Obert Madondo | Huffington Post Blog http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/obert-madondo/cheif-hunger-strike-democracy_b_2298786.html “I’m willing to die for my people because the pain is too much and it’s time for the government to realize what (it’s) doing to us.” The chief of the northern Ontario First Nation reserve of Attawapiskat uttered the haunting statement as she announced her hunger strike in Ottawa READ MORE
aboriginal, Aboriginal Hunger Strike, Activism, Activism News, attawapiskat, Attawapiskat Hunger Strike, Bill C-45, Canada, Canada Politics, charlie angus, Chief Hunger Strike, First Nations, First Nations Hunger Strike, Government, Harper government, HUNGER STRIKE, Hunger Strike Canada, Hunger Strike Theresa Spence, opinion., Ottawa, rights, Theresa Spence Hunger Strike, Theresa Spence Protest, Treaty Agreements Maggie Padlewska of One Year One World interviews Attawapiskat First Nations Chief Theresa Spence on Victoria Island on December 11, 2012, during the first day of her hunger protest against the Harper government’s continuing abuse of First Nations. Chief Spence is demanding a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and a representative of the Queen. She’s demanding that the government READ MORE The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE), one of Canada’s largest labour organizations with over 340,000 members, is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to meet with hunger striking Chief Theresa Spence. The Chief of the northern Ontario First Nation reserve of Attawapiskat began a hunger strike here in Ottawa on Tuesday to READ MORE by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive “I’m wiling to die for my people,” Theresa Spence says. The Chief of the northern Ontario First Nation reserve of Attawapiskat began a hunger strike here in Ottawa yesterday to protest the Harper Government’s continuing abuse of First Nations. Chief Spence is demanding a meeting with Prime Minister READ MORE |
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