On Monday April 18th, Indigenous families and allies occupied the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) office in Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories. They demanded immediate actions to address the crises of suicide and poverty in Attawapiskat and issued this statement. The occupation…
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Indigenous Sovereignty
Caring Society vs Canada – foster care is modern day residential school for…
On January 26th, the Human Rights Tribunal of Canada made a historic ruling for Indigenous peoples and…
Revisiting the Tao of Deception in Canada’s colonial war on the poor
The Tao (way) of deception, Tabula Raza (empty slate or no history), Terrus Nullius (empty land): these are some of…
Prime Minister Trudeau and Reconciliation – The New Tokenism Is Still The…
I have been banging my head against the wall over and over again. I am speaking figuratively of course.
I…
“We Shall Not Be Moved” – Indigenous Land Defense on Lelu Island
Since August, 2015, members of the Gitwilgyoots tribe of the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation have been re-occupying…
Fracking poisons water, destroys fish, and causes global warming and earthquakes
Huge fossil fuel corporations and their allies in government have tried to sell natural gas as a clean alternative…
No homelessness on stolen Native land? How demands for wealth redistribution can…
These days, a lot of thinking about how we organize our social movements is focused on the connections between…
So much at stake at Madii Lii: An Interview with Richard Wright
It seems everyday now Christy Clark’s LNG dream is slipping farther away. The price of natural gas has plummeted,…
Canada Has Blood On Its Hands – Justice in Honduras Requires a U-Turn in…
On April 21st First Nations women leaders and legal and human rights activists called on the Canadian government to…
On the Frontlines: A Map of Indigenous Resistance
This illustration was made for the center fold of the print version of The Volcano, Issue 4, Winter 2016.