Compromised parties Whittle down International Human Rights Standards for Canadian law application

Canada and Justice Minister David Lametti are waxing poetic about taking international law and reducing it under domestic Canadian law application. Implementing the United Nations…

Is there a First Nation Indigenous Definition of “Freedom?”

Last week, I heard part of the Wizard of Oz song “Dingdong the wicked witch is dead”, replaying over and over, in my head, ……

Reconciliation means Indigenous are fighting from coast to coast

Indigenous communities have always been the canaries in the coalmine: whether that meant the reserve systems would become precursors of apartheid system developed in South…

Attacks on Mi’kmaq fishing industry expose Canadian racism

Are Canadians outraged right now? Are Canadians watching targeted attacks on indigenous people with glee or with remorse? Currently the Mi’kmaq people are fighting from…

OPINION: What is the true cost of land theft from indigenous people?

Trudeau and the Federal government seem no closer to reconciling with Indigenous First Nations than before the onslaught of COVID 19. Trudeau and respective provincial…

Why are First Nations Indigenous rising across the land?

While under the COVID 19 pandemic, Trudeau’s Liberal government has continued implementing zoom forced tactics, verbalizing policy without concrete funding and looking at legislation that…

There is no reconciliation if First Nations are not allowed to live.

Rallying cries are loudening across Canada for two First Nation Indigenous deaths that have stirred talks of racism, policing and the role of local, regional…

Who speaks for the Indigenous First Nation peoples on reserve?

As the Covid19 lockdown took effect in March and April, activists were reporting pipeline construction activity continuing in BC. The BC government did nothing to…

Mixed messages coming from Canada

The original people, the first inhabitants of this land have been facing increased challenges during the COVID 19 pandemic. There are still stories about infected…

Thunder Woman Speaks: The rule of law applied unevenly

Wet’suwet’en First Nation is currently under siege in northern British Colombia. Why are the Indians protesting? Why is this group of Indians trying to “stop”…

Trump, Trudeau and other Trash

Canada’s abysmal record on reconciliation has achieved no benchmarks and no successes in the past decade, even as the Liberal government touts its propaganda. As…

Born into their people for specific purposes

In 2019, were there any significant changes in the situations for the original people of this land? The indigenous believe that life is a circle.…

Thunder Woman Speaks: Canada Misunderstands the First Nation Treaty relationship

Justin Trudeau continues to run his campaign on the false promises of repairing the relationship that exists between the original people and the greedy newcomers.…

OPINION: Trudeau’s Wreckonciliation is White Paper 2.0

Justin Trudeau made heavy promises to the original peoples when he was coming into the office of Prime Minister. In four years and on the…

Canadians can learn from Indigenous systems that recognized the power of the women

The release of the final report of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Inquiry has unleashed opposing views hijacked by the use…