Human Rights

  • Staff emerge as

    uploaded by: Connie Kidd

    canal: GrannyRantsOn

    Staff emerge as heroes in Mumbai hotel sieges Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:07am ESTBy Krittivas Mukherjee MUMBAI (Reuters) - Prashant Mangeshikar could be dead, one of more than a hundred victims of militant attacks across Mumbai landmarks, if it had not been for an employee at the Taj Mahal Hotel. Mangeshikar, his wife and daughter were in the foyer of the 105-year-old hotel on Wednesday … Leer más

    uploaded date: 29-11-2008

  • Tradition Modernity

    uploaded by: Connie Kidd

    canal: GrannyRantsOn

    Tradition, Modernity or Both? TVO, The Agenda Thursday, November 27 Canada's First Nations: Tradition, Modernity or Both? Aboriginal identity at a crossroad: 1.2 million strong and growing, but with more than half of Canada's First Nations now living off-reserve, can the traditional way of life be … Leer más

    uploaded date: 27-11-2008

  • More native kids

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    canal: GrannyRantsOn

    More native kids in B.C. living away from parentsLives of aboriginals appear to be getting worse, children's rep warnsLindsay Kines, Times ColonistPublished: Thursday, November 27, 2008The lives of B.C.'s aboriginal children may be getting worse instead of better, the province's child advocate said yesterday.Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond warned that seven of every 10 children living in care or … Leer más

    uploaded date: 27-11-2008

  • Six Nations Brantford:

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    Six Nations, Brantford: "Motives for flak over protests not what they seem" http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1317845 There's a lot of flak pouring into the editorial section of The Expositor over the disruption of the medical centre project caused by Ruby and Floyd Montour. Citizens firing up their pens, the mayor voicing his concerns. Vicano despairing of how the company … Leer más

    uploaded date: 27-11-2008

  • Elmvale: Dump Threatens

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    Elmvale: Dump Threatens Pristine Water Proposed Dump Threatens Pristine Water, Say Township Residents Thirty-year fight to stop landfill continues By Joan Delaney Epoch Times Staff Nov 26, 2008 Dozens of protesters approach the Ontario legislature where they rallied to stop a garbage dump from being built in Tiny Township, Ontario. (Jim Simpson)… Leer más

    uploaded date: 27-11-2008

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    Barriere Lake highway 117 blockade

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    canal: Barriere Lake Solidarity

    After exhausting all political avenues, on November 19th 2008, the Algonquins of Barriere Lake and many non-native supporters have blockaded highway 117 for a second time. Last time the community, including Elders, youth and children, were met with a brutal police response. Riot cops used tear gas and pain compliance, instead of negotiators.… Leer más

    uploaded date: 25-11-2008

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    Six Nations: Working Together-8pts of Jurisdiction. Part 4

    uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

    canal: Peace and Friendship Gathering

    Part 4: Leroy Hill and Bill Montour explain the importance of challenging the divide and rule logic of the colonial system.

    Bill outlines the 8 points of jurisdiction that are central to the defense of their traditional land base and culture:

    1) the Haudenosaunee Great Law,

    2) the Land,

    3) Treaties,

    4) International relations,

    … Leer más

    uploaded date: 27-10-2008

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    Six Nations: Defenders of the Land. Part 1

    uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

    canal: Peace and Friendship Gathering

    In February 2006, ten women and their children galvanized the community of Six Nations into occupying an area called Douglas Creek Estate to halt the growing land encroachment by the bordering town of Caledonia. The area, Six Nations land, had been illegally sold to a US-based developer to build a suburban housing complex.

    … Leer más

    uploaded date: 22-10-2008

  • Peace and Friendship Gathering

    uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

    On August 22 - 24, 2008, the Haudenosaunee Men’s Council, of the Iroquois Confederacy, hosted a Peace and Friendship gathering in Six Nations of the Grand River Territory (near Caledonia, Ontario).

    … Leer más

    uploaded date: 22-10-2008