Connie Kidd

Protect Mother Earth GEORGE BEAVER As a young boy growing up at Six Nations, I was exposed to the Haudenosaunee concept of conservation of our natural environment for the sake of our future generations. I remember reading the community newsletter called The Pine Tree Chief. It was a forerunner of the present weekly newspaper, the Tekawennake. In it, Andrew Jamieson, a teacher, writing about an… En savoir plus

Rights of Indigenous Peoples of CanadaPathways to an ethic of struggle (Taiaiake Alfred)Canadian Dimension Magazine, January/February 2007 Issue My discovery of what colonization really is took a long time in coming. It took a long time because you can’t understand the impact of these powerful forces of disconnection upon our people until you work within this system and try to make change. That’… En savoir plus

SIX NATIONS AND BRANTFORD: Wouldn't a partnership be a better way to move forward? "While maverick city Coun. James Calnan faced a barrage of criticism for breaking ranks over the city's legal action; he was right when he said the city should follow up with some sort of peace overture, instead of just legal confrontation." (Expositor editorial Jan. 7, … En savoir plus

Facing up to Canada's dark history By Lorraine Mallinder… En savoir plus

Six Nations, Canada: Negotiations updateFederal government deems $500 million compensation "implausible" and "inflated"http://www.dunnvillechronicle.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1411793Seven months after talks were suspended, Canada and Six Nations remained far apart in their positions on financial compensation for lands flooded during construction of the Welland Canal.At their Jan. 28 meeting, both… En savoir plus

START OVER! -Residential schools commission to start from scratch By Norma Greenaway, Canwest News Service January 30, 2009 4:08 PMRetired Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci will name a selection committee to conduct the search for new commissioners, an announcement due Friday will state. Retired Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci will name a selection committee to conduct the search for … En savoir plus

World Social Forum and Forest Defenders UniteThursday, 29 January 2009 20:12SOS Amazon! – “World Social Forum” Lends Indigenous Leaders and Supporters Opportunity to Defend Amazon Rainforestby Shelley Bluejay PierceAs world leaders focus on severe economic crisis in their homelands, an estimated 100,000 activists traveled from all over the world to attend the World Social Forum in Brazil. … En savoir plus

UNREPENTANT - unspoken canada, eh.Who in canada speaks of this?Who in canada speaks of over 50,000 Indigenous children who went to canada's Indian Residential Schools, and did not return home?Who in canada speaks of the thousands of unnamed Indigenous children of Kanata, (Gana-da ... "our village") are buried in unmarked graves at former residential schools? unnamed!Who in canada speaks of the … En savoir plus

Naming the Names:Kevin Annett-Fired by United ChurchFourteen Years Later, I'm Still Here, and So Are Weby Kevin D. AnnettI was fired from my job as a United Church minister in Port Alberni fourteen years ago today, by a weasly little bureaucrat named Art Anderson. Art's action ended my livelihood, marriage, and employability, and at the time, he must have figured that he had won. But I don't … En savoir plus

Kingspan sues City of Brantford for $10m due to Six Nations land claimAha! Brantford's day of reckoning ... at least one of them!Another is going on in court right now, tomorrow, FRIDAY, 10 am, Brantford Superior Court, as the City is still trying to get a permanent injunction on the Kingspan site, and others that developers have already pulled out of. hahaha!Company sues city for $10 … En savoir plus

APOLOGY DEMANDED FOR US NATIVE BOARDING SCHOOLSA recent editorial by Native journalist Tim Giago presents his viewpoints about the need for the story to be told about widespread abuses at early US Indian boarding schools and to call for a national apology: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/337/story/59583.html In addition, there are several movies/documentaries just released or slated to be released … En savoir plus

Rampant sexual abuse of native children in residential schools 4 hours ago OTTAWA — Thousands of native children suffered sexual abuse in Indian residential schools, newly disclosed figures show - a h… En savoir plus