For those of you just staring to get acquainted with Indigenous Struggles and the very nature of "Indigenous Resistance" - which is more about replacement and living life than it is about protesting - you may want to have a look at the book, "In the Way of Development: Indigenous Peoples, Life Projects and Globalization." [...]
Julia Good Fox, a faculty member in the Indigenous Nations and American Indian Studies department at Haskell Indian Nations University, is currently writing a six-part series of essays on understanding, confronting, and replacing Immoral Leadership, one of the main obstacles preventing us (Onkwehonwe, Indigenous People) from achieving authentic self-determination. In her FOREWARD for the series, [...]
In 2002, Siswo Pramono authored the paper "An Account of the Theory of Genocide (pdf), revealing several critical flaws in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. For one, the paper shows how the Convention was designed to "allow an exit strategy for those planning a future policy of genocide;" [...]
Courtesy of Mohawk Nation News, here is the full speech delivered earlier today at the rally in front of the Law Society of Upper Canada. This was delivered by Janie Jamieson, Spokesperson of the Six Nations of the Grand River. Thanks to MNN for sending this out... August 21, 2007 Throughout the past year and [...]
Related to the previous post, here's some commentary by Julienne Xene Cross---who's urging Indigenous Nations to Unite, let go of colonial niceties, and become self-sustaining. Survival depends on it. This was originally posted at Brenda Norrell's blog A pen conquered us and a pen can wipe us out as a Nation by Julienne Xene Cross [...]
A couple months ago I promised to post some articles that challenge conventional activism and point to the obvious need for us to do things a bit differently.... I've been waiting for the right moment to put them up, and thought now would be a good time. One thing I would like to contribute (which [...]
As much as "Smashing the State" may be appealing to some, we have arrived at a time where that is no longer enough. This is especially true today, as neoliberal policies and practices continue marching forward, and we find ourselves at a perpetual disadvantage, never really able to "smash" anything. And so it has become [...]