Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for CanadaB.C. backs down from DRIPA suspension plan
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11807996/bc-dripa-suspension-legislation/
Whisper of Reason"Egereva was arrested on December 17 along with Natalya Leongardt, another Russian advocate for Indigenous peoples. Both face up to 20 years in prison on accusations of participating in the Aborigen Forum, an informal network of Indigenous advocates.
The growing repression of Indigenous advocacy in the Russian Federation is part of Russia’s broader shift to totaliatarianism that has worsened since the country invaded Ukraine."
https://grist.org/indigenous/a-bellwether-for-new-forms-of-repression-two-indigenous-rights-advocates-remain-behind-bars-in-russia/
CBC NorthAssembly of First Nations head rejects RCMP 'regret' for secret Indigenous surveillance program
The head of the Assembly of First Nations is rejecting the RCMP's recent statement of regret for a secret surveillance program that targeted hundreds of Indigenous people. Such statements are "not a sufficient response," Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says in a letter to the prime minister.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/afn-rcmp-indigenous-surveillance-9.7165191?cmp=rss
The head of the Assembly of First Nations is rejecting the RCMP's recent statement of regret for a secret surveillance program that targeted hundreds of Indigenous people. Such statements are "not a sufficient response," Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says in a letter to the prime minister.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/afn-rcmp-indigenous-surveillance-9.7165191?cmp=rss
CBC SaskatchewanFirst Nations University of Canada celebrates 50 years
The First Nations University of Canada opened its doors for the first time in May 1976 as Saskatchewan Indian Federated College. It was one of the country's first post-secondary institutions owned and run by Indigenous people.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/first-nations-university-of-canada-celebrates-50-years-9.7162545?cmp=rss
The First Nations University of Canada opened its doors for the first time in May 1976 as Saskatchewan Indian Federated College. It was one of the country's first post-secondary institutions owned and run by Indigenous people.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/first-nations-university-of-canada-celebrates-50-years-9.7162545?cmp=rss
Journal of Alpine Research[113-2, 2025]
"Extractivist Fractures in the #Atacama Desert: An Oasis of Contradictions"
>> The article examines the socioecological ‘fractures’ emerging from lithium extraction in the #AtacamaSaltFlat, a massive, high-altitude saline formation on the Chilean Andean #Mountain Range, and one of the world’s richest #lithium reserves. Conceptualized as an ‘oasis of contradictions,’ the Atacama’s territory is simultaneously, a site for the global ‘green’ transition and a space of deepening #dispossession—where transnational demands for lithium collide with Indigenous territorialities.
https://journals.openedition.org/rga/15648
#Chili #extractivism #IndigenousPeople
LM Little"#Canada’s northern plan and NATO’s Arctic Sentry are turning the (#Arctic) region into a new battleground and impeding #Indigenouspeople’s persistent efforts to preserve their homeland for peace and #sustainable development." https://ricochet.media/climate/carneys-plan-to-militarize-the-melting-arctic-threatens-peace-at-the-top-of-the-world/
#cdnpoli #NWT #Nunavut #Yukon #militarization #mining #extractiveIndustries #colonialism
CBC IndigenousHigh number of Indigenous people incarcerated concerning but not surprising, says Nunatsiavut Government
The findings of a new study into the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Newfoundland and Labrador’s correctional facilities are not a surprise, says a representative of the Nunatsiavut Government.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nunatsiavut-government-response-9.7155937?cmp=rss
The findings of a new study into the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Newfoundland and Labrador’s correctional facilities are not a surprise, says a representative of the Nunatsiavut Government.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nunatsiavut-government-response-9.7155937?cmp=rss
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CBC Newfoundland & LabradorHigh number of Indigenous people incarcerated concerning but not surprising, says Nunatsiavut Government
The findings of a new study into the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Newfoundland and Labrador’s correctional facilities are not a surprise, says a representative of the Nunatsiavut Government.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nunatsiavut-government-response-9.7155937?cmp=rss
The findings of a new study into the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Newfoundland and Labrador’s correctional facilities are not a surprise, says a representative of the Nunatsiavut Government.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nunatsiavut-government-response-9.7155937?cmp=rss
YYYY in Canada1814 in Canada
#CanadianHistory
#history
#WarOf1812
An author notes that Indigenous people's "firm attachment to our interest is a circumstance which adds greatly to our means of defending and securing our Canadian possessions"
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32284/288
Pg. 241
#MilitaryHistory #IndigenousPeople
See also: Indigenous-British Relations Pre-Confederation
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/aboriginal-european-relations