The Academics Are Restless
A closer look at the prospect for native insurgency in 2010.
Category: ISSUES+POLITICS
Savages 2.0: Are Gangs and Terrorists the New Indian Stereotype?
If you’re going to stay current, sometimes you have to re-invent your brand, and we Indians are no exception. Luckily, we have people lining up to do it for us. We begin with the apparently oh-so-nascent Indigenous Resistance Army — IRA, for short — which, according to a recent speech by the chair of Defence […]
Obama shares the wealth
In one of the most controversial announcements to ever come out of the Nobel Foundation, U.S. president Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. Peace advocates questioned the selection, given the American military presence in many conflicts around the globe. Obama accepted it humbly, and vowed to donate the $1.4 million dollar […]
Mapuche Decry Lack of Attention to Impacts of Chilean Earthquake
The BBC reports on how the indigenous Mapuche in Chile have used the web to share their frustration over inadequate relief efforts for their communities in the wake of the quake in Chile. One way we can perhaps help is to translate Mapuchean websites so their message gets out more widely: Many indigenous voices on […]
I want names!
Somebody put an ad on an online site called USEDWinnipeg.com offering to pick up Aboriginal people and drop them off in “the hood” or a reserve or just out of town. Now some groups want a criminal investigation calling it a hate crime.
