State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: First Report

The Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues recently issued its first-ever report on The State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, all 370 million of them. Written by seven independent experts — all of them indigenous, according to GlobalPost —  chapter topics include self-determination, cultural diversity, health, education, and the environment.

Discrimination… (take 3)

There’s no denying that the Kahnawake eviction story is complicated and has more than a few twists and turns. It blew onto the front pages a little more than a week ago, then lay dormant for a couple of days until television picked it up. THEN it became a big story… again. And again. But […]

Discrimination sucks… (redux)

Newsrooms across Canada are all a-twitter with that story out of Kahnawake Mohawk Territory in southern Quebec. (We’ve already dealt with it here.) Why? Well, it has all the elements the mainstream media (msm) loves. It’s got Indians, racism, discrimination, and a “twist” in the story that gives it “legs” (staying power). If it only […]

Aboriginal? Prove it

Next time some low-life with a right-wing special interest group slams Aboriginal peoples and their right to exist in a newspaper or on radio or TV…. And that person claims to BE an Aboriginal person…. Demand proof. Yep! Call, email or write a letter to the publisher and the editor of that newspaper, or the […]

Discrimination sucks… unless I do it

There’s a story taking place at Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, across a bridge south of Montreal. It involves the band council and eviction notices to 24 “non-natives” last week. They’re all white. According to this CBC Radio interview, they “just wandered in” and stuck around: The band council says its nothing personal. It’s just that these […]