Racism is alive and well in Canada (via hpandthetreeofnothing)

HOLY FUCK /THIS/. Just this last week my instructor did this. “We don’t really have racism here like they do in America.” YES. YES WE DO.

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Ouch, Canada.

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Sorry for derailing, but the Northern half of the US tries to pull some similar shit with the Southern half. To be honest, I’d be afraid to live up North after some of the stuff I’ve heard. I’m afraid of White people who’ve never met a Black person. (I’m not denying ANY of the racism that does still go on in the South, though!)

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I just had a patient go off and on about lazy indians and I was so visibly upset that I got sent home

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Oh my god, this is so ridiculous. I hate the fact that colonization is forcing its beliefs on a people who, historically, were perfectly fine with people who were LGBTQ people. How much ridiculousness. *shakes head* Quit trying to confuse “brown people” with hate because you think they don’t know any better. *GRUMBLE GRUMBLE GRUMBLE*

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subconciousevolution:

Canadian Newspaper Runs Full-Page Anti-Gay, Anti-Transgender Ad.

First Portion Reads:

“Please Don’t Confuse Me. I’m a girl.  Don’t teach me to question if I’m a boy, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, or two spirited.”  

Second Portion Reads:

* “Can a parent have their child accomodated out of human rights education (LGBTQ) based on religious grounds? NO.”

* “Should schools send notes or permissions slips home before starting any classroom work on LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual/Two-spirited, and Queer) issues? NO.

* “Can teachers seek accommodations from teaching materials that may contradicttheir religious beliefs? NO.

* “Can teachers/students choose not to address controversial issues for fear of negative parent response? NO.

Read more here. 

This is really disgusting.

Edward Curtis took beautiful pictures, but the expectation of Natives being all somber and wise can suck my assured dick. Anyway, this makes me think that I need to learn how to bead….quite desperately. 

spearin:

5th Annual Dakota Dunes Casino Pow Wow, Whitecap Dakota First Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada. Photos by Andrew Spearin / The StarPhoenix

Last weekend while in Canmore, I came across an Edward S. Curtis book at a used book store. I knew it needed to be in my collection. Less than a week later, and I am at my first pow wow, inspired by the sociological documentation by Curtis. 

More photos seen on The StarPhoenix website.

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ayiman:

This is Cree actress Michelle Thrush. 

She won the Gemini for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role as Gail Stoney in the series Blackstone.

She’s been in a bunch of stuff you might be familiar with, like North of 60 and the Jim Jarmusch film Deadman.  If you haven’t seen Deadman, see it because Gary Farmer (Philbert!) is in it, and Johnny Depp dies.

ayiman:

To those of us who have or had family members who grew up in the res schools, my thoughts, condolences and sympathies.

There’s a wealth of information on the res schools here.

The residential school system came with the famous tagline; “kill the indian, save the child.”  The governments of Canada and the USA couldn’t beat our ancestors in battle, so they instead fooled our people into accepting untenable treaties that were never meant to be honoured, and they had our children stolen from us in a bid to whitewash our people.

My grandfather and all of his brothers were stolen from their home, separated and raised in the residential school system.  My grandfather’s generation, my father’s generation and my generation are still dealing with the after-effects of the racist Gradual Civilization Act and the Indian Act.  No amount of money could alleviate the disruption in our family and the destruction of our community, so my grandfather and his brothers refused the restitution offered by the government.  The alleviation of white guilt cannot be purchased with 10 grand and a few platitudes about racism.

So, fuck you Canada, and fuck you, America.

You didn’t kill the indian.  The indian just laid low for a while.

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ayiman:

Today I think about all my people who have died.  It’s just like cutting my own flesh.  I think of how they have ruined our land and we didn’t even know about it.  Maybe it’s because of the mine that so many of our people have died.  When I think about it, I am sad.

-Mary Ann Clement

A friend of mine gave me this book, produced by the Deline community in Northwest Territories.  It is a collection of experiences and stories regarding the community’s involvement with one of the most significant events in human history.  

The Manhattan Project was the joint effort by the U.S.A. the United Kingdom and Canada that produced the atomic weapons used against the Japanese on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Deline Elders Recall Pt. Radium memories

The uranium used in the project was mined in a remote area inhabited by the Dene (Sahtu) people.  The locals were used by Eldorado Inc and later the Canadian government to transport the uranium ore from the Eldorado and Echo Bay uranium mines near Port Radium across Great Bear Lake and eventually south to Chalk River in Ontario and Oak Ridge in the States.

For $3 a day, Dene men transported an element that prior to the establishment of Eldorado Inc, radium salts were priced at $70000 per gram.  

custerdiedforyoursins:

cassket:

In this documentary, filmmaker Gil Cardinal searches for his biological family to try and understand how he ended up in foster care as an infant. In his search, Cardinal encounters frustration and loss, but eventually finds answers and a new appreciation of his Métis culture.

This documentary is great.

Reblogging to watch later.

ayiman:

In case anyone was wondering, this is a former Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Phil Fontaine, wearing the real deal.

dreadhawkedmuckaround:

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California

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Distrito Federal (Mexico City)

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Maine

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Vermont

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Washington

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West Virginia

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Wyoming

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My state is not on this list :( My state is horrible. For everyone whose state is NOT horrible, I hope this helps you.

signal fucking boosted, abortion should be accessible by all who need it.

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