“Try as they would, the Metis could not get titles to their lands, while the government alienated large blocks of lands to speculators”

“Try as they would, the Metis could not get titles to their lands, while the government alienated large blocks of lands to speculators”
“From leading one of British Columbia’s earliest strikes to fighting against low wages and racist bosses, some pivotal moments in Indigenous labour history.”
“We intend to change things. As Natives, we have awakened, we are awakening to our plight after a hundred years of slumber. We intend to take some action.”
In 1611, English sea captain Henry Hudson suffered a mutiny by his crew and was abandoned and cast adrift in the North American bay that colonial officials named in his honour.
Tributes to, interviews with and films by Mi’gmaw filmmaker Jeff Barnaby.
“If the Canadian government gets its way, military training in Goose Bay, Labrador will soon be making life intolerable for the Indigenous people of the area.”