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The Failure Of Federal Indigenous Healthcare Policy In Canada

This Brief outlines the compounding crises, and the resistance, that have constituted Indigenous healthcare in this country.

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Proclamation of the Indians of All Tribes at Alcatraz (1969)

“We, the native Americans, re-claim the land known as Alcatraz Island in the name of all American Indians by right of discovery. We wish to be fair and honorable in our dealings with the Caucasian inhabitants of this land, and hereby offer the following treaty…”

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IdleNoMore in Historical Context – Glen Coulthard (2012)

“From the vantage point of the colonial state, by the time the 78-day standoff at Kanesatake had begun things were already out of control in Indian Country.”

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Prisoner Resistance Across the Prairies

“We are inmates of not only institutions of incarceration, but every other institution that has dominated us for years. We are inmates of poverty, of high suicide rates, of disease, and of overrepresentation in the justice system.” – Cory Charles Cardinal

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Police Brutality (2002)

Gerald’s Kaboni’s police custody related death reopened wounds in Victoria’s Indigenous community, as the family of Anthany Dawson, a 29 year-old Native man who was killed by Victoria police in August of 1999 continued to struggle for justice.

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Against false claims to Métis territorial rights in British Columbia

Challenging the BC Metis Federation’s (BCMF) recent statements regarding Secwepemc sovereignty and false claims to Métis territorial rights in BC; a link to an article about similar claims made by a different organization, the Metis Nation of BC (MNBC); and some personal-historical commentary about Métis in BC.