“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.”
Author: historyiswhat
“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.
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.
Since the September/October 2020 Land Back Issue of Briarpatch Magazine was published, there have been several podcasts that have had episodes expanding on the topics covered in it and on Briarpatch Magazine itself.
“Ce texte de M. Gouldhawke (2020) retrace l’histoire de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada, le corps policier fédéral aux racines coloniales, capitalistes et impérialistes.”
“This type of cultural genocide was intentionally planned by a more aggressive, power-hungry nation of people in order to further exploit a nation of people whose socialistic ideas could not be destroyed otherwise.”
“We are proud that the Métis Society of Saskatchewan was one of the few organization that supported the Native people of Kenora as they fight for justice.”
“We are a collective of community members, prisoner advocates, and penal abolitionists who stand in solidarity with prisoners at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre (SCC), where 130 people (107 prisoners; 23 staff) or roughly 20% of the population have tested positive for COVID-19 as of November 30, 2020.”
A short outtake from my interview with the Flash Forward Podcast (in reference to the Briarpatch Magazine LandBack issue), and a link to the full episode of the podcast.
