American Indian Genocide. “Until the Lion has his historian, the hunter will always be the hero” (Unknown.) The Lion today will be the American Indian, and on his behalf I will present an American Indian perspective about the European Invasion of the Americas, and the consequent near fatal disastrous results it had for our civilizations. The following is a slightly modified version of an Anti-Racism Lecture that I gave on March 22, 2011, at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, By Mi’kmaq Elder Dr.
Daniel N. Paul, C.M., O.N.S. NOTE: In this paper the term American Indian is applicable to all of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. The main topic of my commentary today will be about the Hidden History of the Americas, and the Conspiracy of Silence that keeps it out of Eurocentric Education Systems, and hidden safely away in the Archives of Canada, the United States, the Vatican, France, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, and far to many other countries to mention here. Another long ignored fact to ponder. Know Your Rights: A treaty primer for non-natives. Reviewed by Media Co-op editors. copyeditedfact checkededitors' pick [?]
Know Your Rights: A treaty primer for non-natives Blog posts reflect the views of their authors, and are not subject to Media Co-op journalistic standards. At a blockade near Barriere Lake. Photo: Barriere Lake Solidarity The numbered treaties, signed between 1871 and 1921. Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press by Dru Oja Jay In Canada today, most people associate treaty rights with Indigenous people. Thanks to treaties, Canadians have the ability to share the land, move freely about, conduct economic activity, govern themselves in the manner they choose, and maintain their cultural and spiritual beliefs without fear of persecution. In places where treaties are in effect, every building, business, road, government, or other activity is made possible by of a treaty. In areas without treaties, settler societies exist, to put it charitably, in a sort of legal limbo in relation to both Canadian and Indigenous laws. 2162 words. United Nations of Turtle Island. Mission Statement.
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