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Thousand of First Nations people have served or died to protect our country. November 8th is the National day to recogni...
08/11/2021

Thousand of First Nations people have served or died to protect our country. November 8th is the National day to recognize the impact their sacrifices have had on our freedoms and our country.

Remember Canada’s Veterans

"This spring Emma Stevens (Eskasoni First Nation), Morgan Toney (Wagmatcook First Nation), and Todd Googoo/SHiFT FROM TH...
07/07/2021

"This spring Emma Stevens (Eskasoni First Nation), Morgan Toney (Wagmatcook First Nation), and Todd Googoo/SHiFT FROM THA 902 (We'koqma'q First Nation) collaborated to write a song of hope and healing called “Wela’lin” that encourages people to protect their communities by getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

The music video was shot in We'koqma'q First Nation, Wagmatcook First Nation and Baddeck and features family members of the musicians. It is directed by Stephanie Joline, an Indigenous director from Labrador.

Written by: Todd Googoo, Morgan Toney and Keith Mullins
Vocals: Emma Stevens, SHiFT FROM THA 902, Morgan Toney, Keith Mullins
Fiddle: Morgan Toney
All other instruments/production: Keith Mullins, Barn Bhreagh Studios, Baddeck NS
Mixed and Mastered: John Kennedy and Mike Shep
Samples by: Mike Shep"

Amazing work by everyone involved!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnMBqTeAsLo

This spring Emma Stevens (Eskasoni First Nation), Morgan Toney (Wagmatcook First Nation), and Todd Googoo/SHiFT FROM THA 902 (We'koqma'q First Nation) collab...

09/06/2021

"I usually try not to give Redbubble any more coverage, but they are just awful! Currently there are 6 Indigenous designs stolen and being used to sell shirts on their site. Some are being sold in colours other than orange. I think if we get it out there to not buy from Redbubble that would be great. Kristin Spray, Bear's design is on the site as well as are Carey's and Fred Jackson, Patrick Hunter and Andy Everson, and our Orange Shirt Design from I think 2018. I won't post the link here but please do a search and if you can people send them an email or a letter or phone call. They are making shower curtains, skirts, bed spreads, journals, you name it they are making it. Shame on them all. Orange Shirt Society has a partnership with Leading Edge Promotions of of Langley, BC and their site is: www.orangeshirtday.net- Phyllis Webstad "

The Orange Shirt Society's "official" shirt is being sold by our partner Leading Edge Promotions out of Langely, BC. They were slammed this week, are awaiting more stock and are taking the weekend off. For bulk orders give them a call in a few days, otherwise you can order right off the site at www.orangeshirtday.net

Andrew Alex, here shown standing in a field of flowers, was the putu's, keeper of the ceremonial wampum belts, read each...
09/06/2021

Andrew Alex, here shown standing in a field of flowers, was the putu's, keeper of the ceremonial wampum belts, read each year at the St. Anne's Day celebrations at Indian Island, now Chapel Island, N.S. The church of St. Anne is in the background, across the water from the mainland. The shot is out of focus, but Mr. Alex apparently has a purple wampum belt with white designs across his chest; he holds a long white wampum belt with a design of white crosses on a rectangular purple ground in his left hand, as well as a small object, not in focus. In his right hand he may be holding a pipe or another belt. This photo is one of two taken on the same occasion, with Mr. Alex wearing a dark shirt and no tie. A second series shows Mr. Alex in white shirt and tie, but apparently taken in the same general area, the boat landing across from Chapel Island.

Sourced by:
https://novascotia.ca/museum/mikmaq/default.asp?section=image&page=&id=411&period=®ion=

According to the federal lobbyist registry, Pieridae has lobbied staff in several departments, as well as several MPs.As...
08/06/2021

According to the federal lobbyist registry, Pieridae has lobbied staff in several departments, as well as several MPs.

As recently as Feb. 4, a consultant representing Pieridae lobbied policy advisers with the federal department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development about "securing federal support" for the Goldboro LNG project, and about "securing federal recognition of the reconciliation, climate change, and job benefits" of the project.

In January, the same issues were the topic of lobbying with Finance Canada.

Though the PowerPoint presentation is dated Dec. 16, there are no records in the lobbyist registry of lobbying taking place on that day.

However, there is a record of Pieridae consultant Luka Stevanovic lobbying MP Mike Kelloway on Dec. 17 about regional development, Aboriginal affairs, economic development, industry, energy, infrastructure, employment and training, internal trade, international relations, climate, environment, taxation and finance and transportation — all issues that come up in the PowerPoint presentation.

The CBC contacted five MPs who have been lobbied by consultants representing Pieridae.

Sean Fraser, the MP for Central Nova, was not available to speak with a reporter; Sean Casey, the MP for Charlottetown, said through a constituency office staff member that he didn't know enough about the project to comment; and Cape Breton-Canso MP Mike Kelloway, Halifax West MP Geoff Regan and South Shore-St. Margarets MP Bernadette Jordan did not respond to a request for an interview.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/pieridae-goldboro-lng-negotiating-with-ottawa-1.5953360

The company won't say how much they're asking for, but leaked PowerPoint slides pinpoint the request at nearly $1 billion.

" “If you can imagine what Remembrance Day means to Canadians, where they take time to reflect on all the lives lost and...
04/06/2021

" “If you can imagine what Remembrance Day means to Canadians, where they take time to reflect on all the lives lost and the sacrifices that were made and what we overcame in society, we see the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation as a day to reflect on that dark chapter in Canada’s history and the recommendations of the commission,” he said. "

Statutory holiday has been unanimously passed, making September 30th the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation!

https://www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/news/local/new-national-holiday-commemorates-the-history-and-legacy-of-residential-schools-100595948/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3evHWgoc5TFekisQUVqNbZzrbUg_na6OAkWeyXNakOzouKgz0RcM6_wkY =1622802871

Legislation for a national statutory holiday to acknowledge the legacy of the residential school system in Canada has passed in the Senate and received royal assent, effectively making it law. Sept. 30, a day that has been known as Orange Shirt

https://trib.al/G2VHDTv
02/06/2021

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Blair's remarks come almost a week after the remains of 215 children were found buried on the grounds of a former residential school in British Columbia.

" “We’ve had a number of meetings and discussions over the past week with our fishers and simply put they don’t feel saf...
02/06/2021

" “We’ve had a number of meetings and discussions over the past week with our fishers and simply put they don’t feel safe taking to the water this week or even in the coming weeks,” said Chief Mike Sack in a press release. "

They don't feel safe. The bullying and terrorism of the commercial fishermen got them what they wanted: a native population that is afraid to enforce their treaty rights. But their pats on the back will be shortlived. They bought themselves nothing but a bit of time.

https://www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/news/sipeknekatik-suspends-self-regulated-fishery-100595294/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3fJfoBCazOaCT3DZqlLLxRaE54ILsQy3Cff3UOS7APVlsk8F-EMw9Pxxw =1622651009

Sipekne’katik has indefinitely suspended the launch of their planned moderate livelihood fishery. “We’ve had a number of meetings and discussions over the past week with our fishers and simply put they don’t feel

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01/06/2021

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01/06/2021

Nora Bernard fought for justice for residential school survivors

I’ve had many people reach out and ask what can we do next. The discovery of 215 bodies of Innocent Indigenous Children ...
01/06/2021

I’ve had many people reach out and ask what can we do next. The discovery of 215 bodies of Innocent Indigenous Children were found at a residential school in British Columbia.

A suggestion I’ve heard from a non indigenous ally is that Canada Day should be cancelled and the dollars associated with this “celebration” be directed to First Nation communities.

For clean water.
For better housing.
For health services.
To build their own schools.

You know basic needs.

https://youtu.be/sHDJvAr4fE8
01/06/2021

https://youtu.be/sHDJvAr4fE8

An ancient Mi'kmaq legend on how eels may have changed the course of history! Through storytelling and original drawings, this video brings to life an import...

01/06/2021

01/06/2021

"O Canada ain’t my national anthem, The mikmaq honour song is my national anthem." - Eskasoni Youth

01/06/2021

1. Nine year old Vicky Stewart of the Tsimshian nation was killed at the United Church residential school in Edmonton on April 9, 1958 by school matron Ann Knizky, who hit Vicky over the head with a two by four. The RCMP refused to press charges against either Knizky or the United Church, and threatened Vicky`s family with imprisonment if they pursued the matter.

2. Margaret Sepass was r***d and then beaten to death by an Anglican priest named John Warner on December 5, 1969, at St. Michael’s Indian school in Alert Bay, British Columbia. Margaret was nine years old. Her burial site is unknown and John Warner was never charged.

3. On January 5, 1938, Albert Gray was beaten to death by Reverend Alfred Caldwell of the United Church of Canada when Albert took a prune from a jar without permission. Albert was eleven years old. His body was buried in secret behind the Ahousat Indian school and Alfred Caldwell was never charged.

4. On December 24, 1946, the same Principal Caldwell kicked 14 year old Maisie Shaw to her death down a flight of stairs at the United Church`s Alberni residential school, as witnessed by Harriett Nahanee. The RCMP covered up the murder.

5. On April 3, 1964, Richard Thomas was sodomized and then strangled to death by Catholic priest Terence McNamara at the Kuper Island Indian school. Richard was buried in secret in an orchard south of the school, and Terence McNamara, who is still alive, was never charged.

6. Elaine Dick, age 6, was kicked to death by a nun in April of 1964 at the Squamish Indian school in Vancouver. The RCMP refused to press charges when requested by the victim`s family.

7. Daniel Kangetok, age 4, was infected with an untreatable virus as part of a Defense Research Board experimental program funded by the Canadian military. He was left to die at the Carcross Anglican residential school in the Yukon, in February of 1971.

8. David Sepass, age 8, was pushed down some stairs by a priest at the Kuper Island catholic school and left to die, early in 1958.

9. A newborn Cree baby was burned alive by a senior priest at the Catholic Muscowegan Indian school near Regina in May of 1944, as witnessed by Irene Favel. The priest was never charged.

10. Susan Ball, age 5, starved to death in a closet at the United Church Edmonton residential school during the winter term of 1959, after being confined there by a church matron for speaking her own language.

11. Pauline Frank, age 8, died from medical experimentation performed by Canadian army researchers at the Nanaimo Indian Hospital in March of 1972. Her body was buried in secret on the grounds of the hospital, which is still restricted military property.

12. Albert Baptiste, age 9, died from electric shocks from a cattle prod wielded by a catholic priest at the Mission residential school over Christmas in 1951.

13. Nancy Joe, age 14, died from involuntary drug testing by military doctors at the Nanaimo Indian hospital in the spring of 1967.

14. Lorraine white, teenager, was gang r***d by United Church residential school staff and left to die, Port Alberni, summer of 1971.

15. Eighteen Mohawk children, all under the age of sixteen, were shot to death by Canadian soldiers outside Brantford, Ontario, in the summer of 1943, as witnessed by Rufus McNaughton. The children were buried in secret in a mass grave.

16. Johnny Bingo Dawson, an eyewitness to crimes in Anglican residential schools and a leader of protests against these criminal churches, died of injuries from a police beating after being threatened by them, in Vancouver on December 9, 2009. Official cause of death was alcohol poisoning, despite the absence of alcohol in his blood.

17. Ricky Lavallee, the eyewitness to Bingo’s beating by the Vancouver police, died of a blow to his chest in early January of 2011.

18. * Removed as it is conspiracy theory and debunked *

19. Harriett Nahanee, the first eyewitness to a residential school murder to go public, died after mistreatment in a Vancouver jail, February, 2007.

20. Nora Bernard, the first aboriginal in Canada to sue the Catholic church for residential school crimes, was murdered in December of 2007 on the eve of Canada`s official spin doctoring of the residential school genocide. * Note: her murder was not related to residential school lawsuits. She was killed by her grandson who was under the influence of drugs at the time *

… and more than 50,000 others, all of them children.

No-one has ever been charged or tried under Canadian law for any these killings. And the criminal government and churches responsible for this mass murder have been legally absolved of any responsibility for them under Canadian law.

Nothing has been healed. Nothing has been reconciled. Justice has been exterminated as completely as these innocent victims.

01/06/2021

"Stop baptizing your indigenous babies, they don't need it. Teach them their culture instead of religion." -Mi'kmaw Woman

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31/05/2021

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31/05/2021

Let's see your support for the 215.
Share your flowers, teddy bears, shoes and kind words, poems whatever.
Show your love here.

#215

31/05/2021

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Keep an eye out for non indigenous persons trying to profit off of the atrocious acts of the church and government, they're trying to sell the orange t shirts saying a percentage is going indigenous groups. Just a heads up

A movie from 1989 about a young girl's coming of age inside the walls of a residential school. It is available to watch ...
31/05/2021

A movie from 1989 about a young girl's coming of age inside the walls of a residential school. It is available to watch for free on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aW4tzklTLQ

** This video may not be suitable for all viewers. Viewer discretion is advised. / Cette vidéo peut ne pas convenir à tous les publics. Nous préférons vous e...

Let's make this a teachable moment for our future generations to come.
31/05/2021

Let's make this a teachable moment for our future generations to come.

The Queen Be Like .....
31/05/2021

The Queen Be Like .....

31/05/2021

Smudging for the 215 children remains found in

Imagine if RCMP NS came to get your children to take them to boarding school and you could say nothing or do nothing.  W...
31/05/2021

Imagine if RCMP NS came to get your children to take them to boarding school and you could say nothing or do nothing.

What would you do?

31/05/2021

The Savages

We helped you
When you first arrived
You were happy
Setting foot on new land
We welcomed you on our land
With open arms
Sharing the abundance
Of what Mother Earth provided
Feeding you through the winter
So you and your kind don't starve
Yet many moons pass
Many seasons go by
Then your heart changed
Greed set in
Wanting all that we had
You started killing us
At first
Just for the land
Land that we happily shared with you
Then you started killing us
For everything else you saw
Killing our babies
Even cutting out the ones
In their mother's womb
Now I think back
For the life of me
Not understanding
Why you labeled us
With a word you thought appropriate
When all along
It was you and your mentality
Your actions towards us
That made you
The savages

by... Blunswa Augustine

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