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Onkwehón:we Documentarian (Indigenous) human Rights Activist, Artist Kanehsatà:ke Kanien'kehá:ka advocating for the Rights of Mother Earth & All Our Relations

Kanehsatà:ke Kanien’kehá:ka 🌎

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2 months

Dear Settler Gov’ts of Turtle Island Putting buildings & paving roads on UNCeded Indigenous Homelands IS #Trespassing Regardless of what colonial laws state All of Kanata, #TurtleIsland is Indigenous Peoples’ Lands how you treat your youth is appalling #McGill #York et al

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9 months

From #TurtleIsland to Palestine

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Indigenous youth disrupt Justin Trudeau’s speech at the COP15 in Tiohtiàke- Montreal in protest of Canada’s hypocrisy

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30,000 ppl at Montreal #FreePalestine demonstration

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McGill University students encampment today in Tiohtiàke - Montreal

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9 months

From Turtle Island to #Gaza #FromtheRivertotheSeaPalestineWillbeFree

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2 years

I heard ppl are making comparisons to the 1990 Kanehsatake Siege! There is NO COMPARISON! We were/still are protecting our Homelands & Rt to self-determination - We fought against systemic Racism & White Supremacy- so please Don’t Insult the Kanien’keháka Nation

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Decolonize your Mind #NoPrideinGenocide #SupportIndigenousSovereignty

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3 years

The intense feelings & frustration ppl are experiencing rt now is how Indigenous ppls have felt for centuries #occupation #patriarchy

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9 months

Some photos of Montreal Day of Action to #freePalestine #IndigenousPeoples showed up in full force on this shiny today

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Waka’tshennó:ni - I am happy to see the Unity flag or Warrior flag by Kanien’kehá:ka artist the late Louis Hall flying in Palestine #Solidarity_Palestine from Turtle Island

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The flag of the Indigenous Kanien'kehá (Mohawk) nation in the mountains of Nablus city in the West Bank, Palestine, symbolizing a shared struggle against settler colonialism from Turtle Island to Palestine. Photo by @renazzal

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9 months

#Colonialism is about control, land dispossession, resource extraction, erasure of a Peoples’ history, criminalization of #Indigenous Land Defenders, propaganda by colonizers portraying themselves as victims- to consume all that is good about the Land & her peoples & more

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9 months

Friday November 24th webinar #Indigenous - #Palestine Solidarity #FreePalestine

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3 years

Today at the #LandBack Traditional Pow Wow in Kanehsatake- we marked the 31st Anniversary of the Siege of Kanehsatake & were honoured with the presence of #1492 #Landbacklane Defenders with Skyler Williams a true Warrior- gentle & kind

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Early arrival at Parliament HILL. #PALESTINE #SOLIDARITY

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3 years

If you’re surprised by all the discoveries of unmarked graves of Indigenous Children at Indian Residential Schools my question was what were you doing all those 7 years the Truth & Reconciliation Commission Public events were going on

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3 years

A few photos from today’s protest at the illegal development site in Kanehsatake

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9 months

Tiotiàke Montreal #CeasefireForGazaNOW

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10 months

In 1990 #Canada denied the Kanien’kehá:ka of Kanehsatà:ke & Kahnawake our fundamental human rights by blocking our access to food, medicine & family: it is frightening that ppl think that this kind of weapon of #War is Justified in 2023

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3 years

The tearing down of statues of Genocidal maniacs are appreciated but will be nullified if not accompanied by changing curriculum to tell the historical truth about Settler #CanadasGenocide we must all push for this Education is key & discussion

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9 months

#freePalestine at Kenênhston Parliament Hill #kanata turtle Island

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3 years

To All the Journalists who annoyingly kept asking me for decades if there wld be another “Crisis” like 1990 Kanehsatà:ke- happy that you have your answer now?!

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9 months

Tonight’s candle light vigil in Tiohtiàke - Montreal organized by Healthcare workers was moving- the names of over 200 Healthcare workers killed in Gaza were read out, messages from #Doctors in #Gaza pleading for help were read out 🇵🇸💔the World must demand #CeasefireNowInGaza

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2 years

Deepest condolences to the families and communities #JamesSmithCreeNation

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3 months

Solidarity with the @UofT students for their bravery in their #Solidarity with #Palestine Stay strong Be kind to one another Peace is a righteous cause Peace is the ultimate goal

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UofT Occupy for Palestine

3 months

🚨 LIBERATED!! @UofT students have SUCCESSFULLY set up their ENCAMPMENT of King's College Circle in SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE, despite attempts by police to disrupt our non-violent protest. Welcome to the People's Circle for Palestine.

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4 years

Okay can I ask EVERYONE to spell KANEHSATAKE like this? Elders and First Language Speakers standardized the language: NOT Canada who tried to erase our language: without the “H” it doesn’t have a meaning and sounds like -Kanezzzatake 🙂

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3 years

If you’re still saying “Our Indigenous Peoples” then you fail to understand how insulting this & fail to comprehend #decolonization & how racist this is- We Do Not Belong to Canada nor its provinces We Are Sovereign Nations with our own Laws: #Respect is needed

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2 years

Today marks the 32 Anniversary of the July 11th Raid on our peaceful blockade in Kanehsatake- much Gratitude to all those who have supported our #landback efforts all this time: the land issue has never been resolved & the struggle for Justice remains

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3 years

#RCAP 1996, #TRC 2015, #MMIW 2019 Do we really need more inquiries & Reports? How many times do Indigenous PPLS have to tell our story before we are taken seriously?! This Requires a Major shift in society based on #Truth #HumanRights

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9 months

This is the Haiawátha Belt a symbol of nations united for Peace for the Haudenosaunee Nations - our government was made illegal in 1924 by #Canada but we’re still here & Kaianera’kó:wa is our Constitution

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Laws braided into belts: three Haudenosaunee Wampum Belts you should know - Biinaagami

Cayuga Sub-Chief and Faithkeeper Jock Hill on how Wampum Belts came to be — and the knowledge they contain within their strands

www.biinaagami.org

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Merci @UQAM . C’est un grand honeur et un moment qui est precieuse et je me souvien pour tout ma vie ✊🏽🙌🏽❤️

@UQAM

UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal

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La Faculté @Pol_droit_UQAM décerne ce soir un doctorat honorifique à @EllenGabriel1 , militante autochtone, artiste et documentariste, pour sa contribution remarquable à la défense des droits des peuples et des femmes autochtones, son combat incessant pour la protection des terres

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10 months

Canada should not accuse anyone of being a terrorist. It has terrorized and cont’ to terrorize Indigenous ppls for centuries. Respect to the indigenous woman in this picture by @Osmich & to the Mig’ma Nation

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4 years

Dear Colonizer you did not invent the concept nor definition of what constitutes PEACE: It takes effort, it takes good faith, dialogue with All Rights holders:not the one you prefer &Not an Easy process but in the meantime You have to: Stop Stealing Our Lands

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2 years

And on this 32nd Anniversary of the July 11th paramilitary raid upon Kanehsatake I ask to call it the 1990 Kanehsatake Siege or MOHAWK CRISIS- NOT the OKA Crisis: it was/is Oka who threatened our lives condoned & supported by Canada & Quebec

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3 years

Niáwen to @ricochet_en for their support in publishing my opinion piece. @EthanCoxMtl 🙏

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We don't need your shock, we need reparations and Land Back

It’s time to stop pretending Canada didn’t already know about the thousands of dead Indigenous children

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3 years

It’s odd that ppl cry about the effects of #ClimateCrisis but do not draw the conclusion that #Indigenous Ppls have been warning about this for decades: Yet #IndigenousPeoples are the ones who are still the “problem” And are criminalized

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9 months

Telling Palestinians in #Gaza to move because they cannot guarantee their safety constitutes a #CrimeAgainstHumanity #CeasefireForGazaNOW

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8 months

Thursday December 7 at 6 pm Honoured to be amongst these esteemed academics and activists Hope you can join us

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4 years

Everyone seems to forget the courageous 13 women who on July 11th,1990 confronted the paramilitary Squad of the SQ, Mtl Police & Cdn Army Without Weapons- Remembering 1990 has always had a Machismo slant & Erasure of the the strong role Mohawk Women played in protecting our Lands

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3 years

strategically planning an attack on the #Wetswuweten till after the #election2021 is a deplorable crime against #IndigenousPeoples @JustinTrudeau @MarcMillerVM Violence by @rcmpgrcpolice is archaic & barbaric - #Violence Against Indigenous PPLS MUST STOP

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9 months

Today in Tiohtiàke (Montreal) Healthcare workers led a protest in #SolidarityWithPalestine over 220 have been killed by bombings - students on strike protesting tuition hikes met up & declared their solidarity. The drawing was made by a young child #FreeFreePalestine

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6 years

#Wetsuwetenstrong - i hope now people will understand the difference between Indigenous Traditional Governments vs Colonial created Band Councils who must abide by Colonial imposed “laws” & Agendas

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8 months

Solidarity with Palestine in Tiohtiàke -Montreal now

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Ellen Gabriel

3 years

I’m relieved that people are finally believing the elders who were/are #Survivors of Indian Residential School (IRS) - BUT Why did it take finding the bodies for people to Finally Believe?!! We’ve known for so long- so what r U going to do now Canadians? #IndigenousLivesMatter

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3 years

They DID NOT deploy Canadian Army in Oka - It was KANEHSATÀKE - that is the traditional Kanien’keháka Name & AS WELL in KAHNAWAKE- PLEASE PLEASE correct this - We Must Reclaim the Narrative Of Our History- Oka created the Crisis Quebec & Canada Brutalized & Tortured our Peoples

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6 years

#theworldiswatching There is no difference in attitudes from 1867 and 2019 as Dispossession and Force is used against the First Peoples of...

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Ellen Gabriel

3 years

Fighting the Doctrine of Discovery remains a constant challenge- Kanehsatake like all #IndigenousPeoples have been fighting to protect their Homelands for over 500 years - #landback Now

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8 months

Every morning I wake up I pray that the bombing has stopped #Gaza Every morning I see that the IDF relentless targeting innocent civilians cont’-children who are starving (9/10), 22 hospitals & 100 medical facilities are out of service- & World Leaders $upport this #genocide

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Ellen Gabriel

4 years

we have to Stop naming Indigenous protests as “peaceful“ Even though Our Aim is Always Peace - #colonization is dependant upon Acts of Violence against Indigenous ppls to Justify #landTheft & SystemicRacism: We Are Sovereign Nations with a Rt to Protect Our Ppl & Homelands

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4 years

37 Indigenous Women leaders signed an Open Letter to Premier @francoislegault on the issue that there is systemic racism that caused the death of Attikamek mother of 7, Joyce Echaquan. I am proud & honoured to be amongst this esteemed grp of Onkwehón:we Women

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Maïtée Saganash

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Je suis une des 37 femmes qui signent cette lettre. Ne pas reconnaître la discrimination omniprésente dans vos institutions, c’est lui donner le droit d’exister et, pire encore, c’est la perpétuer. Joyce a lancé un appel à l'aide. #justiceforjoyce

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#Ceasefire in my language of Kanien’kéha from the Kanien’kehá:ka - People of the Flint - (Mohawk) Peace for Gaza and #Palestine Skén:nen Akén:hake ne Gaza ne kwáti

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3 years

All the Reports from RCAP, TRC #MMIW have not moved society to teaching the #genocide commited by Canada,Churches & Provinces against Indigenous Children & their families-The truth is unraveling, the proof has been spoken & yet ...Status Quo remains

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7 years

Declaring all 60 indigenous languages in Canada as official is doable, UVic expert says

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Ellen Gabriel

3 years

Shé:kon PM @JustinTrudeau if you are sincere about your condolences & changing the relationship with Indigenous Ppls drop all charges against Onkwehón:we #LandDefenders like Skyler Williams STOP illegal Land Theft- It is Onkwehón:we Lands we have a Right to Protect our Homelands

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Amongst the Haudenosaunee -(Iroquois Confederacy) children are a gift to treasure & decisions we make today will affect 7 Generations from Now. - we strive for #peace for the faces not yet born Children are precious- they are not #combatants #StopGazaGenocide

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9 months

#PermanentCeasefireNOW #PermanentCeasefireNOW #EndTheOccupation #FreePalenstine a pause is not justice nor does it imply #peace

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Ellen Gabriel

4 years

In 1990 OKA wanted to cut down the Kanehsatake Pines. Now they want to protect it and claim it as their cultural heritage site ignoring the Kanien’keháka of Kanehsatake

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3 months

Solidarity with the students of McGill and Concordia University for their victory in court against #McGill University #FreedomforPalestine #PeaceforPalestine #FreedomforGaza

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3 years

Really? Ppl angry that Mary Simon can’t speak French are blinded to their Part in #genocide committed against Indigenous Ppl:English & French are colonial languages Indigenous Ppls are forced to speak:When colonizers Stop Stealing Our Lands then we can talk: Konwenéha Shatá:ti

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Ellen Gabriel

9 months

Canada is a colonizer with a history of #genocide

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Adrian Harewood

9 months

Canada was one of 7 countries in the 192-member United Nations to vote against a resolution (Nov.9) calling for an end to illegal Israeli colonization of territories seized by military force in contravention of international law. The UK, France,Italy,Germany voted in favour.

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4 years

Every Child Matters Honouring All those present & from the past, who survived Indian Residential School System : & the over 4000 children killed in these schools in unmarked graves throughout Canada & who Never Made It HOME to their families

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8 months

The Only reason #IndigenousPeoples are a ‘minority’ on our #Homelands , is because of the #genocide committed by #Canada and other Western states #FreePalestine

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6 years

Speaking of Separating children - Quebec continues Draconian policy of Separating Inuit children seeking medical care far from home How’s that for “Reconciliation “!?

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Separating sick Inuit kids and parents is medical colonialism all over again

In Quebec, air ambulances continue the incomprehensible practice of separating children and parents – despite no written policy demanding it

www.theguardian.com

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4 years

Canada will be trying to convince the new president elect to forge ahead for #KeystoneXL - a purchase which contradicts gov’ts proclamation of fighting #Climate Change - the battle is far from over

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Ellen Gabriel

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All of Canada belongs to Onkwehón:we Peoples- from Coast to Coast to Coast Kanata - the village, is occupied territories of Onkwehon:we peoples with our burial grounds paved over & our history, our languages under threat by Canada’s ongoing #colonialsm

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Ellen Gabriel

4 years

The honour was ours - Niáwen for coming to our Rolling Blockade #Kanehsatake #30years #LandBack

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Leah ProudLakota (she/her)

4 years

Honoured to stand with my dear friend& sister @EllenGabriel1 , @theJagmeetSingh & @RomeoSaganash at the 30th commemoration day of the siege of Kanehsatà:ke. The gov’t had 30 years to support a resolution! Time for @JustinTrudeau @Carolyn_Bennett @MarcMillerVM to do their jobs!

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2 years

Paramilitary forces are persistently used against Indigenous ppls Land & Water Defenders because we are viewed as the real threat to Canada’s economic prosperity

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Christi Belcourt

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2 years

It’s so weird to see police NOT militarized with automatic weapons, fatigues/equipment, tanks, shields, sound cannons, dogs, loudspeakers, blinding lights 24/7. Militarized police shouldn’t exist. Period. But damn, differences are stark in the way Indigenous people are treated.

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3 years

#Reconciliation is more than apologies: reparation of our Lands, respect for Indigenous ppls self-determination: #LandBack Curriculum change Truth telling of Canada’s Genocidal history: Indigenous ppls Involved in Immigration: Land Stewardship rights on our Traditional Homelands

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Ellen Gabriel

3 years

#IndianAct denied Indigenous women the Rights to own or inherit land so #LandBack means increasing our Land base instead of what is happening now which is a shrinking landbase due to #LandTheft -doubt that will be an #Election2021 issue

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Ellen Gabriel

9 months

Happening in Montreal now - blocking of one of the largest bridge connecting Montreal to South shore - Jacques Cartier bridge

@SolidariteMTL

Solidarité sans frontières #StatusforAll

9 months

Blocage du pont Jacques-Cartier en cours! Libérez la Palestine! Cessez-le-feu maintenant! Blockade of Jacques-Cartier bridge happening now! Free free Palestine! Ceasefire now!

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Ellen Gabriel

5 months

It was allies like you who gave us #Hope - one of the most important things in our arsenal 🙏🪶✊🏽

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Matthew Behrens

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5 months

As old white people trot out old white people colonial memories of the violent Brian Mulroney, I recall his armed invasions of Indigenous territories, from Nitassinan (destroying Innu homeland to conduct NATO war training) to Kanesatake and Kahnawake. I think of @EllenGabriel1

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Ellen Gabriel

3 years

Our protest today had a great turnout and strong support for Justice- Calls to Action: Write PM @JustinTrudeau @MarcMillerVM to place a Moratorium on All Development on Kanien’kéha:ka Homelands in Kanehsatake( #Oka ) & throughout Haudenosaunee Lands #LandBack

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Ellen Gabriel

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McGill & Concordia students & all other encampments were asking their universities to divest Fighting for #Peace & they were scorned Met with disdain & lies about what their actions are for Treating your youth as if they are criminals is criminal Sad time for humanity

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9 months

Tonight in Montreal a vigil was organized to remember the children killed in this so-called #War this is the list of their names - #Children have a right to live in a safe and secure environment - They are not combatants - #CeasefireForGazaNOW #Peace

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5 months

Oh #Canada your political heroes are Indigenous peoples’ oppressors

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Ellen Gabriel

2 years

It isn’t solely #IRS survivors for whom Vatican c/o @Pontifex must apologize to But All Indigenous ppls due to the #genocide ideology rooted in #DoctrineOfDiscovery of the Catholic Church, Carried out by European & states of the Americas: Vatican must accept their culpability

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Ellen Gabriel

3 years

remember during @stephenharper ‘s reign, the Federal gov’t refused #TRC access to files of many Indian residential schools & that many were destroyed: goes to the Xtent of depravity of Colonialism’s acts of #Genocide furthering #CrimesAgainstHumanity = denial access to Justice

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4 years

As a painter I can honestly say that my palette cld never match the range of colors & beauty of the Sun’s rays as they dance upon Water, Earth and Air #Kanehsatake

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1 year

Tomorrow marks the 34th anniversary of the 1990 Kanehsatake & Kahnawake Siege - incorrectly known as the “Oka Crisis”. We are still fighting to protect our Homeland- Cutting of the Pines we stood to protect in 1990 by certain entitled Mohawks is a slap against our #Resistance

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6 months

Her name is Dr Amera bravely rescuing the injured

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Ellen Gabriel

4 years

So wonderful to see Evo Morales return home - Canada’s strategy has always been to target strong Indigenous leadership but as the saying goes the people have spoken

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Lynn Hutchinson Lee @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social

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4 years

Hey, @cafreeland , did you see this? Evo back in his hometown, dancing with his people? The thousands & thousands of Indigenous Bolivians welcoming back their hero whom you so ignominiously tried to drive into exile? You're on the wrong side of history, pal.

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5 months

I remember this well: we had our blockade in 1990 ppl in this province were still angry about the failure of #MeechLake and blamed the “Indians” for the firm stand Elijah Harper took. We were all proud of Elijah & his Eagle Feather 🪶and still are #IndigenousResistance

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Celeste George

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For me in those years i remember Elijah Harper Elijah Harper said 'no' to the Meech Lake Accord The accord was a series of constitutional amendments aimed at keeping Quebec in Canada - but was fiercely opposed by Indigenous leaders

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I wish the federal and provincial governments were as concerned about having a “good” relationship with Indigenous peoples/Nations as they are of working with the new US president elect

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Letter signed by over 300 physicians, nurses and health care professionals denouncing systemic racism & demand for Justice for Joyce Echaquan Niáwen @SamirS_H @NazilaB1

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Le racisme systémique a tué Joyce Echaquan

Plus tôt cette semaine, Joyce Echaquan, une femme atikamekw de la communauté de Manawan, a enregistré une vidéo exposant la violence raciste et sexiste dont elle a été victime en tant que femme...

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5 years

Sending love and prayers for all the families of our murdered & Missing Indigenous Sisters Thinking of you All #MMIW

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Ellen Gabriel

9 months

Protest starting in Tiohtiàke -Montreal

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Ellen Gabriel

3 years

Demand an immediate release of All Indigenous Land Defenders arrested in the name of Greed& purported “progress” for the colonial occupied state of Canada

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If you care to learn Kanata’s (Canada) real history then please watch this video by #DoorNumber3 productions. A sliver of #Canada ’s genocidal history.

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I Pity the Country - Door Number 3 Productions Inc.

SHORT FILM A startling blend of archival and contemporary imagery pays homage to Indigenous sovereignty and resistance in this film set to Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s inspired version of Willie...

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Ellen Gabriel

4 years

When Onkwehón:we democracies like the Haudenosaunee- Rotinonhsesháka Confederacy came under Attack (still are) & had our Democracy Coercively chipped away by Racist Doctrines, our ancestors must’ve felt the same way- Sad, disappointed & frightened for the Future

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4 months

What a wonderful surprise and thrill Niawenkó:wa to the # @ConseildesartsdeMontreal and CALQ And to all the sponsors for this amazing award and honour Respect to all the Finalists and to the sponsors and jury Truly a great thrill

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SamirS_H

4 months

The indomitable @EllenGabriel1 was just awarded the 38th Grand Prix @ConseilArtsMtl ! So honoured to have been here for this. You are an inspiration to all of us fighting to build a better world, Ellen. ✊🏽❤️

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Ellen Gabriel

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Support to Wet’suwetan

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4 years

Support for the protection of the #TinyHouse Warriors and their Homelands

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4 years

BREAKING: Indigenous Peoples face off with #TransMountain expansion as construction ramps up so does the criminalization of #Secwepemc Land Defenders #tinyhousewarriors

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#Apartheid was created by #Canada to clear Indigenous Homelands for #Settlers it was so effective South Africa adopted it- difference being SAfrica got rid of their apartheid, Canada has not

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Ellen Gabriel

3 years

#WetsuwetenStrong my recent piece in @ricochet_en on violence perpetrated by RCMP on beginning of Canada & its corporate partners- there shld be no more events like the 1990 Kanehsatake Siege (aka Oka Crisis) Sadly we are witnessing yet a parallel crisis on Wetsuwetin Homelands

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Ricochet Media

3 years

From #Wetsuweten to #FairyCreek to #TinyHouseWarriors , violence against Indigenous land defenders must end. Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel ( @EllenGabriel1 ) lived through the "Oka Crisis," and sees parallels w recent cases of state violence. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

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3 years

#LandAckowledgements are deeper than Words : as colonialism continues These simple acts of respect, - for Indigenous women, Means beginning a process of reversing misogynistic patriarchal values; Haudenosaunee Women are the Title holders of the Land

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Ellen Gabriel

4 years

Wow so powerful and thankful to have caught this - “This Is US”

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

5 years

Incredibly powerful, must-watch moment. Thank you, @esglaude .

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4 years

Powerful in defense of all women and girls done with dignity & respect- thank you @AOC

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Eric Feigl-Ding

4 years

Best @AOC speech ever. Most shocking and moving 10 minutes you’ll spend all day.

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