Disenrollment functions as a tool of colonization when used for bilateral violence, considering the direct attack on a person’s identity, genealogy and spiritual relationship to kin and land.
Read MoreThere used to be a time in occupied America when only whites were allowed to write, read, and publish books. In fact, when Europeans started occupying the continent in 1492, one of the first things they did was burn the thousands of existing books Indigenous people had written in an attempt to destroy peoples' existing relationship with books and their contained knowledges.
Read MoreThere is no freedom, there is no independence. There is an indoctrinated populace whose myths, claims to this land, exceptionalism, patriotism and cultures are now hollow, false, and have been used to terrorize the world. That’s our shared reality.
Read MoreAs a sovereign Tribal nation and treaty signatory, the Snoqualmie Tribe is requesting the Canadian government directly meet with its leadership on a sovereign government-to-government basis. The Tribe will request that the Canadian government respect the rights of the Wet’suwet’en and protect the climate and ocean from the threats the pipeline presents.
Read MoreFinally, a book is written from the heart of Indigenous endurance, highlighting the strength of spirit we pass with love from one generation to the next generation. This story is written with a bright and beautiful spirit leading to the truth of colonialism’s monstrous intent and with their very real impacts woven throughout this thoughtful story, Christopher, the Ogre Cologre it’s Over! by Dr. Oriel Maria Siu.
Read MoreDecolonization isn't just a buzzword, it's a battleground and we need to be on the frontlines or else we become the final weapon deployed to destroy ourselves completely.
Read MoreDeportation as a tool for controlling and removing people of color from –and within– U.S. territory is nothing new. The act of forcibly removing and separating non-white families, making people of color disposable, unwanted, and deportable, dates back to the very birth of this nation.
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