Idle No More

Chief Theresa Spence Announces End to Fast

ICTMN Staff
January 23, 2013
Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence has announced she will end the liquid fast that she began on December 11 in protest of federal and Crown policies toward First Nation...

Idle No More Activists Will Rally to Save Hickory Ground

Gale Courey Toensing
January 23, 2013
The Idle No More movement will rally in Oklahoma and Alabama to protest the desecration of a sacred site...

Grand Chief Madahbee Declines Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Medal

ICTMN Staff
January 22, 2013
Citing the Crown’s refusal “to discuss the broken treaty relationship directly with First Nations representatives,” Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee has turn...

Queen Elizabeth II Defers to Canadian Feds on Chief Theresa Spence's Fast

ICTMN Staff
January 18, 2013
Queen Elizabeth’s office has written a letter to a supporter of Chief Theresa Spence deferring to the federal cabinet when it comes to intervening in the fish-broth fast that the A...

The Idle No More Movement for Dummies (or, 'What The Heck Are All These Indians Acting All Indian-Ey About?')

Gyasi Ross
January 16, 2013
INTRODUCTION Lately, Native people have taken to the streets malls in demonstrations of Public Indian-ness (“ PI ”) that surpasses the sheer volume of activism of even Alcatraz and...

Cross-Canada Indigenous Blockades Highlight Idle No More Tactics' Tensions

David P. Ball
January 16, 2013
Today's plans for cross-country blockades to disrupt Canada's economy and infrastructure are revealing tensions within both the Idle No More movement and aboriginal leadership in t...

Two Officials Bash Mohawk Idle No More Protest; One Apologizes

Gale Courey Toensing
January 14, 2013
Massena Town Supervisor Joseph Gray has apologized for calling an Idle No More protest that shut down the Seaway International Bridge between New York state and the Province of Ont...

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo Announces 'Brief' Medical Leave

ICTMN Staff
January 14, 2013
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo has announced that he will step aside temporarily on doctor’s orders due to the strain of the past several week...

Theresa Spence Not Satisfied With Governor General Meeting, Continues Fasting

ICTMN Staff
January 12, 2013
First Nations were split over the effectiveness of meetings between their leaders, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and a later gathering with Governor General David Johnston on Frida...

NCAI: First Nations of North America Will Not Be Divided

ICTMN Staff
January 11, 2013
Today, January 11, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is set to host a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of his cabinet in hopes to help right ...

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