Chiefs, New Democratic Party Leader, Urge Theresa Spence to End Hunger Strike

ICTMN Staff
January 14, 2013
Fellow chiefs and the head of a major political party are urging Theresa Spence to stop her fast in the wake of the January 11 meetings between aboriginal leaders, the Prime Minist...

The Week That Was: The Big Stories in Indian Country, January 13, 2013

ICTMN Staff
January 13, 2013
It's our weekly roundup of the stories that mattered most in Indian country: • PROTESTS CONTINUE: The spirit of the Idle No More movement remained vibrant, with actions all across ...

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...

Harper Meeting Hangs in Balance as Spence and Other Chiefs Pressure AFN to Cancel Without Governor General

ICTMN Staff
January 11, 2013
Governor General David Johnston said on Thursday that he would host a “ceremonial meeting” with First Nations leaders after they met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on January 1...

Theresa Spence Refuses to Meet Without Governor General, Draws Up Will

ICTMN Staff
January 10, 2013
Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence, fasting for the past month in demand of a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Governor General David Johnston, has said s...
Darren Bonaparte

Why I'm Not Willing to Die for My People

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January 05, 2013

Derek Miller Organizes Benefit and Releases Song in Support of Theresa Spence

ICTMN Staff
January 04, 2013
Bluesman Derek Miller has put together a benefit concert supporting Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence, who has been on a hunger strike for three weeks and has inspired apeaceful in...
Steven Newcomb

The Colonial Doctrine of Discovery and Idle No More

As we approach the 200th year since the great Shawnee leader Tecumseh was killed in battle, by American forces on the River Thames in North America, on October 5, 1813, a tremendous wave of activism by the Original Nations and Peoples of Turtle Island has suddenly swept across the geog...

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January 04, 2013
Winona LaDuke

Idle No More, Indeed

As Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence enters her fourth week on a hunger strike outside the Canadian parliament, thousands of protesters in Los Angeles, London, Minneapolis and New York City, voice their support....

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January 03, 2013

Idle No More Has Voices of the Future Generation Caught on Video

ICTMN Staff
January 02, 2013
The Idle No More movement has swept the globe over the last 22 days as Attawapiskat First Nation chief Theresa Spence continues her hunger strike...

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