Extinguishment of native title is NOT reconciliation... ALL treaties are part of the process of deception + land theft by the invader Western white man... settlement merely means becoming an occupied state... it happened in Australia, its happening in Canada today... This summer the Supreme Court of Canada made a historic ruling that the Tsilhqotin Indigenous nation in British Columbia holds Aboriginal title to its traditional territory and ensures that First Nations with title have decision-making power. If this court decision can be implemented on the ground, it offers a chance to create a radically more just country. But the Harper government is denying this new reality: in order to push through their tar sands pipelines and resource extraction projects, they are trying instead to accelerate the elimination of Aboriginal rights. In response to the Tsilhqot’in decision, Harper has quietly introduced a newly revised policy to undermine and negate the Indigenous land rights that stand in the way of his agenda... idlenomore.ca/turn_the_tables
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:14:57 +0000
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