Three of Canada's Genocidal Policies

I offer here in this Black Face blog a brief introduction to three of Canada's genocidal policies with links to further readings.

Canada's Comprehensive Land Claims Policy

This is the federal policy that Indigenous Nations are forced to negotiated under in their goal of gaining access to their land and resources - the very land and resources that will assure their long term survival as nations and as peoples.  This policy was unilaterally constructed by Canada without meaningful consultation with Indigenous Nations.  The parameters set out in this policy place tight restrictions on Indigenous Nations that will ensure their genocide.  Without land and resources a nation is not a nation. This is one way that Canada is eliminating their treaty responsibilities through genocidal policy. 

To learn more:
http://intercontinentalcry.org/harper-launches-major-first-nations-termination-plan-as-negotiating-tables-legitimize-canadas-colonialism/

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Canada's Inherent Rights Policy

This is the federal policy that Indigenous Nations are forced to negotiate through in their goal of getting out of the Indian Act and in gaining jurisdictional expansion. This policy was also unilaterally constructed by Canada without meaningful consultation with Indigenous Nations. The parameters set out in this policy once again place tight restrictions on Indigenous Nations that will ensure their genocide. An Indigenous Nation is so much more than a municipality under a settler state. This is a second way that Canada is eliminating their treaty responsibilities through genocidal policy. 

To learn more:
 http://fngovernance.org/ncfng_research/kiera_ladner.pdf

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Canada's Policy on Unknown Paternity

These are the quick facts on Canada's policy of Indian status registration denial to children whose father's signature is not on their birth certificates.  While there are many reasons why a father's signature may be missing Canada's policy is inadequate and thus in many situations blames and targets mothers and their babies when they assume the father is a non-Indian as defined by the Indian Act. Through this policy assumption, which is steeped in sex-discrimination, Canada is eliminating status Indians. This is a third way that Canada is eliminating their treaty responsibilities through genocidal policy.

To learn more:
http://www.lynngehl.com/unknown--unstated-paternity--the-indian-act.html

Dr. Lynn Gehl is an Algonquin Anishinaabe-kwe from the Ottawa River Valley.  She has a section 15 Charter challenge regarding the continued sex discrimination in The Indian Act, is an outspoken critic of the Ontario Algonquin land claims and self-government process, and recently published a book titled Anishinaabeg Stories: Featuring Petroglyphs, Petrographs, and Wampum Belts.  You can reach her at lynngehl@gmail.com and see more of her work at www.lynngehl.com

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