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/ 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 Canada's Policy on Unknown Paternity
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 Please like, share, and comment on this Black Face Blog.
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Heather Majaury
10/7/2014 06:36:49 am
Great synopsis.
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