Please do not demand an explanation for how or why different Native Nations hold sacred traditions and beliefs regarding the eclipse (or anything else for that matter). In some cases it's not knowledge that you are entitled to. You don't have to understand them to honor them.

Many First Nations in Canada lack clean water. In #Attawapiskat the water from our taps is contaminated & can't be 'fixed' by boiling. We collect drinking water from 1 of 2 dispensaries. My family uses 12 x 5-gallon jugs daily #worldwaterday #waterislife #firstnations #firstwater

In oil country, First Nations accuse government of ‘regulated murder’

My latest with Ricochet Media The Real News out of Fort Chipewyan:
“It’s happening upstream from us and no dollar can stop it. Nothing will ever, ever bring back the lives of the people who died from cancer. Fort…

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam, who served the Alberta Energy Regulator CEO with a $500 million lawsuit for negligence re: Imperial Oil’s tailings spills into the Athabasca River told me he doesn’t believe the AER stating no tailings got into waterways, “I find…

PRESS RELEASE - Today, ACFN served the Alberta Energy Regulator with notice of a lawsuit. ACFN is suing the AER for its failure to regulate Imperial Oil's Kearl facility.
#ableg

BC Supreme Court refuses to recognize a land defender’s defence based on Indigenous law citing its failure to “comfortable coexist” with Canadian laws.

That’s some deep insight into the true intent of Reconciliation - the operative principle being comfort.

Via Amanda Follett Hosgood…

Rather than “harmonizing colonial law and Indigenous law,' judge ruled that defence proposed 'recognition of an imprecisely defined law of trespass to the exclusion of the Canadian law of contempt. The two legal orders cannot comfortably coexist in the circumstances.”

BC Supreme Court has found Wet'suwet'en Chief Dsta'hyl, Adam Gagnon, guilty of criminal contempt, rejecting a novel defence that rather than bringing the law into disrepute he was upholding Wet'suwet'en law on his traditional territory when interfered with pipeline construction.

#SayHerName . #SandraBland should be celebrating her 37th birthday today. “Until justice rolls down like water...”

Settlers flock to colonize Indigenous spaces & dominate discussions on decolonial theory, defining the terms of our liberation while zero frameworks exist to deal with their own internalized domination. I’m unsurprised they view this as a non-issue, one that doesn't interest them

Beyoncé told Blue to get on the stage and take it all in “cuz this the last Grammys we coming to. We got Grammys at home.”

To my trans 🏳️‍⚧️, gender diverse, 2 spirit 🌈 patients/families - I will continue to provide gender affirming care on-reserve, on our Treaty Territory where the Province has ZERO jurisdiction to infringe on our sovereignty. This is a violation of our Treaty Right to Health and /1

The sheer level of loss felt by my home community, Fort Smith, is beyond belief. My deepest condolences to the families who have lost loved ones in today’s aircraft crash 💔

BREAKING: Northwestern Air commuter plane crashes near Fort Smith, Canada, killing 10 people and injuring 1 - CKLB

Like all Northerners, I am deeply saddened to hear the tragic news of the fatal plane crash near Fort Smith.

My thoughts are with the loved ones of the passengers and crew who were on board.

Lily Gladstone on being the first Native American to be #Oscar -nominated for Best Actress.

“Why am I the first? Why did it have to take this long for me to be the first Indigenous North American? Most of the films that show up in these categories are shot on Indigenous land in…

The Fort Smith Health Centre in the Northwest Territories has activated its mass casualty protocol after a passenger plane crashed near the community Tuesday morning.

vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/01/23/for…

BREAKING: Colombia’s president calls for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to South Africa.

“If anyone deserved the Nobel Peace Prize today, it would be the South African legal team that has filed a complaint against Netanyahu for genocide in defense of the Palestinian people.” 🇨🇴

Judith Gale, is a fiery, caring, determined Dene woman. She runs the Bear Claw Patrol, an Indigenous led outreach to Edmonton’s unhoused & vulnerable. I visited several encampments with her & her team last night. She says they work to keep them alive & treat them with dignity &…