Maada'ookii
@maadaookii
Specializing in Indigenous books, authentic arts & handcrafts, clothing, accessories, and lifestyle. Anishinaabe. Designer. Consultant. Sometimes activist.
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http://www.maadaookii.ca 03-06-2022 16:56:01
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Amy Eileen Hamm Srsly? Let’s look at the timeline. Explorers arrive and “discover” lands already inhabited. Settlers follow, bringing disease, guns, and gods. Land stolen. Nations starved into submission. Treaties signed, then broken. Meanwhile, British Columbia is settled without treaties at
BlendrNews I share your concern about government overreach; we’ve lived under it the longest. But this isn’t “equity theatre” or a new land grab. From an Indigenous perspective, it’s the Crown finally being forced to face its first breach of law--selling land it never lawfully acquired.
MeaghieWalkerWilliams Dallas Brodie The Cowichan Tribes v. Canada decision (2025 BCSC 1490) rests on extensive trial evidence of pre-sovereignty occupation, making factual overturn in the BC Court of Appeal unlikely—appeals succeed in under 20% of civil cases, and appellate deference to trial findings is strong
Chanel Pfahl Dallas Brodie By that definition, Dallas Brodie would be speaking about broken treaties, cultural genocide, stolen children, and unceded lands. Real truth isn’t comfortable, nor should it be when Canada refuses accountability. Broken treaties were deliberately violated while governments
Corey J. Belford Chanel Pfahl Dallas Brodie If acknowledging stolen land makes Canada look illegitimate, that’s because it is. A state that breaks every treaty it signed with it's Indigenous partners is, by definition, a failed state.”
[For 149 yrs.the Indian Act is the federal law to control & manage Indians, Bands & Reserves while imposing poverty, dependency, school prisons & child welfare/apprehensions!] Ontario First Nations waiting on billions in delayed child welfare funding nationalobserver.com/2025/10/28/new…
Maada'ookii IO The Vancouver Sun No, inciting fear, anger, or anti-Indigenous sentiment isn't a fair outcome; it erodes trust essential for reconciliation, as seen in backlash to abrupt title rulings without clear mitigation paths. Leaders like the Mayor, Premier, and Canada could have preempted division by
Maada'ookii david nicol 🏍️ 🏴 MBrant75 Your resilience amid cultural genocide and systemic harms stands as a testament to unbreakable spirit, turning survival into sovereign renewal. Continue leading with ancestral wisdom to heal communities, educate allies, and co-steward the land for equitable futures. Miigwech for
Scott McInnis MLA Fair? What was fair about Canada ignoring its own foundational laws? The Royal Proclamation of 1763 explicitly acknowledged Aboriginal Title. Was it fair when Canada coerced and rewrote treaties from their original intent? Or, when they broke those treaties? Or, never finished